Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Our favorite children's librarian Mara Alpert of the Los Angeles Public Library gave us her picks for the best kids books of the year.
Picture Books
"A Boy and a Jaguar" by Alan Rabinowitz
"Princess Sparkle-Heart Gets a Makeover" by Josh Schneider
"Draw" by Raul Colon
"The Farmer and the Clown" by Marla Frazee
Chapter Book Fiction
"El Deafo" by Cece Bell
"A Snicker of Magic" Natalie Lloyd
"Kung Pow Chicken: Let’s Get Cracking!" by Cyndi Marko
"The Red Pencil" by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Non-Fiction
"Gravity" by Jason Chin
"Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands" by Katherine Roy