It's be quite a long time since our last episode, but we couldn't let Halloween come and go without at least getting together for a special episode. This year we're tackling one of our very favorite kids novellas, 'Coraline' by Neil Gaiman.

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Coraline

Chris and Bobby are back from their start-of-the-year hiatus! We're all feeling refreshed and are ready to start a brand new year of story-time. We're going to kick it off by revisiting one of our favorite author's: Maurice Sendak. We started the podcast with him and it seemed time to check back on his work. This time we're talking through "In the Night Kitchen", a story about Mickey, a young boy he finds himself in the middle of fantastical, magical, and totally nonsense kitchen. 

Bedknobs are Real

Happy Holidays to all our listeners! This is our final episode in our annual Holiday cycle AND our last episode of 2019. Thanks so much for all your support. We hope you enjoy our take on the Christmas Classic "A Christmas Carol".  Music Credit Hark The Herald Angels Sing Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

A Christmas Intervention

We're so excited to bring Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins to No Nonsense Storytime! The story is filled with trickery, drama, and heroic cleverness in the face of what appears to be pure evil. But nothing is what it seems to be here... Music Credit Hark The Herald Angels Sing Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

The Holidays are back and with them come our annual series of holiday stories! This is our favorite time of the year and we've picked a few particularly beloved stories for you. To start this season off we're changing the script a little bit. Instead of a children's book we're actually going to look into the narrative behind the famous song 'Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer'. Music Credit Hark The Herald Angels Sing Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

An Escape Claus

Chris and Bobby travel to Maine (metaphorically speaking) to pick apart a classic folk tale, The Gingerbread Man. 

What Even Are Double Ovens?

This episode is a little bit different from most of of our others so far. With the help of our friend Lin we have decided to take a world renowned character from Swedish culture and break down what her story really is. Sit back with Chris, Bobby, and Lin as they talk about Pippi Langstrumpf (Longstocking!) and hash out where her Pirate King Father is and how she could possibly lift a horse.

Pippi Langstrumpf

Chris and Bobby bring you a slightly belated, slightly spooky second Halloween special for the year. We return to our always reliable Dr. Seuss with a not-so-well known story full of brand new, spooky nonsense.

What Was I Scared Of? Pants, of course!

Harriet doesn't like playing music for other people...it's Halloween...and there's a Moon in her chimney! 

North and Through the Mirror

Chris and Bobby open up the mail bag and answer questions from their adoring fans.

No Nonsense Question Time

They wanted us to believe there was only one Napping House. But Chris and Bobby know better than to believe everything that they read in a book.

The Napping Houses

This week we're teaming up with a couple of very special friends. Join us in welcoming Ben and Erik from 'Ben and Erik's Bookstore' to their very first episode of No Nonsense Storytime. Ben and Erik have brought Tikki Tikki Tembo to us. The book calls in to question the concepts of favoritism among children, respect to the elderly, and whether or not it's reasonable to plot against your siblings.  Find Ben and Erik at: https://benanderiksbookstore.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/BAEBookstore/

Every Old Man Deserves Fudge

Amelia Bedelia is starting her first day on the job...but she seems to have a little bit of trouble following directions accurately....or does she!?

Amelia Bad-Elia

Alexander is having a very, VERY bad day. We've all been there...but we haven't all be to Australia. There may just be more to this bad day than meets the eye.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Australian Day

An episode including many puns, Chris trying to make Bobby laugh, and Bobby trying to convince you all that Fedoras are cool. 

Fedoras For Sale

A weekly podcast in which co-hosts Christopher Panico and Robert Hoffman apply real-world logic and rationale to famous children's stories in order to discover the true meaning behind our childhood classics.

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