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A Juneteenth Jamboree or How We Heard We Were Free!!! Yippee!
Jun 22, 2026
35m 22s
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema with pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon or Mosquito, Mosquito Whyfore art thou Buzzing in People's Ears
Jun 16, 2026
33m 31s
Matilda the Builda or how I learned to hate the Trunchbull
Jun 8, 2026
37m 03s
Martha saves her parents from "what should have been brussel sprouts in a mushroom cream sauce cuz thats gross"
Jun 1, 2026
36m 58s
Out of the Dust, another episode, another classic, another opening, another show
May 25, 2026
51m 18s
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| 6/22/26 |  A Juneteenth Jamboree or How We Heard We Were Free!!! Yippee! | It’s the Dads’ first annual “Hey, let’s do a Juneteenth book” book. Or, as Mike put it, “If the world has a day, then we should read a book about it” book. That’s a whole lot of books.We talk about A Juneteenth Jamboree—a super fun “experience book” (we made that up) about celebrating Juneteenth. Spoiler alert: David’s favorite art form: watercolor and ink. Spoiler alert again: the art is beautiful and David talks about it. Splotches! Splashes! Spots! And precision. A multi-sensory experience. You see the kitchen and smell the food. You see it, and you want to taste it. Nerm. Nerm. See and hear the music and sounds—so much good stuff. Even though we know where it’s going—a Juneteenth jamboree, it’s still fun getting there. And we’re calling this a Gateway or Launch book: while you won’t learn a lot about Juneteenth, it’s a great starting point to read to or with your kids about a family celebrating Juneteenth that can lead to further exploration and learning about the history and the holiday. And since David is from Texas, and studied African-American history in college, he approooooves this message.Like this episode? You’ll love this one. A touching episode about a Civil Rights hero: Ruby Bridges. And some of our favorite watercolor art and more history: George Washington’s Teeth. And a soon to be dropped episode: Book of Greek Myths. Stay tooned. And now a word from our sponsors. Well, not really sponsors, just places we like to get books and hope that you'll go to if you need one:Books in Stock in Wooster, OHA House with Books in Keller, TXTalking Animals Books in Grapevine, TXRiver Forest Public Library in River Forest, ILGrapevine Public Library in Grapevine, TX Keller Public Library in Keller, TX Questions? Comments? Concerns?Please, please tell us about your favorite library or independent book store.Email us at dadsonbooks@gmail.comAnd if you have a favorite local bookstore or library, let us know and we can mention it too. PM | 35m 22s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 |  Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema with pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon or Mosquito, Mosquito Whyfore art thou Buzzing in People's Ears | It's time for another "We picked a book because Mike said so" episode. In Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema with pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon, the Dads banter on M&Ms, Mars and Snickers and Mars Bars and—boy do they need to sponsor us!! When they get to the book, David declares, "You can judge a book by its cover." "Sort of." You might think we'll find out why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears—'Cause they're annoying?—well, yes, but there is so, so, so much more as the David suspects.In this standard itsy-bitsy spider/if you give a mouse a cookie/if this then that and then that story we learn a lot of sounds from animals in Africa like, "mek mek mek," "waswusu," and everyone's all time favorite, "taa."! Wanna find out what animal makes what sound? Listen and play, "Whaaaat's...thaaat...Souuuuuuund?!?". Or read the book. Ok. Both. There's some great animal personification like Old Man Iguana and the ending—the. Ending. Read. Then listen. Lather, rinse, repeat.It's a quick, sun read ideal for reading to your very little ones. WARNING: you will be required to make lots of animal sounds!! Krik Krik Krik and Badamin Badamin, e.g. And Leo and Diane Dillons' illustrations (The description of the art for this book alone is worth reading: there were many, many words, some of which Mike and David knew!) are beautiful and filled with fun details to talk about and point out and laugh about and figure out.....check it outWe give this one 4 Thumbs Up! If you liked this episode, you’ll like these:Dan "I am a Story" Yaccarino parte uno and parte dueAnd now a word from our sponsors. Well, not really sponsors, just places we like to get books and hope that you'll go to if you need one:Books in Stock in Wooster, OHA House with Books in Keller, TXTalking Animals Books in Grapevine, TXRiver Forest Public Library in River Forest, ILGrapevine Public Library in Grapevine, TX Keller Public Library in Keller, TX Questions? Comments? Concerns?Please, please tell us about your favorite library or independent book store.Email us at dadsonbooks@gmail.comAnd if you have a favorite local bookstore or library, let us know and we can mention it too. PM | 33m 31s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 |  Matilda the Builda or how I learned to hate the Trunchbull✨ | children's literaturebook vs movie+3 | — | Books in StockA House with Books+4 | Wooster, OHKeller, TX+2 | MatildaRoald Dahl+5 | — | 37m 03s | |
| 6/1/26 |  Martha saves her parents from "what should have been brussel sprouts in a mushroom cream sauce cuz thats gross"✨ | children's literaturehumor+3 | — | How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green BeansDan Yaccarino parte uno+1 | Wooster, OHKeller, TX+4 | Marthagreen beans+5 | — | 36m 58s | |
| 5/25/26 |  Out of the Dust, another episode, another classic, another opening, another show✨ | historical novelDust Bowl+3 | — | Out of the Dust | OklahomaTexas Panhandle+1 | Out of the DustKaren Hesse+5 | — | 51m 18s | |
| 5/18/26 |  Rip Van Winkler, or the one where Fonzie takes a quick nap✨ | literatureclassics+3 | — | The Twig BookshopRip Van Winkle+5 | San Antonio, TX | Rip Van Winkleclassics+3 | — | 42m 47s | |
| 5/11/26 |  Pimples of the Goosiest Kind, or Goosebumps & Monster Blood by R'L Stine✨ | GoosebumpsR. L. Stine+4 | — | Goosebumps: Monster Blood | TexasGrapevine (Texas) Public Library | GoosebumpsMonster Blood+5 | — | 41m 01s | |
| 5/4/26 |  Mysteries and Dogs: Pink Piggy and Stories and Squeeze Toys✨ | mysterychildren's literature+3 | Linda Harkey | Story MonstersThe Case of the Missing Pink Piggy | — | mysterychildren's books+5 | — | 40m 30s | |
| 4/27/26 |  Who's next on the Stinky, Slimey, Moldy Train?✨ | children's literaturebook reviews+3 | — | Stink and the Attack of the Slime MoldDanny's Doodles: The Jelly Bean Experiment+4 | — | stinky booksslime mold+3 | — | 29m 34s | |
| 4/20/26 |  Each Peach Parent—Pear Plum Fee Fi Fo Fum!!✨ | children's literaturebook discussion+3 | — | Each Peach Pear PlumThe Giving Tree+3 | Wooster, OHKeller, TX+4 | Each Peach Pear Plumchildren's books+3 | — | 35m 47s | |
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| 4/13/26 | This is Alan Katz! Part Two!! With 3 (threee) exclamation points!!!✨ | interviewwriting+3 | Alan Katz | Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly SongsS.O.S.: Society of Substitutes | Keller, TXGrapevine, TX+3 | Alan Katzwriting rules+3 | — | 57m 39s | |
| 4/6/26 |  Will the real Alan Katz PLEASE, SIT DOWN!!!✨ | April Fool's Daychildren's books+4 | Alan Katz | 1 or 2 or 52 booksSOS series+3 | Keller, TXGrapevine, TX+3 | Alan Katzchildren's literature+3 | — | 59m 01s | |
| 3/30/26 | It's the Alan Katz Show✨ | comedykids+4 | Clean Slate Dave | — | — | Alan KatzClean Slate Dave+5 | — | 5m 49s | |
| 3/23/26 |  The Good, the Bad, and the Naked Crayons✨ | crayonsparenting+3 | — | Crayola CrayonsThe Day the Crayons Quit | Super Bowl | crayonsSt. Patrick's Day+3 | — | 30m 29s | |
| 3/16/26 |  A seriously nightmarish-esque case of stripes or Camilla Cream and her Lima Beans✨ | children's literatureparenting+3 | — | River Forest Public LibraryGrapevine Public Library+7 | — | stripesCamilla Cream+5 | — | 30m 10s | |
| 3/9/26 | Road Trip to Chuggington: Stinky the Skunk Smells of Lemoncello, Part toot✨ | storytellingchildren's literature+3 | Chris Grabenstein | The CrossroadsMs. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest+4 | — | Chris Grabensteinstorytelling+3 | — | 29m 33s | |
| 3/2/26 |  Dads on Steins: Grabenstein, Frankenstein, Einstein, and other Stinky Stories✨ | children's literatureauthor interview+3 | Chris Grabenstein | Ms. Pennypickle’s Puzzle QuestThe Island of Dr. Libris+6 | — | Chris GrabensteinMs. Pennypickle’s Puzzle Quest+3 | — | 30m 22s | |
| 2/23/26 |  Ruby Bridges: Inspiring resilience since 1960✨ | Ruby BridgesAmerican history+5 | — | Ruby Bridges FoundationThe Story of Ruby Bridges+1 | — | Ruby Bridgescivil rights+6 | — | 52m 26s | |
| 2/16/26 |  George Washington: taking a bite out of life | Did you know that George Washington had fake teeth? We did, too. Did you know it was a problem his entire adult life? Neither did we. Did you know he didn’t have wooden teeth? Neither did we. Did you know that he led the Continental army to win the Revolutionary War? We did, too. Just seeing if you’re paying attention. Good job.While this episode of Dads on Books is just as fun as all the other ones, we decided to celebrate Presidents’ Day with a little bit of learning and a whole lot of fun.Check it out, and hold onto your dentures. It’s gonna be a bumpy night.And if you liked this one, you'll LOVE these:Dan Gutman's episodes: Part 1, Part 2 Dan Yaccarino's episode: Parte Uno, Parte DueMore fun water color Mrs. McTats and her House Full of Cats and Guess How Much I Love You?Some of our favorite places to get books:A House with BooksRiver Forest Public LibraryGrapevine Public LibraryKeller Public Library | 31m 12s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 |  Pete the Cat is wearing a hat or Valentine’s Day is phat | In their very first Pete the Cat episode, Mike and David talk and talk and talk about being home alone—aaaaaaaarrrrg!!!—and snow and sleds and Ace the friendly hardware place and lightbulbs—the new college major and, one more thing... oh yeah! the book!!Pete the Cat--Valentine's Day is Cool has a lot of meaningful memories for Mike and his girls and none whatsoever for David's, but they both loved the book. In a role reversal, Mike actually has the book with a poster: missing, some Valentine's Day cards: AWOL, and stickers: gone, I tell you! David, on the other hand, read the "book" by "watching" a reading of it from the Lollipop Animated Book series on YouTube. Welcome to 21st century reading, how can I help you?The book is a lot of fun, but David notices the word "love" is never really said. Mike points out that love comes in many different forms for many different people or cats. And bus drivers. And facilities managers. And crossing guards. Happy National Crossing Guard Day--February 10!! OK, State Crossing Guard Day in Texas where David is. You'll have to wait until early May in Illinois where Mike is. Because it has to thaw?As we celebrate Valentine's Day, enjoy this this super fun, super silly, and even a little poignant book about empathy for other people— and cats— a common and important theme in our friend Dan Yaccarino's books. (the empathy, not the cats) Check it out.If you liked this episode, check out these two:Dan Yaccarino parte uno and parte due A House with BooksGrapevine Public LibraryKeller Public Library | 32m 58s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 |  Dan Yaccarino parte due (mille): Willa, Oswald, Every Friday, and friends | Mike and David are such fans of the Dans, especially Dan Yaccarino author of Piccolo, they had to split their awesome, fun, super conversation in two—due!—episodes. This time the Dads and the Dan talk about stories, books (The Luna Sisters) and of course, mid-century modern. Even though they post every Monday, they read and talked about Every Friday. They laughed, they cried, they promised not to pretend to cry. We finally get to the bottom of why Dan does what he does and digs what he digs. You dig? Listen to find out, but know that he loves creating characters and worlds and ends our conversation where it began: in empathy and kindness. Good stuff. Check it out.If you liked this episode, check out these:Dan Yaccarino parte uno Our first Dan Guest: Dan Gutman Part One and Part TwoOur other groovy plaid patterns episode: PinkaliciousA House with BooksGrapevine Public LibraryKeller Public Library | 29m 47s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 |  Dan Yaccarino on Sorrento, Piccolo, and Jacques Cousteau, parte uno | Mike and David continue their celebration of Danuary with their second author guest Dan Yaccarino which means all of their guests are either daughters or Dans. They had so much fun, this is only part one!Dan and the Dads talk about Dan's latest book, Piccolo and its celebration of Dan's Italian heritage and its themes of putting others before yourself and the importance of gelato. That's Italian for ice cream. They also discuss I Am a Story, An Octopus Followed Me Home, The Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, City Under the City, One, Two, Grandma Loves You, and Willa's Wild Life. There's even some mid-century modern and Yac Man—uh Pac Man (AKA Gabo Gabo in Italia). Check it out. And this is only part uno. Stay tuned for part due next week when we'll talk about even more books! And reading. And parenting. And stuff.If you liked this episode, check out these:Our Very first episode, The Giving TreeOur first Dan Guest: Dan Gutman Part One and Part TwoFor Greek mythology geeks like us: Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief: Voyage to Vegas with a zebra, tin cans and 7 layer dipA House with BooksGrapevine Public Library | 29m 49s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | Danny's Doodles of poodles and oodles of noodles (Karen) | In our continuing celebration of "DANUARY!!!", Mike and David discuss Danny and Danny’s Doodles— which turn out to be not quite as doodly or noodley as you might think— plus other fun stuff in a book, that’s oddly doodly, oodly, feudily, silly billy, and even a touch serious.They’ve got everything! There’s mismatched socks, a string diet where even the tuna is stringy, unevenly short pants, and sensible shoes (sensible black shoes, I can't trust this writer at all, can I?), and David and Mike play a new game show: Guess which baseball movie this is!?! There’s a school that has silly kids and a mean teacher. And even she is human after all. (Hmmm, sounds like a teacher I meet in room 27, or was it 26, hmmm).Mike discusses the legend of Kelly Dean and the Great Experiment of Jelly Bean, but you need to read the book to find out about the ladder. It’s a fun ride of a fun book with two fun guys, hold the mushrooms. If you liked this episode, you’ll love these:Dan GutmanWhat??? More Dan GutmanBig Words for Little PeopleAnd many more.... if you can find them.... | 30m 15s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | Danny and the Danuary Dinosaur | Mike and David struggle with the calendar but successfully locate Danny and the Dinosaur in David’s attic, aka Narnia. This "50sy" classic features a dinosaur that fluctuates from "row-house sized" to "lamp-post thin". The Dads explore the Syd Hoff-ance—the 27-year gap between sequels—and David’s 2055 "heaven" debut. They close with "killer" jokes about —nope, note telling and still not telling. Happy reading! | 28m 59s | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | The Going to Bed Book: Good sleep habits thru Exercise and Rock! | Mike and David have a rockin’ conversation about Sandra Boynton’s Going to Bed Book. WARNING: The animals do something CRAZY before going to bed!! You were warned. And they will they will rock you(r kids to sleep)! Mike and David deal with grammactical (sic) errors, math is hard, and politics? (No). There's also an epiphany about a hippo—hippiphany?—about who—whom?!—is brushing their teeth. No buts about it, these animals are wild! If you liked this episode, check out these:Who was Laura Ingalls Wilder: Cliff's Notes and Spoiler AlertsSay it ain’t so, MoRichard that’s so ScarryAnd don't forget to check us out on youtube:@DadsOnBooksThis episode in videoAnd check out our friend if you need a bookmark while reading Frankenstein:Dun Dealgan MediaYou can email us at DadsOnBooks@gmail.com | 27m 47s | ||||||
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