Dads on Books
Michael Walker & David Patrick
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S2E4 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 is history. Or literature. And…
S2E3 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 it up a little with How Martha…
S2E2 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. David and Mike—well Mike—tells…
S2E1 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 the tale of Rip Van Winkle is about…
S1E52 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 Goosebumps series? Mike tells us, David…
S1E51 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 book, The Case of the Missing…
S1E50 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 most logical choice for their…
S1E49 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 of David's favorites."Why did…
S1E48 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 stories about about legal name…
S1E47 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 them are good." We disagree. The…
S1E46 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 realsies????Wheut?
S1E45 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 the same city in the same house…
S1E44 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 Camilla's house replete with news,…
S1E43 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 35 words. He talks about his…
S1E42 Dads on Steins: Grabenstein, Frankenstein, Einstein, and other Stinky Stories
DoB welcomes our third author and first non-daughter, non-Dan guest! None other than the perfectly paraphrasing prosaist of Ms. Pennypickle’s Puzzle Quest multiple award-winning and #1 New York Times…
S1E41 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 learned of her story through Fr.…
S1E40 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 wooden teeth? Neither did we. Did you…
S1E39 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 hardware place and lightbulbs—the new…
S1E38 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. This time the Dads and the Dan…
S1E37 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 had so much fun, this is only part…
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