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A story about my life-long love of language and poetry -- its richness as a spoken form and how it solidified despite (and because of) the confini...
- Added: Mar 21, 2019
- Length: 07:58
Is Orlando bloom a good kisser? Is speaking in Elvish really that nerdy? Meet the teenagers who wished they could replace middle school with middl...
- Added: Oct 07, 2018
- Length: 36:13
Erin Saldin discusses her YA novel, The Dead Enders. She also reads two short passages.
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KWMR
- Added: Sep 06, 2018
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 3
Heidi Holtan and Michael Small talk to Ann Hood about her YA novel "She Loves You Yeah, Yeah, Yeah".
- Added: Jun 26, 2018
- Length: 14:30
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
An English teacher at Martin Middle School shares her stories of breaking the rules and finding her inspiration.
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 02:40
-An English professor who loves the Harry Potter books brings a few lucky students each year to London to visit the magical sites in the fantasy se...
- Added: Apr 20, 2018
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
For Valentines Day, we have a special love story – part fiction, part fact, based on a landmark US Supreme Court case. It’s called "Loving Vs. Virg...
- Added: Feb 13, 2018
- Length: 19:15
On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin enrolls in school for fairy tale troublemakers in the audio edition of author Jen Calonita's Flunked.
Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR
- Added: Nov 14, 2017
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 3
A conversation with the New York Times' newest crosswords editor - The forgotten genius of Christopher Marlowe - A memoir chronicles a life of disa...
Bought by WNMU-FM
- Added: Oct 27, 2017
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 1
A conversation with the New York Times' newest crosswords editor - The forgotten genius of Christopher Marlowe - A memoir chronicles a life of disa...
Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCWP and more
- Added: Oct 27, 2017
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 11
A conversation with the New York Times' newest crosswords editor - The forgotten genius of Christopher Marlowe
Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP, WVAS, KMUN and more
- Added: Oct 27, 2017
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 7
Alexandra Teague discusses her debut novel, a quirky coming-of-age story. She reads both from the book as well as selected poem from her previous c...
Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Kelly Link combines the ordinary and the magical—with flair.
- Added: Oct 28, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
It’s been about 15 years since the opioid epidemic first hit Appalachia. And now, there’s a whole generation of teenagers in West Virginia and Kent...
- Added: Sep 21, 2016
- Length: 05:01
Anyone who's ever been an awkward adolescent knows that for decades now, dog-eared copies of Judy Blume's books have been passed around school play...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 07:08
- Purchases: 1
Journalist and writer Sam Quiñones wrote a book titled, Dreamland:The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic, which details how this epidemic spre...
- Added: Aug 04, 2016
- Length: 14:00
-Why Gothic literature is more popular than ever with young kids.
-How creating 'monsters' in the classroom can help young students learn and grow....
Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KEDT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more
- Added: May 20, 2016
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 6
Kids from Illinois and California share their favorite titles. Kitty Felde is host.
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 07:29
Do you see colors when you do math problems? The heroine of "A Mango Shaped Space" does. Kids from the Mother/Daughter Book Club at One More Page b...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 19:28
Melody loves words, but she can't speak or write or even walk across a room. Until a new computer opens up her life. Students from St. Lucy School ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 19:48
Book Club for Kids goes to LA for a discussion of Roald Dahl's first book for kids "James and the Giant Peach." Public radio legend Cash Peters is ...
- Added: Feb 17, 2016
- Length: 21:34
Imagine you are children's literature publisher R. A. Montgomery...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 01:00
On this episode of Art Beat we visit Winona native Shawn McGuire, an author of young adult fiction that blends different settings with a touch of m...
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 21:54
Nothing is more powerful than the magic that comes from your mind, down your arm, through your fingertips, down your pen and onto the page. The Mar...
- Added: Dec 24, 2015
- Length: 19:59
....Is the question in this mild passage from the popular new novel, A Head Full of GHOSTS, read by author Paul Tremblay. So, a family's teenage da...
- Added: Oct 29, 2015
- Length: 01:40
