Kid Konnection – Backseat Book Club: Okay For Now
Two years ago, I read and loved OKAY FOR NOW, a fantastic book by Gary Schmidt, and I was thrilled to learn that NPR has selected it for their “Backseat Book Club.” Gary Schmidt will be featured on All Things Considered and readers can submit questions and comments for him through NPR’s website.
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will be tweeting about the book with the hashtag #OK4NOW and readers can join in and share their favorite moments from the book. HMH’s Twitter handle is @HMHKids and NPR’s is @NPRBackseat.
Be sure to tune in to All Things Considered at the end of February – an interview with Schmidt is sure to be great fun!
For more children’s books reviews, go to Booking Mama’s feature, Kid Konnection. If you’d like to participate in Kid Konnection and share a post about anything related to children’s books (picture, middle grade, or young adult) from the past week, leave a comment as well as a link on her site.
I have not read anything by this author. What kind of books does he write?
Thanks so much for this info! I loved, loved, loved Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, and I have no idea why I didn’t go on to read everything else he wrote! I will definitely be checking this out!!!
I haven’t heard of this author or his books. Will check it out.
I really like good Middle Grade books, I want to find this one.
I have a copy of this one in my library at school…I will make time to read some of those books this year for sure!
I think this was one you had sent to me a couple of years ago and I absolutely adored! How wonderful to know that it’s going to get exposure through NPR…thanks for the info ~ off to check out the Back Seat Bookclub now (very cool name too!)