Episode 147 || The New Childhood Classics

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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'Tis the season to start thinking about children's books! What will you buy this year for the young reader in your life? Chris and Annie have some suggestions for you this week, hopefully beyond the old standards--not that there's anything wrong with the old standards! Also, weird moles. Mentioned this week: + Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult by Bruce Handy + Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin + Dragons Love Tacos Too by Adam Rubin + Dough Knights and Dragons by Dee Leone + Franklin's Flying Bookshop by Jen Campbell and Kathie Harnett + The Book with No Pictures by B. J. Novak + Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems + There's a Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone + This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen + Vegetables in Underwear by Jared Chapman + Little Red by Bethan Woollvin + The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz + Hooray for Hat by Dave Won + Boss Baby by Marla Frazee + Bossier Baby by Marla Frazee + King Baby by Kate Beaton + Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae + God's Very Good Idea by Trillia Newbell + Big and Small, God Made Them All by Ben Wilder + The Story Cure by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin This episode is brought to you in part by the city of Thomasville. Come join us for Victorian Christmas, our annual celebration of the holiday in the manner of a Victorian street fair! Mark December 14 and 15 on your calendars and learn more here. This week's episode is also sponsored by the Paxton House, a historic bed and breakfast in downtown Thomasville. Make a reservation at their website above and follow them on Instagram here! Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like our side-podcast Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon here.

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0:00.0	Annie, you went to the doctor again this morning, and I feel like our listeners really like your take on the doctor.
0:08.5	They're really invested in my opinions on the medical profession.
0:11.5	So I had a dermatologist appointment today.
0:14.8	Not that anybody needs to know this about me, but skin cancer runs in my family.
0:18.0	I'm a pasty person in general.
0:20.4	And so I'm fairly good. well, okay, comparatively.
0:24.0	I was going to say.
0:26.1	All right, fair enough.
0:28.0	But I'm a pale person and I guard my skin like crazy.
0:33.3	And yet still I have a massive,
0:35.2	I had to have a massive chunk of my leg removed a couple
0:37.8	summers ago.
0:38.5	Yeah, I remember that.
0:40.3	Because of skin cancer and potential skin cancer.
0:43.2	So, I go to the dermatologist regularly, which PSA, you should be going to the dermatologist.
0:50.4	And of all the doctors to go to, it might be the least pleasant.
0:54.7	I'm sorry, no, the least unpleasant.
0:56.9	Okay, that's what I was going to say.
0:58.1	Yeah, it's all topical.
0:59.5	Yeah, most pleasant.
1:00.7	Nothing's being stuck inside you.
1:03.9	It's just a little better.
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