Episode 77 - Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Book Club for Kids
English - November 21, 2018 11:00 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB - ★★★★ - 331 ratingsKids & Family Education Courses bookclub curriculum amreading books kidcast kidlit middlegrade recommendedreading reluctantreaders Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We discuss a fictionalized story about one of the Navajo Code Talkers - the Marines who were recruited to use their native language to help the Allies win World War II. Students from Chesterbrook Elementary School in Virginia discuss Joseph Bruchac’s novel “Code Talker” with host Kitty Felde. Our celebrity reader is Elayne Silversmith. the librarian at the Vine Deloria, Jr. library at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC.