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Hello, Tracy Floriani here coming to you from central Oklahoma with a summer readingrecommendation. This summer I've been reading Sunlight Finds You, the new novel by Kansas author Laura Moriarty. The book comes out August 4th, so be looking for it in the weeks ahead.

Happy summer, HPPR readers. This is Andrea Elise coming to you from Amarillo, Texas, to discuss the novel Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy. The title of the book interested me from the start because one of my passions is studying migrations of all kinds: plants, animals, birds, people.

This week, Luke tells us how he makes catfish coubion (some also call it catfish courtbouillion), a tasty cajun recipe.

Hey, Radio Readers. I’m Jane Holwerda in Dodge City Ks. Earlier this summer I promised my book shelves would be dusted by now. I made it only as far as the Americana section when I surrendered to my more natural state of sitting with cat on lap and book in hand. So be it. What better way to commemorate the 250th year of our nation than by reading about it?

Well, with summer comes the hot weather, and when you're hot, your plants must be, too, so you should probably water them, right? Well...probably, but when you do so can make a pretty massive difference, and might actually cause more harm than good, if you're not careful. This week, we'll talk about the best ways to ensure that you hydrate your plants without damaging them!

With temperatures warming up, it’s around that time where we’ll be seeing more and more insects in our gardens. So what is a gardener to do? This week, we’ll talk about steps you can take to see whether you’ve got a bug problem, and how to prevent an infestation, or to address one once it’s begun!

One of the darker elements of the dust bowl days came from the advent of “rabbit drives” in an attempt to control the destruction caused by hordes of black-tailed jackrabbits.

Hello, I am Don Paxton, a fellow reader from Amarillo. Along with being a recovering CPA my church is remarkably similar to the one in the series described below. If you are looking for a fun summer read, I suggest a series of paperback novels by Mark Schweizer known as liturgical mysteries.

Hi, I’m Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m delighted to celebrate the end of the second season of Poets on the Plains and to also celebrate America’s 250th birthday by talking about the 19th century poet Walt Whitman.

Hello. I am Kay Kennedy, from Amarillo, with a message about my summer read for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Cub. Twenty-five years ago, on September 11th, 2001- we all remember where we were when we heard the news- the unbelievable was happening, The United States was being attacked by four coordinated hijacked passenger planes.