Mysteries and Dogs: Pink Piggy and Stories and Squeeze Toys

About this episode

Mike and David interview author Linda Harkey about her latest children's mystery book and the importance of storytelling.

Mike and David have a wonderful conversation with author Linda Harkey award winning writer of many wonderful books from Story Monsters . The Dads talk about her latest book, The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy , a wonderful mystery that might get you a little misty-eyed. Just a little. Like pack rat size. No, smaller. It’s a fun tale of VFDs—What’s a VFD you may ask? You’ll have to listen to find. A hint: it’s a good thing. A V good thing—and their Squeeze Toy. Linda told us, “To me, everything’s a story.” We couldn’t agree more. The only thing Linda loves more than animals is writing about animals. OK, maybe it’s a tie, a toss up if you will, a draw? The point is, we had a fun conversation with Linda, AND, you should listen to it. If you liked this episode, you’ll love these: Check out all of our author episodes: Dan Gutman . Part One and Part Two Dan Yaccarino : Part Uno , Part Due Chris Grabenstein : Stinky Stories #6: Stinking Beauty Part One , Part Two . Alan Katz : Part One , Part Two And now a word from our sponsors. (Well, not really sponsors, just places we love get books from and hope that you'll go to if you need one). Books in Stock in Wooster, OH A House with Books in…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, David

Guest: Linda Harkey

Topics covered

• mystery
• children's literature
• animal stories
• author interview
• family entertainment

Keywords

• mystery
• children's books
• Linda Harkey
• Pink Piggy
• storytelling
• VFD
• squeeze toy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Story Monsters

Books & works: The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy

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