Summary: Librarians Christine Freeman and Amy Alapati talk about MCPL's upcoming Summer Read and Learn program, which starts June 15 and runs through August 31. This program offers children and teens fun incentives to read and learn all summer long. There will be amazing events at MCPL branches throughout the summer as well. Join us for the fun!

Recording Date: May 9, 2019

Guests: Olney Branch Manager Christine Freeman and Children's Librarian Amy Alapati

Hosts: Julie Dina and David Payne

What Our Guests Are Reading:

Christine Freeman: Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray and One Good Thing About America by Ruth Freeman

Amy Alapati: Trace by Pat Cummings, The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell

Books Mentioned During This Episode:

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone

Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon by Torben Kuhlmann

Cleopatra in Space by Mike Maihack

Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce

The First Men Who Went to the Moon by Rhonda Gowler Greene

How Do Space Vehicles Work? by Buffy Silverman

Mousetronaut by Mark Kelly

Spaced Out by Stuart Gibbs

Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce

The Sun Is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk

Other Items of Interest:

Social Justice Book Club for 4th-6th Grades at Olney Library

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