Summary: In the last few months, kids ages 10-14 from throughout the county have come to MCPL branches to record video book talks about books they've enjoyed. We've collected the audio from 10 of these recordings to share with our Library Matters listeners.

Book talks are brief summaries/reviews designed to convince others to read the book being described. You can see the videos of these and other Literary Explorer book talks on our YouTube channel, mcplmd. The Literary Explorer program was made possible by a grant from the NBC Universal Foundation and Washington's NBC 4.

Check our Calendar of Events for upcoming opportunities for your 10-14 year old child to be a literary explorer.

Host: Julie Dina

Books Loved in this Episode: (In order of appearance.)

Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

The End of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Gone by Michael Grant

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

From the Notebook of a Middle School Princess by Meg Cabot

The Secret of the Caves by Franklin W. Dixon

Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

Read the transcript.