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Russell Reads with the Rach(a)elsReaders are rebels and rats wear coats [April Reading Challenge]Russell, Rachel, and Rachael discuss our April challenge, childhood favorites, with one of our favorite childhood experts here in the library, Jess McAllister. We discuss how children's literature shaped us, opened our worlds, and continues to delight us to this day!Books we discuss include:“The Borrowers” by Mary Norton“The BFG” by Roald Dahl“Dear Mr. Henshaw” and “Strider” by Beverly Cleary“Freckle Juice” by Judy Blume“The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise” by Dan Gemeinhart“The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton“Amos Fortune: Free Man” by Elizabeth Yates“The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett“Grandpa’s Mountain” by Carol...2025-04-0131 min
Books, Cats & SnacksEp 143 - ENCORE - Midway Check-In: Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best: a Parody by Jennie Egerdie, Where You End by Abbott KahlerSend us a textWelcome to our show! While we're taking some much needed break, we wanted to do an encore of one of our past episodes that just need a little love. We're back in the saddle this upcoming week for the last book discussion of this year!Our discussion for this Check-In:Cattie's pick - Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best: a Parody by Jennie Egerdie and Illustrated by Ellie HajduOaky's pick - Where You End by Abbott KahlerWe hope you...2024-12-2129 min
Casual DiehardJennie EgerdieJesse and Youppi go for a walk in Prospect Park with Jennie Egerdie, the author of Frog And Toad Are Doing Their Best and the upcoming Oh, Bother: Winnie the Pooh is Befuddled, Too, to enjoy a beautiful spring day and talk about the Sesame Street atmosphere of Park Slope, trees growing in Brooklyn, monster trucks, and, of course, the biology of Mr. and Mrs. Met as relates to their old SportsCenter commercial. There was also discussion about the metric system and tricking Michiganders about Canada, but there were sound problems with that part. If you want to hear that...2024-04-1621 min
Casual DiehardJennie EgerdieJesse and Youppi go for a walk in Prospect Park with Jennie Egerdie, the author of Frog And Toad Are Doing Their Best and the upcoming Oh, Bother: Winnie the Pooh is Befuddled, Too, to enjoy a beautiful spring day and talk about the Sesame Street atmosphere of Park Slope, trees growing in Brooklyn, monster trucks, and, of course, the biology of Mr. and Mrs. Met as relates to their old SportsCenter commercial. There was also discussion about the metric system and tricking Michiganders about Canada, but there were sound problems with that part. If you want to hear that...2024-04-1621 minBooks, Cats & SnacksEp 102 - Midway Check-In: Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best: a Parody by Jennie Egerdie, Where You End by Abbott KahlerSend us a textWelcome to our show! Sorry we're uploading this a little late, but better late than never! Our discussion for this Check-In:Cattie's pick - Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best: a Parody by Jennie Egerdie and Illustrated by Ellie HajduOaky's pick - Where You End by Abbott KahlerWe hope you enjoy a little bit of trivia as well!Current BOM read: The Villa by Rachel HawkinsOur website: bookscatssnacks.comContact: boo...2024-01-1729 min
Cloud PoetryFROG AND TOAD
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AFTER MONTHS IN SELF-QUARANTINETwo short stories by Jennie Egerdie, published in McSweeney’s2021-12-0812 min
Power-Up With The Full Audiobook That Keeps Curious Minds Hooked.Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best [A Parody]: Bedtime Stories for Trying Times by Jennie EgerdiePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509293to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best [A Parody]: Bedtime Stories for Trying Times
Author: Jennie Egerdie
Narrator: Vanessa Johansson, Cary Hite, Fred Berman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 11 minutes
Release date: October 5, 2021
Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody
Publisher's Summary:
At home, work, and out in our ever-changing world, we're all just doing our best. In this modern parody, Frog and Toad are here to commiserate and lend some laughter. Full of wry humor and deep compassion for our modern vulnerabilities, the stories in Frog and Toad Are Doing Their B...2021-10-051h 11Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Literature, Comedy, Satire & ParodyFrog and Toad are Doing Their Best [A Parody]: Bedtime Stories for Trying Times by Jennie EgerdiePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509293to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best [A Parody]: Bedtime Stories for Trying Times
Author: Jennie Egerdie
Narrator: Vanessa Johansson, Cary Hite, Fred Berman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 11 minutes
Release date: October 5, 2021
Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody
Publisher's Summary:
At home, work, and out in our ever-changing world, we're all just doing our best. In this modern parody, Frog and Toad are here to commiserate and lend some laughter. Full of wry humor and deep compassion for our modern vulnerabilities, the stories in Frog and Toad Are Doing Their B...2021-10-051h 11
Too Many JennifersEpisode 19: Snailman (With Jennie Egerdie)We're getting literary with guest Jennie Egerdie (@HiJennieBlair), author of the upcoming book "Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best (A Parody): Bedtime Stories for Trying Times"! Who's a Frog? Who's a Toad? And who got named Jennifer by accident?
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*Full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F2t1XPzoFsnX-GHZLqxIEpqess4MEwlj0x6rrlQKKUo/edit?usp=sharing2021-09-151h 15
Hard ResetFrog and Toad celebrate Thanksgiving in quarantineFor writer and comedian Jennie Egerdie, 2020 has been a year of personal and global upheaval. We talked about how the pandemic has impacted her work, her creative process and how humor can be rooted in kindness. (You can read one of her pieces that imagines the lives of the characters Frog and Toad during the pandemic here.) Also on the show, JC and Mollie talked about how they’ll celebrate Thanksgiving during a time when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have advised Americans not to travel.2020-11-2522 min