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  • 17 Things I'm Not Allowed To Do Anymore (Jenny Offill)
    Jun 11 2025

    If you think you just might be raising the next Elizabeth Holmes, this book could be for you. A modern-day Ramona Quimby takes things to the next level of chaos only to be consistently shut down by the adults. And the moral of the story? Wellll, let's just say it's questionable.

    Find the book at your local library, indie bookstore, or on Amazon.

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    17 min
  • My Cat Looks Like My Dad (Thao Lan)
    Apr 2 2025

    Pets as children, Dads in 80s gym gear, and Moms who pass for teenagers take center stage in this cerebral journey to found families. Yeah, most adults wouldn't even pick up on the subtle message of this one. Lea-Anne was so excited she forgot to put on pants.

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    14 min
  • Mr. Wuffles (David Wiesner)
    Mar 11 2025

    How does a book about a cat playing with aliens who crash landed in his house get nominated for a Caldecott? Yeah, we were kinda stumped too. Oh, did we mention there are no words? Lea-Anne is mostly mystified while Anna is just annoyed. If the choices of the publishing industry leave you scratching your head, this one's for you.

    Oh, and that video about the history of the world I mentioned? You can find it here.

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    13 min
  • The Dead Bird (Margaret Wise Brown/Christian Robinson)
    Feb 14 2025

    Got a family funeral coming up? It's Greatest Generation authors to the rescue! Why write about the meaning of life or ways to process grief when you can publish a how-to guide for death complete with the stages of rigor mortis? The Dead Bird proves you can be known for children's literary classics and still get your most disturbing ideas published!

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    17 min
  • Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies (Stan & Jan Berenstain)
    Feb 7 2025

    Parenting styles, hypocrite bears, and gift shop induced PTSD are explored in detail in this week's episode. We both agree Mama Bear was right. What do you think?

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    20 min
  • The Wretched Stone (Chris Van Allsburg)
    Jan 24 2025

    Another master class in breathtaking artwork framing a truly bizarre story (if we can even call it that). Is it an allegory for television? Is it just entertainment for adults who took gummies before reading a bedtime story? We'll find out in this episode!

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    16 min
  • Whoosh (Barton/Tate) and Mr. Ferris and his Wheel (Gibbs Davis/Ford)
    Jan 10 2025

    Terrible recommendation technology, the necessity of failed inventions, and turn-of-the-century male preoccupation with size take center stage in Anna and Lea-Anne's exploration of children's biography!

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    21 min
  • Just Because (Matthew McConaughey/Renée Kurilla)-the real one
    Dec 12 2024

    Ooohkay. After uploading the B-roll, here's the edit. Sorry about that!!!


    Celebrity vanity project or existentialist musings of a child whisperer? (Hint: it's the first one) Anna and Lea-Anne have fun picking apart this plotless series of musings about the contradictions in life. They don't apologize for the critique, but they do apologize for the fact that Anna should be recording in her office instead of a room where the sound echoes off the walls)

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    16 min