Mpr News With Kerri Miller

All kids are readers. Some just haven’t discovered it yet. Courtesy of Orange Coast Magazine Kitty Felde is the host and executive producer of Book Club for Kids. That’s the belief of Kitty Felde, former NPR correspondent and current host and executive producer of the podcast “Book Club for Kids.” In May, she joined Kerri Miller for a Friday episode of Big Books and Bold Ideas to talk about how to get kids reading over their summer break. Here are a few of her top tips. If you have a reluctant reader, any book is a good book. Felde recommends parents or caregivers take kids to a library or a bookstore and let them choose any book they show interest in. “Don’t censor them,” she cautions. “They are going to go and [choose] the dumbest thing you’ve ever seen in your entire life. But I don’t care! They will be reading words, and that’s what you want them to do.” Stop looking down on graphic novels. Felde believes the new crop of graphic novels is some of the most wonderful lit