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Jan 2025
27m 31s

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Kitty Felde
About this episode

2025 is a very special year for Book Club for Kids as we celebrate our 10th anniversary!

But a different version of the show aired on a local cable channel, LA36, taping episodes at the downtown LA public library. This year, we'll be sharing those conversations once a month and we start with readers from St. Mark's Lutheran School in Hacienda Heights, California discussing Gail Carson Levine's classic take on Cinderella "Ella Enchanted" with host Kitty Felde.

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