The 8 Best Book Club for Kids Podcast Episodes
1) Episode 77 - Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
We discuss a fictionalized story about one of the Navajo Code Talkers - the Marines who were recruited to use their native language to help the Allies win World War II. Students from Chesterbrook Elem...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Episode 53 - Pax by Sara Pennypacker
A story about a boy and his fox, about war and peace, about strangers and family. Students from Hanover Middle School in Pennsylvania - located not far from the Gettysburg battlefield - discuss Sara P...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Wonder - the podcast
Love the movie? Want more "Wonder?" Listen to the podcast. How do we treat those who are different? What does it take to be kind? Kids from DC's Jefferson Academy discuss R.J. Palacio's novel "Wonde...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Episode 62 The First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez
Malu is moving to Chicago and she's not very happy about it. She's also not very happy with the way her mother would like her to be. Two things do make her happy: punk music and creating zines. The bo...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Episode 66 - The War That Saved My Life
In this episode, we travel back to a world at war – to England at the beginning of the London Blitz. The book is "The War That Saved My Life." Writer Kimberley Brubaker Bradley tells the tale of the m...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Episode 67 - The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Meet the Vanderbeeker family - large, loud, unpredictable. They'll try almost anything to stay in their beloved Harlem neighborhood. The 2017 New York Times' Notable Children's Book by Karina Yan Gla...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Episode 70 - Milo Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
Can a book be funny and deal with one of the toughest topics around? "Milo: Sticky Notes & Brain Freeze" is writer and illustrator Alan Silberberg's tale of 7th grade angst and dealing with the loss o...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Episode 46 - The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Suppose you discovered a tiger in a cage. Would you set him free? That's the dilemna for the heros of THE TIGER RISING by Kate DiCamillo. Readers from Maury Elementary in Washington, DC tackle the boo...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) Lupe Wong Wont Dance
Does square dancing count as an athletic activity? Lupe Wong doesn't think so and is willing to fight the system to make her point. Readers from Charles Hart Middle School in Washington, DC discuss th...Show More
10) Honeymoon Road: Pete & Me & our Model T
In 1925, newlyweds Pete and Gert packed up their lives and headed west for California in a Model T Ford. Gert chronicled thejourney in a series of letters. Now, one hundred years later, a pair of cou...Show More