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Book Club for Kids Podcast
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The #podcast where kids talk about middle grade novels. Since 2015. What’s your favorite book?
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On a day when the latest report card shows that #reading has declined, Utah makes it even harder to pick up a book. wapo.st/4hcPBMV
Utah students barred from bringing banned books to school
Free-speech groups argue the ban violates constitutional rights.
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January 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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It’s the year of the Snake! (Preorder now!)
January 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Bad news on the reading front:

apnews.com/article/naep... US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math.
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January 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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And so it begins #bannedbooks

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Utah students can no longer bring personal copies of banned books to school
Updated guidance from Utah State Board of Education staff clarifies that students can’t bring to school their personal copies of books deemed “sensitive material.”
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January 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Two more days to grab your copy for less than a buck! It’s #TheWestWing meets #NancyDrew.
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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“Books accumulate like stray cats that have found someone with a soft heart.” Ron Charles @washpost.bsky.social
December 27, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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A victory for librarians and free speech:

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Judge rules Arkansas law threatening librarians with jail unconstitutional
The law, which threatened imprisonment if librarians or booksellers provided ‘harmful’ content to minors, violates the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled.
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December 27, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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We ask everybody on the show the hardest question in the world: what’s your favorite book? #amreading #mg
December 6, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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Of course it was a #baseball book!

apnews.com/article/mich... Detroit-area library says Chicago man can keep overdue baseball book -- 50 years later
Detroit-area library says Chicago man can keep overdue baseball book -- 50 years later
Fifty years later, a man who grew up in suburban Detroit tried to return a very overdue baseball book to his boyhood library. But he was told he can keep it.
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December 15, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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What a brilliant idea!

apnews.com/article/uk-g... UK spy agency releases annual Christmas card puzzle to uncover future codebreakers
UK spy agency releases annual Christmas card puzzle to uncover future codebreakers
Britain's spy agency is celebrating the festive season with a riddle wrapped in an enigma inside a mystery.
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December 11, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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Angelina Jolie’s mother, was such an advocate of #reading, she kept books inside the oven due to lack of shelf space in their tiny apartment. Where do you keep your extra books?
December 7, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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We ask everybody on the show the hardest question in the world: what’s your favorite book? #amreading #mg
December 6, 2024 at 3:40 PM