Reading Isn't For Kids

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1998 children’s novel Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy which is written the twelfth book in the series by Barbara Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus. There’s going to be a pet day at school, only guess what? No dogs allowed! And that’s the only kind of pet Junie B. has! If Mother and Daddy won’t buy her a new pet, Junie B. will...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 2006 children’s novel The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane which is written by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. Following the life of a china rabbit, and his journey to understand life, love, and himself.   RIFK is a comedy children’s books club podcast where twice a month Anna and Austin read & review children’s...

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.   RIFK is a comedy children’s books club podcast where twice a m...

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 characters are radic...

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 something goes wrong! And 19...

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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 gets rolled up, mailed,...

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 impossible wishes to...

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   RIFK is a comedy children’s books club podcast where twice a month Anna and Au...

This week we wanted to show off another one of Nort'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 Potter, and Airplane...

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...herself? Is Junie B. o...

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 seasons of campy ho...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the Patron chosen 2000 children's horror chapter book Michigan Chillers #1 - Mayhem On Mackinac Island by Jonathan Rand. Being swallowed by an old tree was just the start. Now Sandy and Tim have to deal with strange creatures of all shapes and sizes just to return home.   RIFK is a comedy children’s books club podcast where twice a month An...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1993 children's horror chapter book Goosebumps #5 Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb by R.L. Stine. One minute, his crazy cousin Sari was right ahead of him in the pyramid tunnel. The next minute, she'd disappeared. But Gabe isn't alone. Someone else is in the pyramid, too. Someone. Or some thing. Gabe doesn't believe in the curse of the mummy's...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1997 children's chapter book The Adventures of Captain Underpants. Which is an American children's novel by Dav Pilkey, and the inaugural novel of the Captain Underpants series. It became a hit with children around the world. In the novel, George Beard and Harold Hutchins turn their principal, Mr. Krupp, into the "greatest superhero of...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1991 YA chapter book Fear Street #10 Ski Weekend. Stranded on an icy road following a ski trip, Ariel, Shannon, and Doug soon find themselves at the mercy of Lou Kitchcock, the owner of a nearby farmhouse   RIFK is a comedy children’s books club podcast where twice a month Anna and Austin read & review children’s books and sometimes com...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 2002 children's chapter book Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo #1 Anyone But Me. Katie can't stand George, the class bully. He constantly picks on everyone, but he really torments Katie. One day, she can't stand it anymore, and she wishes she could be anyone but herself. What she doesn't see is the shooting star that flashes through the sky at th...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1998 children's chapter books Magic Tree House #16 Hour of the Olympics & #17 Tonight on the Titanic by Mary Pope Osborne. No girls allowed at the Olympic Games! That's the rule when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to ancient Greece. But when Annie tells Jack to go to the games without her, he knows she's up to something...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1983 children's novel The Witches which is by British author Roald Dahl. A dark fantasy, the story is set partly in Norway and partly in England, and features the experiences of a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country. The witches are ruled by t...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 2020 Comedy Horror Chainsaw Man Volume #1Dog and Chainsaw by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Denji’s a poor young man who’ll do anything for money, even hunting down devils with his pet devil Pochita. He’s a simple man with simple dreams, drowning under a mountain of debt. But his sad life gets turned upside down one day when he’s betrayed by someone...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1997 Children Chapter book Say Cheese and Die! #4 Say Cheese and Die! by R.L. Stine. Greg thinks there is something wrong with the old camera he found. The photos keep turning out . . . different. When Greg takes a picture of his father's brand-new car, it's wrecked in the photo. And then his dad crashes the car. It's like the camera ca...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1997 Children Chapter book Junie B. Jones #10 Is a Party Animal by Barbara Park. Meet the World’s Funniest Kindergartner—Junie B. Jones! Lucille is having a sleepover party—at her richie nanna’s big giant house! Grace and Junie B. can’t wait to see all the rich stuff in that place. Sleeping over at the nanna’s is sure to be a dream come...

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This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1990 Teen Chapter book Fear Street #9 - The Stepsister. Emily wants to like her stepsister, but it hasn't been easy. As soon as Jessie moves in, she takes over Emily's room, steals Emily's clothes, and lies to everyone. Then Emily picks up Jessie's diary and learns a horrifying secret. Is Jessie really capable of murder?     RIFK is a c...

This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1996 Teen Chapter book Animorphs #1 - The Invasion. Sometimes weird things happen to people. Ask Jake. He may tell you about the night he and his friends saw the strange light in the sky. He may even tell you about what happened when they realized the "light" was only a plane -- from another planet. Here's where Jake's story gets a litt...