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Book Club for Kids

Jul 28, 2015

What does it take to be a spy? We ask real FBI agent Ed You and talk to writer Anthony Horowitz about his James Bond Jr. character: Alex Rider in "Stormbreaker." Students at DC's Jefferson Academy debate whether middle school goals and values are good preparation to become a spy.


Jul 14, 2015

Basketball as poetry: Newbery Award winning writer Kwame Alexander joins host Kitty Felde and readers from Watkins Elementary to discuss "The Crossover." The boys talk about their relationships with their siblings and sing an a capella song about the book.  LA Laker Tarik Black is the celebrity...


Jul 1, 2015

Writer Kami Garcia talks about the novel she wrote with pal Margaret Stohl about romance and magic and the Civil War in BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is the guest reader. A trio of readers from DC's Jefferson Academy join host Kitty Felde to talk about the novel.