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Reading Chats

by Jessie

Discussion guides to children’s literature. Reading. Children. Literature. Education. Fun. Learning.

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Episodes

  1. The Star that Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson

    Discussion of this sweet book that explores resilience and a teen finding her way in Michigan during the early 1900s. Setting, themes, characters, plot.

  2. Christmas: Learn to Give

    Christmas story about the joy that come from sharing.

  3. Christmas Agnes

    Sharing with others and blessings.

  4. Christmas Wally

    Uplifting Christmas story

  5. A Brother

    Cute. Uplifting story for Christmas.

  6. Granted All In One

    Discussion of the book Granted by John David Anderson. We cover the plot summary, characters, and theme all in one episode. #perseverance

  7. The Girl Who Drank the Moon: Theme

    Focus on the Good Triumph over Evil theme. Mention a couple of other themes for this story. #youngreaders.

  8. The Girl Who Drank the Moon: Plot

    An outline summary of the Plot. Two story lines that converge. Nice resolution. #youngreaders #enmagicked

  9. The Girl Who Drank the Moon: Characters

    Overview of book characters. Identify antagonist and protagonist.

  10. Esperanza Rising Theme

    Main themes from the book and how Esperanza is an example of these themes. #young readers #Persevere #Hope

  11. Esperanza Rising Characters

    Discussion of the main characters of this novel. #young readers #youth stories

  12. Esperanza Rising Plot/Setting

    Opening overview of Esperanza Rising. Outline of the plot. Mention of most main characters.

  13. A Snicker of Magic Theme

    In the third episode of this serious we focus on the theme of this book. I mention several possible themes, and I’m sure there are more. But my top theme for this book is Acceptance.

  14. A Snicker of Magic Characters

    We focus on the two main characters of A Snicker of Magic. Overview their strengths and growth.

  15. A Snicker of Magic Setting/Plot

    We start discussing “A Snicker of Magic” by Natalie Lloyd. This is a great, positive, hopeful book. We keep this episode brief and look ahead to the next episode where we will dive more into the main characters.

  16. The War that Saved My Life: Theme(s)

    This time we are discussing the themes we find in the novel. Debbi shares hers and I share mine. We hope you found a theme and maybe it’s different than ours.

  17. The War that Saved My Life: Characters (Part 2)

    In this episode we discuss the rest of the characters in the novel The War that Saved My Life. Our Literature expert, Debbi, joins us.

  18. The War that Saved My Life: Characters: Ada

    Our guest host, Debbi, helps us delve further into character analysis. This episode focuses on Ada.

  19. The War that Saved My Life: Plot

    This episode outlines the plot through a brief outline of the development of the actions that take place. We have former Literature teacher with us again for this discussion.

  20. The War that Saved My Life: Setting

    In this episode, we introduce the book and discuss the setting. We have former teacher, Debbi, joining us for all of our episodes about this book.

  21. The Chocolate Touch Themes

    We discuss the themes seen in this novel: greed, selfishness, and coming of age. Concludes season 1.

  22. Chocolate Touch Characters

    This episodes discusses each of the characters in the story, the Chocolate Touch by Catlin. Which was your favorite? Who did you relate to the most?

  23. First one: The a chocolate Touch

    In this first episode of our children’s literature discussion, we summarize the plot events from The Chocolate Touch. Our next episodes will go further in depth into literary elements of this story, characters, and themes. Each season will be a different book. We are open to suggestions! Let us...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Discussion guides to children’s literature. Reading. Children. Literature. Education. Fun. Learning.

HOSTED BY

Jessie

CATEGORIES

kids family education

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Discussion guides to children’s literature. Reading. Children. Literature. Education. Fun. Learning.

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