This week, it's a graphic novel with evil twins, lost homework, and a giant snail. Oh, and a talking frog. The book is "101 Reasons Why I Lost My Homework Again: The Snotty Snail" by Ofir Lobel. Our readers are from Valley Beth Shalom Day School in Encino, California. Sportswriter Keith Thursby is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.

Favorite Books from Valley Beth Shalom Day School:

A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket

Harry Potter - JK Rowling

Dragon Masters - Tracey West

A Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson

Ofir Lobel's Favorite Book

Little Nicolas -Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempe

Keith Thursby's Favorite Book:

The Jim Murray Reader - Jim Murray & Vin Scully

We'll have a list of everybody's favorite books at our website, www.bookclubforkids.org.

And if you have a favorite book, you can be on the BookClub for Kids podcast, too. Just have your parent, teacher, or librarian send us an email at [email protected] and we'll send you all the information.

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This episode is made possible by a grant from the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan. I'm KF, thanks for listening.

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.