Reading Isn't For Kids

Feb 23 2025 70 ep. 55 mins 2

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Two grown adults read and discuss children's books and also sometimes comics. Book series include, Junie B. Jones, The Magic Treehouse, and Fear Street. Comics range from Marvel graphic novels to the Walking Dead. Remember Reading Isn't For Kids!

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Ep. 65 - Fear Street Book #12 - Lights Out

Feb 23 2025 92 mins

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1991 Horror Mystery novel Fear Street Book #12 - Lights Out By R.L. Stine. A vandal who leaves a red feather at the scene of his crimes has been striking at Camp Nightwing, and when a counselor is found dead, junior counselor Holly Flynn is determined to solve the mystery.

Ep. 64 - The Walking Dead: Volume 4 - The Heart’s Desire

Jan 28 2025 75 mins

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 2005 Horror Zombie Graphic Novel The Walking Dead: Volume 4 - The Heart’s Desire by Robert Kirkman. Life in the prison starts to get interesting for Rick Grimes and the rest of our survivors. Relationships heat up, fizzle out, and change entirely almost overnight. By the end of this volume, relationships between key

Ep. 63 - Magic Tree House: Book 18 Buffaloes Before Breakfast & Book 19 Tigers at Twilight

Jan 11 2025 68 mins

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1999 Children’s Chapter book Magic Tree House: Book 18 Buffaloes Before Breakfast. Hello, buffalo! That's what Jack and Annie say when the Magic Tree House whisks them and Teddy, the enchanted dog, back almost 200 years to the Great Plains. There they meet a Lakota boy who shows them how to hunt buffalo. But somethin

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Dec 17 2024 1 mins

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Ep. 62 - Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure & Stanley’s Christmas Adventure

Dec 14 2024 54 mins

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1964 children’s chapter book Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure and Stanley's Christmas Adventure. When Stanley Lambchop wakes up one morning, his brother, Arthur, is yelling. A bulletin board fell on Stanley during the night, and now he is only half an inch thick! Amazing things begin happening to him. Stanley get

Ep. 61 - The Girl Who Saved Christmas

Dec 01 2024 57 mins

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 2016 Children’s Christmas fantasy novel, The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig. If magic has a beginning, can it also have an end? When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows just the man to ask - Father Christmas. But the magic she wants to believe in is starting to fade, and Father Christmas has more than i

Ep. 60 - Fear Street Book #11 - The Fire Game

Nov 23 2024 64 mins

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1991 Young Adult horror novel Fear Street Book 11 The Fire Game. What starts as a dangerous game of small-time arson soon leads to murder and terror for a group of high school students who discover that their fiery pranks have gone completely out of control

So, You Finally Watched - So Matthew, You Finally Watched Men In Black

Nov 09 2024 97 mins

This week we wanted to show off another one of Austin's shows where the two hosts watch and review a movie one of them hasn't seen. Join Nort and his dear friend Matthew as they dive into the wonderful 1997 sci-fi action comedy Men in Black! If you enjoy this episode and want more there are over 40 other episodes for you to dive into like Fight Club, Fast and the Furious, Harry Pot

Ep. 59 - Junie B. Jones #11 - Is a Beauty Shop Guy

Nov 02 2024 34 mins

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1998 children's horror chapter book Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy book #11. What's the bestest job ever? A beauty shop guy, that's what! And Junie B. Jones is going to be one when she grows up. But first she needs a little practice. And a few volunteers. Like her bunny slippers. And her dog. And maybe even...hers

Grim Encounters The Radwindy City of Chi-Ka-Ga Episode 1: An Unusual Meeting

Oct 26 2024 77 mins

Today we learn about what the factions of the Chi-Ka-Ga land area are up to in the year 2291. The three wastelanders meet each other on a stretch of the US highway about 40 miles outside of the Radwindy City of Chi-Ka-Ga. If you enjoyed this episode and want more! Head over to Grim Encounters on Spotify to listen to more! This is our Season 4 characters and we also have 3 other sea