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Grimm's classic fairy tales get an awesome new reboot
Just in time for the Halloween season, Adam Gidwitz's "A Tale Dark & Grimm" gives some classic fairy tales an awesome reboot. Read an excerpt from the latest pick of Al’s Book Club for Kids. More
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‘Vanished’: An intriguing tale of music and mystery
'Rush for the Gold': Teen dives into Olympic mystery
‘When You Reach Me’: A New York City mystery
‘Peter and the Starcatchers’: Exploits of a young Peter Pan
Al's Book Club for Kids gets top honor
Friendship, family and love converge in 'Bird in a Box'
Meet the new kids in Al’s Book Club
Al’s Book Club for Kids: ‘War Horse’
Two stories of intrigue intertwine in 'Wonderstruck'
A mystery awaits in ‘The Name of This Book Is Secret’
Al’s Book Club for Kids: ‘James and the Giant Peach’
Afghanistan through the eyes of a child
Al’s Book Club for Kids: ‘The Search For WondLa’
Al’s Book Club for Kids: ‘Whole Nother Story’
Get to know the kids in Al’s Book Club
Al’s Book Club for Kids: ‘Ninth Ward’
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Al’s Book Club for Kids: ‘Dark Life’
Al’s Book Club: Adventure in ‘Middleworld’
Al’s Book Club for Kids: ‘Kiki Strike’
Al’s Book Club for Kids: ‘100 Cupboards’
Al’s Book Club goes retro: ‘Nancy Drew,’ ‘Hardy Boys’
Al’s Book Club for kids: ‘Mountain Meets the Moon’
Al’s Book Club pick: ‘Septimus Heap: Magyk’
Club pick: ‘The Black Circle’
Club pick: ‘Savvy’
Al’s Book Club pick: ‘Wolf Brother’
Al’s pick: ‘Mysterious Benedict Society’
Al’s Book Club pick: ‘Change Has Come’
A week in the life of a ‘Wimpy Kid’
Club pick: ‘Tale of Despereaux’
Books come alive in ‘Inkheart’
Club's pick: ‘Rapunzel’s Revenge’
 ‘Artemis Fowl’ a thrilling fantasy

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  About Al’s Book Club for Kids

Tune in to TODAY for more on our new pick. If you are a grade school teacher who would like your class to read along and ask the author questions, please click here to send us an e-mail.

  Meet the kids in the book club

The young readers tell us about their favorite books, their summer plans and much more:

  Book Club talk
Tell us about children's literacy groups!
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  Video: Al’s Book Club
  Young readers question author’s ‘Nother Story’
The kids in Al’s Book Club get to ask author Dr. Cuthbert Soup about the lighthearted tale of inventor Ethan Cheeseman in his book ”A Whole Nother Story.”
  Young readers ride out Katrina in ‘Ninth Ward’
The kids of Al Roker’s Book Club speak with author Jewell Parker Rhodes about her award-winning book “Ninth Ward,” the story of a young girl living through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
  Author dishes on ‘Dark Life’
Author Kate Falls chats with the kids of Al Roker’s Book Club about her look into the future and humans’ new subsea life.
  Authors unearth ‘Jaguar Stones’
Jon and Pamela Voelkel, the husband-and-wife writing team behind “The Jaguar Stones, Book One: Middleworld,” field questions from kids in Al Roker’s book club.
  Author takes readers ‘Inside the Shadow City’
Kirsten Miller, author of "Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City," fields questions about her story from the young readers of Al Roker’s book club.
  Young readers explore ‘100 Cupboards’
Inspired by C.S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia,” author Nathan D. Wilson chats with kids in Al Roker’s book club about his series, “100 Cupboards.”


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  Reading resources

Learn more about reading programs, book club tips, and children’s books.

Scholastic book clubs: Order books kids love
American Library Association: Notable children’s books of 2007
PDF: American Library Association: Top 10 teen books for summer
KidsRead.com: Latest books for children

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