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Ruby Bridges: Inspiring resilience since 1960
Mike and David are moved by the inspiring story of Ruby Bridges, a six year old, black girl who was integrated into New Orleans public schools in 1960.After David lear...
George Washington: taking a bite out of life
Did you know that George Washington had fake teeth? We did, too. Did you know it was a problem his entire adult life? Neither did we. Did you know he didn’t have woode...
Pete the Cat is wearing a hat or Valentine’s Day is phat
In their very first Pete the Cat episode, Mike and David talk and talk and talk about being home alone—aaaaaaaarrrrg!!!—and snow and sleds and Ace the friendly hardwar...
Dan Yaccarino parte due (mille): Willa, Oswald, Every Friday, and friends
Mike and David are such fans of the Dans, especially Dan Yaccarino author of Piccolo, they had to split their awesome, fun, super conversation in two—due!—episodes. Th...
Dan Yaccarino on Sorrento, Piccolo, and Jacques Cousteau, parte uno
Mike and David continue their celebration of Danuary with their second author guest Dan Yaccarino which means all of their guests are either daughters or Dans. They ha...
Danny's Doodles of poodles and oodles of noodles (Karen)
In our continuing celebration of "DANUARY!!!", Mike and David discuss Danny and Danny’s Doodles— which turn out to be not quite as doodly or noodley as you might thin...
Danny and the Danuary Dinosaur
Mike and David struggle with the calendar but successfully locate Danny and the Dinosaur in David’s attic, aka Narnia. This "50sy" classic features a dinosaur that flu...
The Going to Bed Book: Good sleep habits thru Exercise and Rock!
Mike and David have a rockin’ conversation about Sandra Boynton’s Going to Bed Book. WARNING: The animals do something CRAZY before going to bed!! You were warned. And...
THE Sleepover From the Black Lagoon and exactly almost other silly things
In our first ever year-end wrap up, Mike and David talk about a book they didn’t necessarily love, but then discovered that they loved a lot about it and then discover...
The Story of the Wooden Coin, and a Couple of Choked-up Dads
Lots of fun as the Dads talk about The Story of the Wooden Coin, our first Christmas book—well, the first Christmas book at Christmas time. David dances on rhythm what...
All About Hanukkah, Channukah, AND Khanukkah
In our first holiday episode—well, at least our first episode on a book about a holiday around the same time that the holiday that the book is about falls—anyway here’...
Good Night Gorilla, don't monkey around while listening, and no AL, you are NOT a monkey
Holy carp! this is our 30th episodeand at this moment we have 988 listens!!Mike and David return to short books—board books even!—with Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rat...
Carbles Marbles, Castro's Astros
We get to part two of our conversation with My Weird School series (and many many other silly and some not silly books) Dan Gutman. Our surprise guest shows up. Will w...
Where are Dr. Carbles Marbles! and where's my Pfeffernusse?
Mike and David welcome their first non-daughter guest, Dan Gutman, the nutman, author of the My Weird(er and erestEST...) School Series(esEST?), and the recently relea...
Goodnight Moon: less cheddar, more tea and peas, please
The "Dads on Books" welcomed Lucy Patrick, who selected a copy of the 1947 classic, Good Night Moon. Lucy chose her sticky shredded copy of the book mostly because the...
Warrior Cats: Into the Wild and Sarah Patrick
Another daughter, another series! David’s Sarah and Warrior Cats’s Into the Wild! by Erin “faux” Hunter. Mike reads the wrong book. Again. And is lost. David reads the...
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and other life lessons
Mike and David return to totally toddler tomes—fewer words, no chapters, and more pictures with one of their favorite and fun authors award-garnering Mo Willems. We're...
El Deafo: Friends and graphic novels (pics, rabbits, and 4 shadows)
In the third “Since we are Dads on Books, we have daughters, and they can be Guests!“ episode, Mike’s daughter Ruby joins us with one of her favorite books—it's teache...
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief: Voyage to Vegas with a zebra, tin cans and 7 layer dip
This time there’s someone next to David—his daughter Delaney! Mike and David welcome their second guest. Ever. We delve into the wonderful world of Percy Jackson. WARN...
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus: We Didn't Get on Board With This One!
Mike and David talk about "Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus" by Barbara Park. Let's just say they're not on board with this one--a first! While there's some fu...