Episodes
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Coraline
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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Bedknobs are Real
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…
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A Christmas Intervention
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...
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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
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...
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An Escape Claus
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...
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What Even Are Double Ovens?
Chris and Bobby travel to Maine (metaphorically speaking) to pick apart a classic folk tale, The Gingerbread Man.
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Pippi Langstrumpf
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...
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What Was I Scared Of? Pants, of course!
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.
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North and Through the Mirror
Harriet doesn't like playing music for other people...it's Halloween...and there's a Moon in her chimney!
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No Nonsense Question Time
Chris and Bobby open up the mail bag and answer questions from their adoring fans.
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The Napping Houses
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.
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Every Old Man Deserves Fudge
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…
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Amelia Bad-Elia
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!?
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Australian Day
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.
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Fedoras For Sale
An episode including many puns, Chris trying to make Bobby laugh, and Bobby trying to convince you all that Fedoras are cool.
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Under the Sea
Even if you've never read "The Rainbow Fish" before, you surely remember the beautiful water color illustrations by Marcus Pfister. The story is about the finer points of underwater society, how to make friends, and why you should literally give pieces of your body away to strangers so that…
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Fireboy Small
Fireman Small is the only firefighter on this side of the bay...and boy howdy is it a demanding job. He works night and day, never gets any sleep, and oh..by the way...he's the only human being in town. But why? What is this unusual place on the side of the bay? Find out now!
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The Tailor of Gloucester
Goodness, those waistcoats are nice.
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Jack and the Treehouse
Is it really a beanstalk?
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If You Take A Mouse's Sense of Self
Would he ask for milk though?
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Chicka Chicka Doom Doom
The shocking truth behind the coconut tree
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Pete the Liar
Chris and Bobby talk about Mr. Eric's beloved series.
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The Seussiverse: Episode Four: We Can Help the Knoxarelli
The grand conclusion to Ned Knox's saga
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The Seussiverse: Episode Three: Fort Knox
Freestyle rap legend Ned Knox comes back on the scene...and you won't believe what happened next...
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The Seussiverse: Episode Two: Knox-Hop
Green Eggs and Ham
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The Seussiverse: Episode One: Who-Tang Clan
Kicking of Read Across America with Fox in Socks!
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Harold and the Purple Marker
Is it a crayon really?
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Mani-Cat-ti
Strega Nona's helper, Big Anthony, bites of a little more than he can chew.
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'Twas the Bear before Fish-mas
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
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How the Grinch Went Back On His Convictions
Why does the Grinch hate Christmas so much?
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The Podcast Express
All aboooooooooard!
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The Giving-to-Myself Tree
Trees can't talk...
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A Bad Case of Alexa
Where did these stripes come from? What do they mean?
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The War-ax
The Lorax vs. The Once-lear.
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Halloween Special: Charlie and the Gaslit Factory
What happens behind closed doors at Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory?
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Big Pumpkin Fibs
Big Pumpkin. Big pie.
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Hansel and REGRETel
I couldn't think of a better title.
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Who's Waldo?
Where's Waldo? Also why? And how?
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Humanji
We embark on our safari to find discover the secret sense within 'Jumanji'.
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Rumple-Mean-Skin
Rumplestiltskin, what weird name.
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There's a Health Code Violation in My Pocket
The truth behind Wockets, Wosets, Yeps, Yottles, Bofas, and more!
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Goodnight, Bunny
Goodnight, Moon. Goodnight, who?
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The Gruffa-What?
Solve the puzzle of the anomaly that is The Gruffalo.
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The Very Missing Caterpillar
A tale of friendship, morality, insects, and food.
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Where are the Wild Things?
Discover where and what the Wild Things actually are.