Episode 100: 100th Episode!
The Book Friends Forever are celebrating the 100th episode of this podcast! Grace and Alvina celebrate this milestone and answer questions that feature the number 100. First, they will catch up on each other’s lives as usual. Next, they’ll share what they’re grateful for and also hear what books about the number 100 that Alison Morris recommends.
“How have you been?”
Grace has been disturbed by some racist activities in Hazel’s school district and is growing more concerned about Anti-Asian racism. Alvina has a nice week off and visited the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Brooklyn Museum with Stephen.
Questions having to do with the number 100!
The Book Friends put out a call for listeners to submit questions having to do with the number 100. Some had to do with books, the pandemic, and some were totally random:
How would you like to spend the first 100 minutes of when the pandemic is all over?
When was the last time you were in a room with 100 people?
What book or books have you read 100 times?
What book have you read 100 times to a child?
What was your 100th school visit?
Did you read 100 books last year?
Do you still want to be making/editing books when you’re 100?
What are some words that would be from your top 100 word list?
What animal would you want 100 of?
What’s something frivolous you would buy for $100?
What’s the most valuable thing you have purchased for one dollar? (which is one hundred pennies)
Have you visited 100 countries ?
What is something you try to always give 100% to?
What do you want to make sure you do by the time you’re 100?
What song can you listen to 100 times?
Is there anything you’ve done 100 days in a row?
Grace and Alvina also answer questions from students that are fill in the blank’s about the number 100!
Fortune Cookie Segment: Story time with Grace.
Grace reads the origin story of the 100-Year-Old Egg…in 100 words!
Book Recommendations with Alison Morris
Alison shares her favorite books that have the number 100 has a defining characteristic of the story:
Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson , & Meilo So
National Geographic Kids: 100 Things to Be When You Grow Up by Lisa Gerry
Also from that same author: 100 Things You Need to Know Before You Grow Up, 100 Ways to Be Thankful
“What are you grateful for?”
For this episode, Grace and Alvina share in 100 words, what they value about each other. A listener had suggested this idea!
Crystal, a BFF Patreon also shares her grateful!
Other books and media mentioned:
Thank you for tuning in! Thank you to Hachette Audio, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, and Alex at Pacyworks Studio. Be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell a friend about us. (Use the hashtag #bookfriendsforever.)
You can find Alvina @Planetalvina on Twitter and @Alvinaling on Instagram
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Alison Morris is @AlisonLMorris on Twitter and @kidlitgirl on Instagram
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