Dec 27, 2023
We're happy to report that our most popular episode in 2023 is no mystery...actually, it IS a mystery: Varian Johnson's The Parker Inheritance.
And by the way, if your school is in LA County, we'll come out and tape a Book Club for Kids episode in your classroom! Just have your teacher, parent, or librarian contact us...
Dec 13, 2023
How do you know which books make the best gifts? Kids in LA County share a few suggestions with host Kitty Felde.
The Last Kids on Earth - Max Brallier
The Art of Seduction - Robert Greene
Dogman - Dav Pilkey
You Matter - Christian Robinson
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night - Refe and Susan Tuma
King and Kayla and the...
Dec 6, 2023
We continue to look through our many episodes of the Book Club for Kids podcast to examine the titles that have been banned or challenged. Today, we look at the 1977 Newbery Medal awarded novel by Mildred D. Taylor Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
The book has been challenged in school districts from Burbank, California to...
Nov 29, 2023
Writer Greg Neri talks to Kitty Felde about the role of luck and his rule of saying "yes" to new projects.
Nov 22, 2023
Where do gangsters come from? How can we keep kids out of gangs? Our readers from Charles Hart Middle School in Washington, D.C. have some ideas. They discuss G Neri’s graphic novel Yummy and have a few questions for him. Celebrity reader is Ariel Richardson.
FAVORITE BOOKS FROM CHARLES HART MIDDLE SCHOOL:
Demon...