Guests: Laura Bird, Salina Heller

We’re bringing back author Laura Bird to share more recommendations on books as holiday gifts for kids and adults. And reporter Salina Heller asks kids how they know if they’re on Santa’s naughty list or the nice one.

Here are the books recommendations mentioned on today's show:

• Always Anthony by Terri Libenson (middle grade graphic novel)

• Mighty Millie Novak by Elizabeth Holden (young adult fiction)

• Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (adult fiction)

• The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich (adult fiction)
  
• The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us by Rachelle Bergstein (adult nonfiction)

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Guest: Laura Bird

Children’s author Laura Bird has some holiday gift recommendations, not just for the young book-readers on your list but grown-ups as well. You might also be able to stuff stockings with Packers tickets. The Chicago Bears have sunk so low that ticket prices for the Bears-Packers season finale at Lambeau Field have actually gone down in value recently. And Chad Holmes previews his 8am talk show in Wausau.

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Guest: Laura Bird

We’ll talk to an author of books geared toward middle schoolers about writing for a specialized audience. She’s also active in efforts to oppose book bans, so we’ll discuss whether recent election results might put more obstacles in the way of a good education.

UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show!