What do you get when you mix kids, books and talk radio? You get Kid's Book Beat. Each month on WKXL Radio, Rundlett Library Media Specialist Nancy J. Keane takes to the airwaves to talk about books. Students join her for a book discussion. There is a different theme each month and listeners are encouraged to call in to join the chat.

November 1998

Theme: Colonial American fiction

Guest reviewers: Samantha Boyle, Colin Curley, Lauren Emery, Sarah Russell, and Vicky Selesnick -- Conant School

 

Books reviewed by students:

Benjamin Franklin

Standing in the Light : The Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan / Mary Pope Osborn. Scholastic, 1998.

The Journal of William Thomas Emerson : A Revolutionary War Patriot / Barry Denenberg. Scholastic, 1998.

Felicity's Surprise : A Christmas Story / Valerie Tripp, Dan Andreasen. Pleasant Company, 1991.

Meet Felicity : An American Girl / Varlerie Tripp, Dan Andreasen. Pleasant Company, 1991.

 

Books recommended:

American Girls Series books

Constance : A Story of Early Plymouth / Patricia Clapp. Beech Tree Books, 1991.

Sarah Anne Hartford, Massachusetts, 1631 / Kathleen Duey. Aladdin, 1997.

 

Audience recommendations:

Little House on the Prairie books.

 

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11/30/98 -- njk

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