Public radio is offering a Back-Seat Book Club, a special All Things Considered project aimed at young people between the ages of 9 to 14 and hosted by Michele Norris. The club encourages engagement with children, the kids who listen in their parents’ cars or kitchens while doing their homework, that are part of the public radio family of listeners. Each month the club chooses a special book and asks kids to read it and submit questions or comments. When Michele Norris interviews the author on All Things Considered, the club members’ questions frame the conversation.
A traveling exhibit devoted to the Freedom Riders of 1961 will be at the ITOW Veterans Museum in Perham, MN, Feb 2 through March 1. Join us for a reception, tour, and discussion of the exhibit on Tuesday, February 7, 4:30 to 6:30, at the Museum. Then, tune in to American Experience’s Freedom Riders that evening at 7 pm CT.
The PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest is for kids in kindergarten-3rd grade who want to write and illustrate their own stories. Everyone who enters gets a Certificate of Achievement and personalized, positive feedback from story evaluators! Download the 2012 entry form here or call 800-359-6900 and we will send a copy. Need inspiration? Look here for a helpful Writing Guide.
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