Hello,

Where we read about decolonizing children's media so you don't have to.

I'm Renata.

And I'm Kate.

And for this episode, we read Dora and the Lost City of Gold by Steve Bailing.

Joining us to discuss this movie novelization is Christy, who would rather take on ancient

Incan militia and mercenaries than high school again.

Hola!

Hi, Christy. Welcome back to worst bestsellers.

Thank you.

We're happy to have you.

Yes, I am so thrilled to be here, too.

Yes.

So this book is a really interesting way for us, I think, to segue out of this year's

flashback summer, because this is a new book based on a new movie

that we are not being paid to promote. I need to make that very clear, but I am now very excited

to see this film. I want to see this movie so bad. If they want to send us like retroactive retro whatever free passes that'd be

fine but I am going anyway so it does not matter okay that really um doesn't help our

our cause uh of getting sponsorship by Nickelodeon well listen I came so close to getting a sponsorship by the ART.

It's all about the movie popcorn ladies.

It really is, right?

So if you're not familiar, if you're not familiar because Nickelodeon hasn't been doing a good job marketing this,

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