Ilsa Setziol's guest appearances

Ilsa Setziol

Book Club for Kids

Adam Schiff

Esther Goldenberg

Kazu Kibuishi

Anthony Horowitz

Natalie Babbitt

Gary D. Schmidt

Dave Barry

Peter Brown

JERRY SPINELLI

Markus Zusak

VICTORIA AVEYARD

Jason Reynolds

Kate Messner

Elizabeth Acevedo

James Patterson

OwlTail

We’re counting down to our 100th episode and we’re asking YOU what’s your favorite episode? You can email us  here. We asked our producer Ilsa Setziol which episode was HER favorite. She explains why she loves “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” Williamsburg has changed enormously since Betty Smith published "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" in 1943. But a trio of DC readers tell host Kitty Felde that they find contemporary themes - the chasm between rich and poor, the rise of the #MeToo movement - in the novel. Nancy Smith Pfeiffer, the 95 year old daughter of Betty Smith, tells us about rushing home from school to read the latest pages of the novel, hot off her mother's typewriter. Actress Sonia Manzano (Maria from "Sesame Street") is celebrity reader since the book is her favorite.    Check out the website for CURRICULUM for "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

We’re counting down to our 100th episode and we’re asking YOU what’s your favorite episode? You can email us <a href="mailto:bookclubforkidspodcast@gmail.com?subject=my%20favorite%20episode%20is..."> here</a>. We asked our producer Ilsa Setziol which episode was HER favorite. She explains why she loves “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” Williamsburg has changed enormously since Betty Smith published "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" in 1943. But a trio of DC readers tell host Kitty Felde that they find contemporary themes - the chasm between rich and poor, the rise of the #MeToo movement - in the novel. Nancy Smith Pfeiffer, the 95 year old daughter of Betty Smith, tells us about rushing home from school to read the latest pages of the novel, hot off her mother's typewriter. Actress Sonia Manzano (Maria from "Sesame Street") is celebrity reader since the book is her favorite. Check out the website for CURRICULUM for "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Producer Ilsa Setziol's Favorite Episode