Kid Lit Coffee Break: Recent Episodes

Christy Potter

This is the first in a series of podcasts in which I read excerpts from my favorite childhood books, with a bit of commentary about the book and the impact it had on my development as a writer.

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Chapter one of "The Great Gilly Hopkins," by Katherine Paterson.

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Chapter 8 of P.L. Travers' "Mary Poppins."

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The Horse and His Boy is one of the lesser-known (by most) Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, yet it has long been one of my favorites. In this episode of Kid Lit Coffee Break, I read the first chapter. Meet Shasta and Bree.

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This was one of my favorite books when I was younger. Okay, it still is. Madeleine L'Engle made me like science fiction even while I was busy protesting that I didn't like science fiction. I always say books are a great escape, but "A Wrinkle in Time" is more like an extended vacation.

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This is the latest in a series of podcasts in which I read excerpts from my favorite childhood books, with a bit of commentary about the book.

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This is the latest in a series of podcasts in which I read excerpts from my favorite childhood books, with a bit of commentary about the book.

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This is the latest in a series of podcasts in which I read excerpts from my childhood favorite books. This episode is in a class by itself... I read the whole thing. It isn't that long, for one thing, and it's too hard to choose just a passage from a book this brilliant.

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Okay, Betsy-Tacy fans, you asked for it, you got it!

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This is the latest in a series of podcasts in which I read excerpts from my favorite childhood books, with a bit of commentary about the book.

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This is the latest in a series of podcasts in which I read excerpts from my favorite childhood books, with a bit of commentary about the book and the impact it had on my development as a writer.

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This is the second in a series of podcasts in which I read excerpts from my favorite childhood books, with a bit of commentary about the book and the impact it had on my development as a writer.

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This is the second in a series of podcasts in which I read excerpts from my favorite childhood books, with a bit of commentary about the book and the impact it had on my development as a writer.

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This is the first in a series of podcasts - called Kid Lit Coffee Break - in which I read excerpts from the children's books I grew up on and explain a bit about the way they influenced me as I grew into the writer I am today.