*tap tap* Is this thing on? It's been an unexpectedly long hiatus but while I consider what this show will look like in the future I invite you to listen to Episode 1 of a new project my kid and I cooked up together. Stay in touch!

No Extra Words one person's search for story

Special 25: Sharing a New Project With You

E121 The Missing Episode

E127 Raising Readers

E126 Me and Indie Bookstores

E125 I Learned About Poetry the Wrong Way (and so did you)

E124 My Journey With Graphic Novels

E123 Reading About Bad Guys

E122: Reading, Writing, and the F Word - Faith

Today's Book Recommendation You Didn't Ask For is Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle   Other books discussed today: Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The Soul of Baseball: a road trip through Buck O'Neil's America by Joe Posanski Called to Create by Jordan Raynor   My #theunreadshelfproject2019 picks (that I know about now): February: Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen March On Writing: a memoir of the craft by Stephen King April What is Poetry? the essential guide to reading and writing poems by Michael Rosen May The Enchanted Places by Christopher Milne June Imagined London by Anna Quindlen July something from the Virago/Beacon Travelers series October You Can't Win by Jack Black   Find #theundreadshelfproject2019 at instagram.com/theunreadshelf

E120: Reading Goals....to have or not to have

New style for a new phase of the show! Featuring a recap of nErDCamp Bellingham 2019 and today's Book Recommendation You Didn't Ask For: Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack.

E119: Bring on Season 3!

Join the conversation on Instagramand Goodreads! Today's books on the Advent theme of "Love" are: Christmas in America by Nancy S. Grant. Crescent Books, 1991. The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: a Christmas Story by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Lisa Brown. McSweeney's Books, 2007. Mince Pie and Mistletoe by Phyllis McKinley, illustrated by Harold Berson. J.B. Lippincott Company, 1959. Come Let Us Adore Him by Robert J. Morgan. Thomas Nelson, 2005. The Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree by Amye Rosenberg. Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1985. The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas: an Austin family story by Madeline L'Engle, illustrated by Joe DeVelasco. Harold Shaw Publishers, 1984.  

Special #24: 24 Books of Advent Part 4

Join the book conversation over on Instagramand Goodreads! Today's books on the Advent theme "Joy" are:  It's Christmas, David! by David Shannon. The Blue Sky Press, 2010. Merry Christmas Mom and Dad by Mercer Mayer. Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1993. The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, illustrated by Janet Samuel. WorthyKids/Ideals, 2011. The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell, illustrated by Sergio Leone. Watertower Books, 1962. A Child is Born by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Jump at the Sun Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear! by Don and Audrey Wood. The Blue Sky Press, 2003.

Special #23: 24 Books of Advent Part 3

The conversation continues on Goodreads and Instagram! Today's books on the Christmas theme of peace are: Santa Clauses: short poems from the North Pole by Bob Raczka, illustrated by Chuck Groenink. Carolrhoda Books, 2014. Winter Lights: a season in poems and quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines. Greenwillow Books, 2005. Amazing Peace: a Christmas Poem by Maya Angelou. Random House, 2005. A Different Kind of Christmas by Alex Haley. Doubleday, 1988. The Christmas Day Kitten by James Herriot, illustrated by Ruth Brown. St. Martins Press, 1986. Refuge by Anne Booth, illustrated by Sam Usher. Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015.  

Special #22: 24 Books of Advent Part 2

Today's books: The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien. George Allen & Unwin, 1976. Santa's Crash-Bang Christmas by Steven Kroll, illustrated by Tomie DePaola. Xerox Education Publications, 1977. Frosty the Snow Man retold by Annie North Bedford, illustrated by Corinne Malvern. Western Publishing, Inc., 1977 (28th Printing.) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Barbara Shook Hazen, illustrated by Richard Scarry. Western Publishing, Inc., 1976. Santa's Toy Shop, adapted by Al Dempster, illustrations by the Walt Disney Studio. Western Publishing, Inc., 1980 (22nd Printing.) The Polar Express, written and illustrated by Chris van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. Other Notes: Hay-on-Wye, Wales's City of Books  

Special #21: 24 Books of Advent Part 1

Today's books are: The Baby-Sitters Club (series) by Ann M. Martin. Scholastic, 1986-2000 Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2003. Other books mentioned on today's episode: Harry: a history by Melissa Anelli. Penguin Group, 2008. Dear Genius: the letters of Ursula Nordstrom, edited by Leonard S. Marcus. HarperCollins, 2000. (my apologies for my mistake in the episode. Ursula Nordstrom was with Harper & Row, not Random House.) I'll Get There. It Better be Worth the Trip by John Donovan. Harper & Row, 1969. Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. Geography Club by Brent Hartinger. HarperCollins, 2003. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. Dutton Books, 2010. Other Things Discussed Today: Scholastic Book Orders The Baby-Sitters Club Movie Ann M. Martin "The Gay YA" book recommendations website Banned Books Week Baby-Sitters Graphic Novels Raina Telgemeier The Bechdel Test The Baby-Sitters Club Club Podcast Please Find Me on Social Media! Goodreads Twitter Instagram Facebook  

E118: The BSC is You and Me

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