A Conversation with Dianne K. Salerni

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A Conversation with Dianne K. Salerni

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Jul 26, 2023

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Does teaching teach you how to be a better writer? Book Club for Kids host Kitty Felde asks Diane K. Salernia who moved from the classroom to the writer's room.

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Jul 26, 2023

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The place where young readers meet to talk about books. The show includes a celebrity reader and an interview with the author. The host is award winning public radio journalist Kitty Felde. Book Club won the Literacy in Media Award.

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