Book Club for Kids

How do we measure up to our parents' expectations? Does everybody deserve a day off? What's the toughest part of being a homeschooled kid? Our group of readers from the Broomfield Public Library in Colorado weigh in on these questions and more as they discuss Lisa Graff's novel Absolutely Almost. Lisa talks about where the characters came from and how she wrote her first book for her newborn baby brother. NYC actor Thaddeus Fitzpatrick is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.
FAVORITE BOOKS FROM THE BROOMFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY:
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Warriors - Erin Hunter
Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel - Megan Morrison
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J. K. Rowling
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente
LISA GRAFF'S FAVORITE BOOK:
Holes - Louis Sachar
 
FAVORITE BOOKS FROM THE BROOMFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY:
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Warriors - Erin Hunter
Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel - Megan Morrison
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J. K. Rowling
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente
LISA GRAFF'S FAVORITE BOOK:
Holes - Louis Sachar

Ever wonder what kids in Georgia and Florida are reading? Here's a few suggestions from readers at Druid Hills Middle School in Decatur, Georgia and Indian Trace Elementary School in Weston, Florida.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea - TJ Klune
Superman Smashes the Klan - Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru
Unwind - Neal Shusterman
Percy Jackson the Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
The Giver - Lois Lowry
(click on the link and hear an interview with Lois Lowry!)
You can find more favorite books at our website!

The Book Club for Kids podcast began in the smallest quadrant of Washington DC called Southwest. It was the waterfront for DC, the place where ships would dock bringing everything from building supplies to fresh fish to slaves. This week marks the 178th anniversary of what Washington Post writer Colbert King calls "one of the most courageous acts in antebellum America": the attempted escape of African American slaves on a ship docked at the Southwest waterfront, a ship called the Pearl.
This week, Book Club for Kids honors its roots by reprising our one episode featuring a non fiction book: Passenger on the Pearl by Winifred Conkling, taped before a live audience at Virginia's Fall for the Book Festival. Lolita Marie is our celebrity reader.
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You've been calling us with your favorite books. Here's the latest list:
Keeper of the Lost Cities - Shannon Messenger
House Arrest - K.A.Holt
The Running Dream -  Wendelin Van Draanen
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus - Barbara Park
That Pigeon Needs a Bath - Mo Willems
A Dinosaur in the Toilet - Horace Hughes
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
The Land of Stories - Cris Colfer
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Sarafina and the Black Cloak - Robert Beatty
Missing Since Monday- Ann Martin
The Cat I Never Named -  Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules -Jeff Kinney
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Diary of Steve the Noob - Steve the Noob
If you have a favorite book, you can be on the show, too! Just give us a call at 424- 209-2285 and tell us your first name, the city where you live, the name of your favorite book, and why you love it.