Sibling Library

Continuing our story, we examine what's in a word with a new segment that looks at the history of a word. This month's word is: Pride. In keeping with the theme, we also discuss Walt Wittman's work Live Oak, With Moss. To end the show we talk about a recent author talk we attended at the Charles Schulz Museum with Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris who are the talented duo behind The First Cat in Space...

This month we are bringing the mystery to the podcast. In honor of Free Comic Book Day and our alliterative theme, we read Birds of Prey: Murder & Mystery by Gail Simone and Ed Benes. We also came up with our own mystery plot with this fun Mad Lib type generator . 

In this chapter, we talk about a recent author talk we attended with Amy Tan thanks to the Solano County Library. Make sure to keep an eye on your local library to see what kinds of amazing programs they are doing. We discuss her works, her life, and our impressions of it all. We kick off our show with a roundup of what items from books we would like to receive as gifts (as we celebrate all of our...

To celebrate Women's History Month we invited two of our favorite women to join us on the show. We read and discussed Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairytales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life by Jane Gould. Did we like it? Did we hate it? Did we agree with it? You'll have to listen to this super sized episode to find out. Let's read, share, repeat!

This month we discuss some of our favorite literary couples, host our own National African American Read In event with the book Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson, and what we have been reading. We also introduce our read for next month Spinning Straw into Gold by Jane Gould. Let's keep reading, sharing, and repeating.

As we enter into our third calendar year of recording this show we welcome 2022 with some literary would you rather questions, books that will help us reach a goal this year, a Jolabokaflod review, and some of our favorite reads of 2021. Until next episode, let's read, share, and repeat!

In this chapter of Sibling Library, we all give our recommendations to celebrate Jolabokaflod - an Icelandic tradition of gifting books on Christmas Eve. We also each discuss the history and significance of some of our favorite Christmas books for children, which include: How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss; The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg; and The Night Before Christmas by Clement...

This month we talk about what literary meals we would want to be a part of, celebrate Native American History Month by reading and reporting on novels written by Native American authors, and wrap up with some picture book appreciation for National Picture Book Month.

This month we get a little spooky for the Halloween season. First we discuss some of our favorite literary witches, not including any witches from Harry Potter. Then we talk to friend of the show, Jeff Baham, Disneyland Haunted Mansion expert and author of the book: The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney's Haunted Mansion . We end with bookends and talk about what we have been reading and what we a...

In this chapter of Sibling Library, we will be celebrating the birth month of one of our collective favorite authors: Roald Dahl. We will talk about his life and some of our favorite experiences with his works. Then, we will be ending this summer season by going through some of our favorite summer reads. Special announcement for next month, we are welcoming great friend of the show Jeff Baham. To...

In this chapter, we celebrate Free Comic Book Day and welcome to the show our favorite neighborhood comic book slinger, Natasha Curtis. Natasha is the owner of Zeppelin Comics in Benicia, California. She gives us her expert knowledge about staying current with comics and how one may find themselves becoming a comic book reader, they aren't just for kids! Visit them online to find out more about th...

This month we welcome our parents to the show and discuss how they helped create three lifelong readers. There's laughter, some good natured ribbing, and even some tears. Next month we will be celebrating Free Comic Book Day with our favorite comic book expert and amazing store owner, Natasha Curtis of Zeppelin Comics, one of the 2021 Eisner Retailer Award finalists. Make sure you celebrate at you...

In chapter 11, we celebrate audiobook month by discussing what makes an enjoyable listening experience. We go on to try our hand at creating an audio version of Hans Christian Andersen's story called " Soup from a Sausage Skewer ." A big thank you to friend of the show, Jeff Baham, of the Doombuggies and Mousetalgia podcasts for helping plus our story with sound effects. Let's read, share, and rep...

In this chapter we celebrate Short Story Month by first using story dice to create a short story and then discussing Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper." 

This month we discuss Little Free Libraries: their history, purpose, and our experience with them. We also mention our topic for next month: a group read of the short story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Let's keep reading, sharing, and repeating!

In this chapter of Sibling Library, we discuss experiencing the Kurt Vonnegut classic: Slaughterhouse Five in three different formats. We each read the original novel and the graphic novel representation as well as watched the movie. We talk about our takeaways and our favorite formats. Have any thoughts about the story yourself? Please share with us!

In the month of love we talk about our appreciation of libraries for National Library Lovers month and why we enjoy reading non-fiction and how this experience is different than reading fiction. We also extend an invitation to any of our listeners that are interested in participating in our experiment of experiencing the story of Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut in three different formats (nov...

On this month's episode we discuss what our New Year's resolution books are and continue with discussing the 2020 Newbery Award winning book as well as the 2020 Newbery Honor books.

As we end this year of 2020, thank goodness, we look back on our favorite books we read throughout the year. We also discuss favorite book gifts and a special Icelandic Christmas tradition.

In chapter 4, we discuss cook books we are thankful for as well as our favorite books about sisters.

In this month's episode we discuss favorite literary Halloween costumes, books that scared us, and we revisit Gwinna from our first chapter. Boo!

This month, we will discuss our favorite and least favorite movie adaptations of books. First, however, we play a little "Never Have I Ever" literary edition. Let's read, share, repeat.

We are three sisters just getting used to this whole podcast platform, just like kids playing in the sandbox. The quality of the audio is not the greatest, but it will be better in the next one. Please enjoy our discussion about reading and the books that made the biggest impact on us as children. Let's read, share, and repeat.