Episode 102 – Ramona and Her Mother
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2018
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Flashback Summer continues as we revisit everyone’s favorite little sister. Becca and Katelyn joined us to discuss Beverly Cleary’s classic Ramona and Her Mother. Relive the thrill of squeezing out an entire tube of toothpaste and the tragedy of a bad haircut! Listen to this while making a tasty gelatine salad for your next dinner party.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Ramona TV series on YouTube
The Ageless Appeal of Beverly Cleary by Pamela Paul
10 Facts About Beverly Cleary’s Ramona Books
Candy Pairing: Becca says gummy bears, Kait says generic hard candy, Katelyn says dinner mints, Renata says Jello salad.
Coming up next: Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we read about the difficulties of being seven and a half so you don't have to. |
| 0:16.7 | I'm Kate. |
| 0:17.5 | And I'm Renata. |
| 0:18.8 | And for this episode, we read Ramona and her mother by Beverly Cleary. |
| 0:23.7 | Joining us to discuss this timeless classic best bestseller is Caitlin, |
| 0:28.5 | youth services librarian for grownups and a true pancake for dinner enthusiast. |
| 0:33.2 | And Becca, professional little sister. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello. |
| 0:36.3 | Hello. |
| 0:37.3 | Hi. |
| 0:38.5 | Let's take a moment to welcome back Caitlin, who you might remember from reading |
| 0:42.4 | Redeeming Love back a while ago. |
| 0:46.5 | Back in the Obama administration, yes. |
| 0:49.6 | Simpler times. |
| 0:50.2 | Housian Times, terrible books, yes. |
| 0:58.1 | And of course, Becca is back, back, back again. |
| 1:03.9 | Did I ever really leave? I mean, you were just here two episodes ago. You did take a small break, though. I live in your microphones. Are you the robot? I am not the robot. |
| 1:12.1 | Or am I? |
| 1:15.4 | Yeah, I mean, I do feel like that is what the robot would say. |
| 1:17.8 | I'm a super not the robot. |
| 1:19.1 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:20.9 | The robot's the bane of my existence. |
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