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Jul 2025
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TOP TEN LIST: #5 New Kid by Jerry Craft

Kitty Felde
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We continue our celebration of ten years of podcasting by looking back at our most popular episodes. This week, it's number 5 on our top ten list: New Kid.

How do you fit in at a new school? Readers from Randle Highlands Elementary School in Washington, D.C. discuss the Newbery Award-winning graphic novel New Kid by Jerry Craft. They even suggest an alternate version of the book. Actor Gary Anthony Williams is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.

Favorite Books from Randle Highlands Elementary School:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney

The Creepy Cafetorium - Nick Murphy, Colleen Af Venable, Paul Ritchey, Marcie Colleen, Joe McGee, and Shelby Arnold

Nina the Birthday Cake Fairy - Daisy Meadows

Jerry Craft's Favorite Book:

Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis

Gary Anthony Williams' Favorite Book:

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams

Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! - Dr. Seuss

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