Just Dads Reading Books

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 released 2022 and we'll wait as long as we must for whatever comes next. And with this entry, there's a lot of growing up to do!

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 arc of the Avatar graphic novels, so let's see how our latest entry compares to the rest of the series.If you want to chat with us and recommend books or tell us your reaction to

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 follow up to Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch!If you want to chat with us and recommend books or tell us your reaction to book we've covered on the show, please email us at justdadsread

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 works for all ages, and stories that are FUN to read. We've got a new favorite author/illustrator, folks...If you want to chat with us and recommend books or tell us your reacti

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 couple of episodes, and we'll be slowly watching over the next few Avatar comic episodes, so join us for the ride!If you want to chat with us and recommend books or tell us your rea

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 how is one supposed to compete with those in the first place? If anything, we get a nice filler episode that feels in line with the tone of the show itself!If you want to chat with

Picture books! We're delaying out Akata Warrior episode a little bit and in the meantime we read a bunch of Olivia books by Ian Falconer. They're a pleasant little look at a precocious little pig and it's hard to say whether the titles of the books are ever even relevant to the story in the books...If you want to chat with us and recommend books or tell us your reaction

We're back on that Avatar grind and galdarnit, they just keep bringing the hits. I'm actually not sure at this point why we didn't just start an Avatar podcast but it's beginning to feel like one!If you want to chat with us and recommend books or tell us your reaction to book we've covered on the show, please email us at [email protected] by Ru

We're coming full circle on our list of Caldecott winners of the last decade. Matthew Cordell is one of the last ones on our list and we've been excited to read more by him since we read Wolf in the Snow over the holidays. He's a beautiful illustrator that tells a wide range of stories! Is he our favorite?! I don't know!If you want to chat with us and recommend book

New series time! We put Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor on our list when we started the show and it took us entirely too long to finally get around to reading it. And spoiler alert, it's so good we're absolutely reading the entire trilogy as fast as possible.If you want to chat with us and recommend books or tell us your reaction to book we've covered on the show, please