A Conversation with Rachel Renée and Nikki Russell

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A Conversation with Rachel Renée and Nikki Russell

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How do you work with your mother on a book? How do you work on 15 books with your mother? We talk to the mother/daughter team behind Dork Diaries, Rachel Renée and Nikki Russell. Kitty Felde is host.

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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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A Conversation with Rachel Renée and Nikki Russell

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