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Lisa, part due: the Wrath of Crayons
Couldn’t wait for part two with illustrator/author Lisa Desimini? Now you don’t have to. Lisa, Mike, and David continue their conversation with some rainy weather, 64 ...
Lisa Desimini like “Yosemite”: a fantastic, fun (funtastic?) conversation with the fantastical illustrator/author
It’s time for another guest! An author? Sort of. Another daughter? Yes, but not ours’s. It’s Illustrator/author Lisa Desimini!!! I mean-ie, we talk about books so why ...
What is the Declaration of Independence? Or Indy’s Pension?
Indy’s Pension? Hey, a Raider of the Lost Ark deserves to retire in comfort. Aaaaand in a very special July 4 episode, the Dads celebrate the 250th birthday of our gre...
Monsters, Don't Eat Broccoli, or Mommy
If this is it Monsters, don't eat broccoli. The Dads judge a book by its cover: we liked it. So there. Mike did a slight rewrite. He took some liberties with the word...
A Juneteenth Jamboree or How We Heard We Were Free!!! Yippee!
It’s the Dads’ first annual “Hey, let’s do a Juneteenth book” book. Or, as Mike put it, “If the world has a day, then we should read a book about it” book. That’s a wh...
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema with pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon or Mosquito, Mosquito Whyfore art thou Buzzing in People's Ears
It's time for another "We picked a book because Mike said so" episode. In Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema with pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon,...
Matilda the Builda or how I learned to hate the Trunchbull
Mike and David read Matilda by Rao—Raold—Roaold—Mr. Dahl. And illustrated illustriously by Quentin Blake. Mike suggested Dahl, and David saw the musical, and the rest ...
Martha saves her parents from "what should have been brussel sprouts in a mushroom cream sauce cuz thats gross"
After some forays into classics, very classic classics, historical novels, and other serious books, the Dads return to nutty silliness and qwacky whackiness to lighten...
Out of the Dust, another episode, another classic, another opening, another show
Mike and David turn to a classic, Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, an historical novel set in the Oklahoma panhandle during the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression. D...
Rip Van Winkler, or the one where Fonzie takes a quick nap
Our very first episode of our very second season!!! There's so much in this episode, that we don't know where to begin. The beginning? Why not? David discovers that th...
Pimples of the Goosiest Kind, or Goosebumps & Monster Blood by R'L Stine
How do we start the last episode of our first season? With our first RL Stein book: Goosebumps: Monster Blood! Is it the first or the third or the 30th of the Goosebum...
Mysteries and Dogs: Pink Piggy and Stories and Squeeze Toys
Mike and David have a wonderful conversation with author Linda Harkey award winning writer of many wonderful books from Story Monsters. The Dads talk about her latest ...
Who's next on the Stinky, Slimey, Moldy Train?
Mike and David sure love stinky books and books with slime mold, so Stink and the Attack of the Slime Mold by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds is the m...
Each Peach Parent—Pear Plum Fee Fi Fo Fum!!
In another Back to the Basics (and Board Books) or BB(BB) episode, Mike and David dish on one of David's favorites, Each Peach Pear Plum. Mike's opinion? "It's one o...
This is Alan Katz! Part Two!! With 3 (threee) exclamation points!!!
zAnd now part two of our talk with Alan Katz, author, poet, father, and really awesome guy. There's more jokes and what if we talked a poem called, "What If" and fun s...
Will the real Alan Katz PLEASE, SIT DOWN!!!
Thanks for indulging our April Fool's Day episode. Now back to the real stuff with the real Alan Katz, author of 1 or 2 or 52 books, and, to quote Alan, "twelve of the...
It's the Alan Katz Show
WHOLEY COW, BATMAN! THIS COW SMELLS LIKE... Fill in the blank for a chance to be live with Clean Slate Dave.... & Mike. Ut oh... Spagetios???OMG]] OMG.. is this for r...
The Good, the Bad, and the Naked Crayons
We are fresh off a St. Patrick's Day Eve recording of The Day the Crayons Quit in our first episode where Mike and David are in the same continent in the same state in...
A seriously nightmarish-esque case of stripes or Camilla Cream and her Lima Beans
This episode has it all! Stripes: the two dads read about them, they talk about them, David even wears them. There are specialists, experts, the carnival outside Camil...
Road Trip to Chuggington: Stinky the Skunk Smells of Lemoncello, Part toot
We had so much fun with Chris Grabenstein, we had to split it in to two parts! Chris regales us with tales from his book The Crossroads, and how he can tell a story in...