Episodes
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Jackie & Me, Chapters 7 & 8
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Being a batboy is very hard, but worth the pain and taunting to play catch with Jackie at Ebbets Field.
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 11, The Sorting Hat's New Song
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Welcome back guest reader, Camilla S from London, UK!
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Jackie & Me, Chapters 5 and 6
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Joe meets Jackie, with a surprise or two along the way.
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 10, Luna Lovegood
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
All aboard the Hogwart's Express for another school year, and some unique new friends.
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Jackie & Me, Chapters 3 and 4
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Baseball cards and moms and dads.
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 9, The Woes of Mrs. Weasley
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Ron gets a BIG surprise.
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
NEW BOOK STARTS NOW: Jackie & Me, by Dan Gutman, Introduction and Chapters 1-2
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
One of my all-time faves, Jackie & Me is part fantasy, part historical fiction, part love letter to baseball, and an all-out tribute to the courage of American hero, Jackie Robinson. Enjoy!
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 8, The Hearing
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Harry gets his day in court. Will he be expelled? or worse?
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Unbound, Episode 13 - FINAL EPISODE and Authors Notes
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Freedom and family. The end of Grace's story as a slave, but the beginning of a new life free of the chains of human bondage. To learn more about the thousands of escaped slaves who made a new life in the Great Dismal Swamp, go here: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/great-dismal-swamp/
Coming up tomorrow, a new novel, in honor of baseball (I miss it so much) and the one and only Jackie Robinson!
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 7, The Ministry of Magic
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Inside the hallowed halls of the Ministry, Harry must face Fudge and his cronies at last.
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Unbound, Episode 12
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Deep, deep in the swamp, after days and nights of dangerous travel...a new home.
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Sirius has some serious-ly interesting relatives!
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5, The Order of the Phoenix
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
A crazy house full of secrets (and screaming).
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Reunited with his mates, Harry has a few questions he needs answered (and some anger issues to work through).
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Unbound, Episode 9
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Grace learns a beautiful truth about Aunt Tempie.
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3, The Advance Guard
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Please welcome a new guest reader, and one of my favorite preschool teachers, Margaret from Western Springs, Illinois! (Her daughters are pretty fab too).
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Unbound, Episode 8
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Hiding out and making tough decisions.
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 2, A Peck of Owls
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Owl after owl after owl - could drive an old man mad!
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Unbound, Episode 7
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Part two begins: Grace and her family flee on foot into the dark, dark woods.
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 1, Dudley Demented
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
THE 5TH BOOKS STARTS HERE! Dudley is back, and so are others whose names start with D.
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Unbound, Episode 6
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Grace overhears a terrifying conversation between the Master and the Missus - and she knows she must act quickly.
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 37, The Beginning
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
As another years ends, a dark, uncertain future looms for Harry and the other students, in a world where Voldemort has been reborn.
TOMORROW, we too have a beginning - we will start Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix!
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Unbound, Episode 5
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
A slave runs away and Grace must take his place at the big house.
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36, The Parting of the Ways
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Now that Voldemort is really back, Dumbledore begins to circle the wagons, while Harry tries to cope with grief.
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Unbound, Episode 4
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Grace finds it hard to stay silent in the face of cruelty and injustice, but the threat of the whip is always present.
Friday, June 19 - Juneteenth - celebrate freedom and learn about the past.
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 35, Veritaserum
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Lots of veritas, but not much virtus. More surprises revealed.
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Unbound, Episode 3
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Grace adjusts to the ugly realities of her new life, and sees a new friend face the whip.
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 34, Priori Incantatem
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Direct from London, UK, it's Camilla, reading perhaps the most gripping chapter of the book! C'mon Harry...
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Unbound, Episode 2
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
New faces, new realities for Grace up at the master's house.
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, The Death Eaters
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Ugh, Voldemort is such a narcissist.
Monday Jun 15, 2020
NEW BOOK STARTS NOW: Unbound, A Novel in Verse, by Ann E. Burg
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
In honor of Juneteenth, I'm proud to present Unbound, the story of Grace, an American slave who has courage beyond her years. If you don't know what Juneteenth is, visit https://www.juneteenth.com/ and if you are moved, you can find a petition to make it a nationwide United States holiday at http://nationaljuneteenth.com/Petition_Form.html.
Enjoy this incredible story!
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 32, Flesh, Blood, and Bone
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Welcome back guest reader Camilla from London! and welcome back Voldemort...
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Hatchet, Chapter 19 and Epilogue
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
The fruits of hard work in the water - and a twist.
COMING NEXT: Unbound, by Ann E. Berg. A novel in verse, this is the powerful story of a slave girl and her family and the daring, risky choices they make to seek freedom. #celebratejuneteenth
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 31, The Third Task
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
This is it - the third and final task. With surprises around every corner.
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Hatchet, Chapter 18
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Scary, claustrophobic, exhausting: a trip back inside the plane.
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 30, The Pensieve
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Actually, I'd love to have a pensieve - like magical cloud storage but way more fun.
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Hatchet, Chapter 17
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
In the aftermath of a direct hit by a tornado, the plane rises from its watery grave.
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 29, The Dream
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Welcome back, all the way from the great city of Seattle, Washington, guest reader Laura Z! Thank you for sharing your wonderful voice with us, Laura.
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Hatchet, Chapter 16
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
You would think a moose attack would be the worst part of a day. You'd be wrong.
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 28, The Madness of Mr. Crouch
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Gossip, Krum, Crouch. Weird.
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 27, Padfoot Returns
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Sirius returns to shed some light on the mysterious Barty Crouch.
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Hatchet, Chapter 14
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Brian is fast becoming a survival rock star.
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 26, The Second Task
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Merpeople and moral fiber - a strange, but winning, combination.
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 25, The Egg and the Eye
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Moaning Myrtle pops up while Harry's in the bathtub...what is going on!
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Chapter 24, Rita Skeeter's Scoop
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Standing up to prejudice in the wizarding world as only Harry and friends can do it, with a little help from Dumbledore.