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Book Club for Kids

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A Conversation with Nidhi Chanani

October 21, 2026 · 7 min

Writer Nidhi Chanani always wanted to be a writer. Kitty Felde talks to Nidhi and finds out how did she end up writing her graphic novel "Pashmina."
Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani.

October 14, 2026 · 23 min

Is a podcast about a graphic novel like dancing about architecture? Give a listen to our latest episode "Pashmina" by Nidhi Chanani. It's a tale about a magical pashina and secrets and mothers and daughters. Our readers are students at…
Episode 60 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

October 7, 2026 · 24 min

Williamsburg has changed enormously since Betty Smith published "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" in 1943. But a trio of DC readers tell host Kitty Felde that they find contemporary themes - the chasm between rich and poor, the rise of the #MeToo…
The Storm Runner - J.C. Cervantes

September 30, 2026 · 19 min

It's our 100th episode! To celebrate, we travel up to the Bay Area Book Festival to tape a live show celebrating "The Storm Runner" by J. C. Cervantes. This fantasy tale with Mayan mythology is a "Rick Riordan Presents" novel. Public…
Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner

September 23, 2026 · 20 min

Imagine a world where deadly tornadoes are so common, kids can't ride their bikes outside anymore. That's the future Kate Messner writes about in Eye of the Storm. Students from Belvedere Elementary School in Falls Church, Virginia discuss…

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A Conversation With Shawn Harris

September 16, 2026 · 7 min

What makes a good collaboration between writer and illustrator in children's books? We ask longtime illustrator Shawn Harris.
Episode 161 The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

September 9, 2026 · 23 min

We take a little trip into space with some of the oddest astronauts you'll ever meet. It's Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris' graphic novel "The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza." Students from Grover Heights Elementary School in Central California…
A conversation with writer Varsha Bajaj

August 26, 2026 · 5 min

Writer Varsha Bajaj talks to Kitty Felde about the connection between therapy and writing and the importance of having another set of eyes on a developing manuscript. www.bookclubforkids.org
Count Me In by Varsha Bajaj

August 19, 2026 · 19 min

"Count Me In" by Varsha Bajaj looks at the power of social media to combat hate. The story involves a hate crime: an attack on an Indian American family and how that changes a shy girl named Karina and the boy next door who used to hang…
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate

August 12, 2026 · 22 min

We are always thrilled when a middle grade novel is turned into a movie and this month, Katherine Applegate's tale of a very special gorilla THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN began airing on Disney Plus. We love Katherine Applegate. In fact, we talked…
Eleanor & Park by Rainow Rowell

August 5, 2026 · 21 min

Book Club for Kids goes to Omaha where this month, the Omaha Public Library is sponsoring the Omaha Reads program, encouraging the city to read local author Rainbow Rowell's unlikely romance ELEANOR & PARK. Members of the Book Worm Girls…
Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eager

July 29, 2026 · 24 min

The worst summer vacation ever? Being stuck in the middle of a New Mexico desert with the crabbiest grandfather on planet earth. But there are also magical bees that promise the end of of a drought. Students from Belvedere Elementary…

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About the show

The place where young readers meet to talk about books. The show includes a celebrity reader and an interview with the author. The host is award winning public radio journalist Kitty Felde. Book Club won the California Library Association Technology Award and the DC Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Humanitites. Named one of the top 10 podcasts for kids by THE TIMES of London.