Just Dads Reading Books
E.J. Sanders and Matt Martens
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Just Dads Reading Books is about understanding your children based on what they read. E.J. Sanders and Matt Martens investigate children's books and young adult novels so you don't have to. We'll never tell kids they can't read something, but we will try to make them feel cool for reading the good stuff.
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The Skull Revisted Revisted
Don't be alarmed. It's just two dads here to engage in their yearly tradition. If you're seeing this, it's because we really love you and miss you. Enjoy! Music by Russian…
A JDRB Update
Hey there, it's been a minute. We've been struggling to hit a consistent schedule recently and we wanted to talk to you, our listeners, about this and how we'd like to update the show going forward…
Bea-Wolf
Matt lacks the language of classical literature which meant his mind was measured and ripe for Zach Weinersmith's graphic novel depiction of Beowulf. EJ is bringing a bit more book-smarts to this…
The Book of Three (w/ Cole Wehrle)
We finally get to have a very special guest on JDRB! Cole Wehrle is here to join us as a fellow dad with a deep love for Lloyd Alexander. He loves the Chronicles of Prydain so much he made numerous…
The Skull Revisited
A year ago we read The Skull by Jon Klassen. And in it, Jon puts forward the idea that stories are interesting to retell in just the way you remember them. So we took that as a challenge and agreed…
Carson Ellis
Where'd all the picture books go?! Don't worry, we're done with all that heavy TEEN stuff, and we're incredibly ecstatic to talk about Carson Ellis' work. Seriously, this is maybe an all-timer...If…
Blankets
Matt read this graphic novel when he was 19 years old and boy I tell ya that's just a real wild time to be reading something like this. He decided he wanted to make his friend EJ sad for a little…
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
This is one of those books that has some delightful merit that we just bounced off of. It's an action-filled romp through an inventive world and maybe you just shouldn't listen to books like that…
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Imbalance
It's a big ol' finish line this week at JDRB. With this episode, we will have read all of the "critical path" Avatar books and comics that we intent to read (until these cool new Roku books come…
Iron Widow
An episode so nice we recorded it twice! But also, JUST KIDDING, this isn't nice at all. This is possibly the most spiteful, angry book we've ever read and we loved every single page of it. What if…
Jack Books by Mac Barnett
Early Reader books are a genre Matt and EJ have only lightly tapped into, and so far we're sticking to some reliable author/illustrators. Our most recent foray into this was the Elephant and Piggie…
What Girls Are Made Of
*CONTENT WARNING*This is a heavy episode folks. Elana K. Arnold held nothing back in her book What Girls Were Made Of, so much so that Matt even questioned if he was fit to record a podcast about it.…
Avatar: The Last Airbender - North and South
We're gonna claim a handful of "endings" to our Avatar journey, and this is one of them! Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru have taken us on some delightful journeys and this is the last comic we get to…
Dr. Seuss
We discovered this hidden gem of an independent writer. He goes by Dr. Seuss and though you may have never heard of him, he wrote a lot of books! We wanted to do our civic duty and shine a light on…
Akata Woman
It's taken us a while, but we've finally finished our journey with Nnedi Okorafor! The series hasn't been concluded, but the most recent entry in the adventures of Sunny Nwazue, Akata Woman, was…
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow
We disappeared there for a little bit, but the Dads are back on track. What better way to bring this show back into the world than with our favorite thing: Avatar! We're nearing the end of our main…
Akata Warrior
We missed last week due to a horrible move across country for Matt leaving him computerless for more time than he expected! But it was all worth the wait because we finally get to talk about the…
Mother Bruce
Read books with your kids. It's fun. But boy is it so much easier and more fun when you have books like Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins. Illustrations that evoke so much emotion, humor that actually…
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy
Quick! More Avatar while no one is looking! This is a quick look at a shorter Avatar comic, but also we finally get to start talking about the new live action Avatar series. We've only watched a…
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift
One more! We're still putting off our Akata Warrior episode but we got our hands on the next set of Avatar graphic novels! This one is perhaps a less impressive entry than the first two, but honestly…
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