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Choose Your Own Adventure Books
We are talking about a specific type of book this episode, though we only read one the many in the series. We are skipping pages and trying out multiple endings in the Choose Your Own Adventure genre…
How to Eat Fried Worms
This month we are enjoying a delicacy of a book, with How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell. Get ready for some strange food combinations and a lot of boyhood disagreements! Music: Fly Faster…
Hatchet
This episode we are going back to the wilderness in Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, and are joined by our friend (and more experienced camper) Dylan as we join our stranded teen in the Canadian…
Modern Favorites
This episode we are mixing it up! We take a look at some popular and more recent books to share with you. Some were recommended by kids themselves! Let us know if you’ve read any of our suggestions,…
The Nutcracker
We hope everyone had a happy holiday season! This episode is a bit delayed, we were both down with illness and then holidays. But we are ending (and beginning!) the year with one of Marie's favorite…
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Happy Thanksgiving to all! This month we are reading "The Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell, a fascinating story based on a real Native American woman who lived alone on an island in the…
The Ghost Who Ate Chocolate
We are back into the spooky season with another ghost book, though this one is more sweet than scary! This month's book is the first in the Black Cat Club series, "The Ghost Who Ate Chocolate", by…
Where the Red Fern Grows
This episode was a bit delayed due to illness, but we still need the tissues! Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls is a childhood classic yet deeply moving. Whether you read it as a child, or…
Magic Tree House Merlin Missions
We are taking our Master Librarian cards and proving ourselves to the one and only Merlin in the last installment of our Summer Series! We are looking at the Merlin Mission series of the Magic Tree…
Magic Tree House Quartet 3
We are diving into the next quartet of the Magic Tree House series, and on a mission to become Master Librarians! As adults we definitely had some questions for Morgan but as kids we were on board…
Magic Tree House Quartet 2
We are back in the Magic Tree House for books 5-8, and this time we have to save Morgan! Joining us this week is Casey as we dive into the next four adventures. We have a few random factoids as well,…
Magic Tree House Quartet 1
Happy summer to all! We are going on our first adventures with the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osbourne, and there are so many books involved! This series is a classic for 90s kids for a…
Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet
3...2...1...and we are off! Join us as we read the scifi classic Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron. This story features a classic adventure of going to space, with a…
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
We jump into an old series (with a family legacy) with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald. This is another book we both read and loved, though reading it as grown-ups does present a different…
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective
We're taking up the mantle of crime solvers this week, and joining the boy detective to solve 10 cases in the first Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol! We both read these as kids, with very…
Little Women Part 2
We are finishing our discussion of Little Women, or Good Wives as it was originally published. Join us three years after the first half of the book as the March sisters face new challenges that are…
Little Women Part 1
For the holiday season we are going back to the 1800's with Louisa May Alcott's Little Women! We'll be reading the first part of the modern story, originally published as it's own volume. Despite…
6th Grade Mutants Meet the Slime
We dive into a scifi-esque story about a couple of kids who develop superpowers! We read "6th Grade Mutants Meet the Slime" by Laura E. Williams. But the stakes aren't as high as modern superhero…
Bailey School Kids
We are joined by Casey as we read the Bailey School Kids series books one and two! These are really fun and silly monster books, which Marie also enjoyed as a child. Follow us on Facebook at Tales…
Howie Monroe and the Doghouse of Doom
We are picking up a lighter read that asks the question: What would happen if a dachshund puppy rewrote Harry Potter? Marie's pick tackles just that question, we we dive into the third book written…
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Tales from Childhood Bookworms has published 43 episodes since June 2023, covering topics in Arts, Books.
Tales from Childhood Bookworms is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 56m.
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