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Page Turners Book Club at East City Bookshop in Washington, DC
This week, it’s all about Hawaiian mythology as the Page Turners Book Club at East City Bookshop in Washington, DC talks about “Lei and the Fire Goddess” by Malia Maunakea. Our celebrity reader is playwright Kiki Rivera. Kitty Felde is host.
Writer Malia Maunakea
Celebrity Reader Kike Rivera
The kids mention Keeper of the Lost Cities
I mention a book with the DC myth about the Demon Cat of Capitol Hill: Welcome to Washington Fina Mendoza
Favorite Books from the Page Turners Book Club at East City Bookshop:
Hooky - Miriam Bonastre Tur
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
Mac B. Kid Spy - Matt Barnett
A Thousand Ships - Natalie Haynes
Who Was...
Sisters - Raina Telgemeier
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
Dragon Masters - Tracey West
Malia Maunakea's Favorite Book:
The Far Side - Gary Larson
we are booking show tapings for 2025 now!
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And by the way…
And by the way…
The makers of Book Club for Kids have created a very different podcast, a mystery about the 10-year-old daughter of a congressman who solves mysteries on Capitol Hill…and teaches civics along the way. It’s called The Fina Mendoza Mysteries and it’s available now for free wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you like the series, check out the books the podcast is based on. Welcome to Washington Fina Mendoza and State of the Union are available in both English and Spanish and book 3 Snake in the Grass – about how the bitter partisanship on Capitol Hill has led someone to put snakes in the gym bags and trash cans of members of Congress – comes out April 1, 2025. Get it here.
COMING APRIL 1
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