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Do our names define us?
We celebrate our 150th episode with readers at the Artesia branch of the LA County Public Library discuss Beth Lincoln's tale of a family whose names come from the dictionary. Our celebrity reader is LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn. Kitty Felde is host.
Favorite Books from the Artesia branch of the LA County Library:
The Lemonade War - Jacqueline Davies
Restart - Gordon Korman
Spy x Family - Tatsuya Endo
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
Counting by 7's- Holly Goldberg Sloan
Beth Lincoln's Favorite Book:
The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
This episode was supported in part by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.

Favorite Books from the City of Stem LA Maker Faire 2024:
Wings of Fire: Winter Turning - Tui T. Sutherland
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Laura Numeroff
The Bad Guys - Aaron Blabey
Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Shuffle - Jarrett J. Krosoczka
 
We have HUNDREDS of book suggestions from young readers at the website. Kitty Felde is host.
 
 

Writer Jerry Craft confesses that he wasn't much of a reader when he was a kid. Kitty Felde is host.

We continue our series of episodes featuring books that have been banned or challenged around the country. This time, it’s the Newbery Award-winning graphic novel NEW KID by Jerry Craft.
Books in Katy, Texas were pulled from library shelves in 2021 after a parent petition complained that it contained harmful content about critical race theory. CRT examines how racism has shaped laws and public policy in America. Writer Jerry Craft says he’d never heard the term before and had to google it. An African American parent in another part of the country objected to Craft’s use of the word “oreo” – a derogatory term used to describe a person as black on the outside, but white on the inside. She said she didn’t want her child to be exposed to the term.
The challenge in Katy, Texas was dismissed and the book was returned to library shelves.
What do you think? Listen to our Book Club for Kids podcast discussion of Jerry Craft's New Kid.

How do you work with your mother on a book? How do you work on 15 books with your mother? We talk to the mother/daughter team behind Dork Diaries, Rachel Renée and Nikki Russell. Kitty Felde is host.

Everybody wants to go to Paris…especially Nikki Maxwell! Readers from Hollingworth Elementary School discuss the latest entry in Rachel Renée Russell’s series. It’s Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure. Rachel and daughter Nikki Russell, who illustrates the books, answer questions from the kids. Our celebrity reader is actress/screenwriter Kate Orsini. Kitty Felde is host.