Episode 334 || Books Kids Actually Want to Read, Vol. 2
From the Front Porch
The Bookshelf Thomasville
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to From the Front porch, a conversational podcast about books, small business, and life in the South. |
| 0:09.0 | So please, so please, we beg, we pray, go through your TV set away, and in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall. |
| 0:35.0 | Roll, doll, Charlie, and the chocolate factory. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelves and independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and today I'm joined by some new to you voices to talk about books kids will actually want to read. |
| 1:00.0 | If you are a longtime listener of From the Front porch, you might remember that exactly one year ago I sat down to record an episode about Kid Lit with our shop manager and children's book buyer Olivia. |
| 1:12.0 | It's episode 285 if you want to go back and listen. |
| 1:16.0 | She talked about some favorite titles shared with her by kids in the local community, and this year we thought it'd be fun for you to hear directly from the kids themselves. |
| 1:26.0 | So if you are not familiar on the first Saturday of every month, Olivia meets with middle grade and young adult readers from Thomasville in the surrounding areas. |
| 1:35.0 | I think Telehassy, Albany, many different places kind of near Thomasville to chat about books. |
| 1:42.0 | Dumbledore's Army is really Olivia's brainchild, and I wanted her to tell you why it's so special. |
| 1:49.0 | One of my greatest privileges here at the bookshelf is running our youth review committee, Dumbledore's Army. |
| 1:54.0 | I had this idea to start when I went to a children's book conference a couple years ago, and I got to hear about similar groups at other stores all over the country, and I thought this would be one such a great place for this because we have so many young readers in this town. |
| 2:08.0 | And to such a great way for me to get involved with the children of the community, and I always love hearing what children are thinking and their thought process behind everything. |
| 2:20.0 | And this was the ultimate way to do that. |
| 2:23.0 | When we meet and start talking every time, I feel like I learned something new, and I'm reminded at how smart and thoughtful all of these kids are. |
| 2:33.0 | Also, it reminds me how strong a single commonality like the love of reading can be in a group setting. |
| 2:40.0 | These meetings have always brought me such joy because you get to start to see friendships, blossom, and grow, and kids go from reading younger books. |
| 2:50.0 | They go to the older group then, and it's always fun to see that progression and the changing of their reading lives as well. |
| 2:57.0 | I learned really early on in these meetings not to underestimate these kids. |
| 3:02.0 | They know exactly what they like, and they know what they don't like, and they know what makes them uncomfortable, and what is good for a certain age group. |
| 3:12.0 | We've had so many different conversations, a whole range, from why do books feature kids without parents so often, to how do we feel about sad books, all the way to a humorous conversation about what Hogwarts houses do we think all of the characters from Hamilton belonging? |
| 3:33.0 | I still have all of my notes from that meeting, but I won't start listening them now because that would be a lot. |
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