Multnomah County Library Podcasts

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**Multnomah County Library Podcasts**

Podcasts of events, booktalks and other programs of Multnomah County Library in Northwestern Oregon.

Latest Episodes:

I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat (booktalk) Dec 28, 2011

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I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat by Carolyn Beccia

Audience: Kids and Teens

Orangutans are Ticklish (booktalk) Dec 28, 2011

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Orangutans are Ticklish by Steve Grubman

Audience: Kids and Teens

The Crowfield Curse (booktalk) Dec 28, 2011

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The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh

In 1347, when fourteen-year-old orphan William Paynel, an impoverished servant at Crowfield Abbey, goes into the forest to gather wood and finds a magical creature caught in a trap, he discovers he has the ability to see fays and becomes embroiled in a strange mystery involving Old Magic, a bitter feud, and ancient secrets.

Audience: Kids and Teens

Clink (booktalk) Dec 28, 2011

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Clink by Kelly DiPucchio

While newer, fancier robots are quickly purchased, Clink, an old-fashioned robot who can only make toast and music, gathers dust and feels downhearted until a young boy enters the shop looking for something special.

Audience: Kids and Teens

Anya's Ghost (Booktalk) Dec 28, 2011

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Anya's Ghost by Vera Brogol

In this graphic novel, Anya, embarrassed by her Russian immigrant family and self-conscious about her body, feels like she'll never fit in with kids at school. Then she falls down a well, where she stumbles onto a skeleton. And meets a ghost. The ghost needs her help, and offers in return, to help Anya survive in school. At first, having a ghost for a friend is great. Until the ghost starts taking over...

Audience: Teens

Bink and Gollie (Booktalk) Dec 22, 2011

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Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

2010 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Audience: Kids and Teens

I Spy Fly Guy (Booktalk) Dec 22, 2011

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I Spy Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold

While playing hide-and-seek with Buzz, Fly Guy is taken away by a garbage man.

2010 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Audience: Kids and Teens

We Are in a Book (Booktalk) Dec 22, 2011

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We Are in a Book by Mo Willems

Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?

2010 Theodore Seuss Geisel Award

Audience: Kids and Teens

How Oliver Olson Changed the World (Booktalk) Dec 22, 2011

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How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Claudia Mills

Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.

A 2012 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award Nominee

Audience: Kids and Teens

Flight of the Phoenix; Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist Book One (Booktalk) Dec 22, 2011

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Flight of the Phoenix; Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist Book One By R.L.LaEvers

In 1928, when timid ten-year-old Nate learns that his parents have been lost at sea, he joins his father's cousin on a flight to Arabia where they must oversee the death and rebirth of the phoenix, thus beginning his training as a "beastologist."

A 2012 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award Nominee

Audience: Kids and Teens