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We Are Paradox MediaMay 31/25 - Story Time with TessaTNTTonight on We Are Paradox Media's "Late Night in the Rockies" Weekend Host TessaTNT will be reading from Ryan Calejo's "Charlie Hernandes & The League of Shadows".Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-are-paradox-media--3672397/support.2025-06-013h 00We Are Paradox MediaMay 24/25 - Story Time with TessaTNTTonight on We Are Paradox Media's "Late Night in the Rockies" Weekend Host TessaTNT will be reading from Ryan Calejo's "Charlie Hernandez & the League of Shadows".Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-are-paradox-media--3672397/support.2025-05-253h 00We Are Paradox MediaMay 17/25 - Story Time with TessaTNTTonight on We Are Paradox Media's "Late Night in the Rockies" Weekend Host TessaTNT will be reading from Author Ryan Calejo's book "Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows".Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-are-paradox-media--3672397/support.2025-05-183h 00
Listen to Top Full Audiobooks in Kids, Fairy Tales & FolkloreThe Secret of Matter by Ryan CalejoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760615to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Secret of Matter
Author: Ryan Calejo
Narrator: Robb Moreira
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Release date: January 21, 2025
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
The exciting sequel to the middle-grade mind-bending adventure from award-winning author Ryan Calejo, exploring worlds beyond imagination After wielding time itself to save the Rym, Antares and Magdavellía return to Agartha as heroes. But peace is short-lived. As a mystic-led sneak attack plunges the Rym into chaos, they once again find themselves in a world on the brink of doom. Their only hope is...2025-01-2110h 32
Ok, but hear me outOk, But What the River Knows and The Starless SeaJoin Kassie and her friends as they create a healthy conversation space to talk about their favorite fandoms and latest obsessions! Will you join the conversion and hear us out?
In today’s episode: Kassie goes on a deep dive of a book with a major cliffhanger ending while Lisa tries to convince us all to read a book that is best described as a vibe.
Recommendations: Kassie- Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo (very strong Lightning Thief vibes); Lisa- the Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Book that Wouldn’t Burn...2024-09-1048 min
Dark Side of the LibraryDark Kids Books Coming Out March 2024Dark Side of the Library Podcast Episode #182: Dark Kids Books Coming Out March 2024 (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you) ChupaCarter and the Screaming Sombrero, by George Lopez (Author), Ryan Calejo (Author), Santy Gutiérrez (March 12) https://amzn.to/3uDicYx Evil Spy School the Graphic Novel, by Stuart Gibbs (Author), Anjan Sarkar (March 5) https://amzn.to/49J5nea2024-03-2726 min
Explore New Worlds, Free Audiobook Are the Golden PearlsChupaCarter and the Screaming Sombrero Audiobook by George LopezListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 694456
Title: ChupaCarter and the Screaming Sombrero
Author: George Lopez, Ryan Calejo
Narrator: Giordan Diaz
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4:54:52
Language: English
Release date: 03-12-24
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Genres: Kids, General, Animals & Nature, Fairy Tales & Folklore
Summary:
George Lopez does it again in his next laugh-out-loud ChupaCarter adventure! Jorge and his chupacabra chum Carter are hot on the trail of the legendary El Dorado gold . . . but so are some wicked treasure hunters who will stop at nothing to find it!
A cursed Aztec dagger. A five-hundred-year-old witch's riddle. And...2024-03-124h 54
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Kids, Fairy Tales & FolkloreChupaCarter and the Screaming Sombrero by Ryan Calejo, George LopezPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/694456to listen full audiobooks.
Title: ChupaCarter and the Screaming Sombrero
Series: #3 of ChupaCarter
Author: Ryan Calejo, George Lopez
Narrator: Giordan Diaz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
Release date: March 12, 2024
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
George Lopez does it again in his next laugh-out-loud ChupaCarter adventure! Jorge and his chupacabra chum Carter are hot on the trail of the legendary El Dorado gold . . . but so are some wicked treasure hunters who will stop at nothing to find it! A cursed Aztec dagger. A five-hundred-year-old witch's riddle. And a . . . screaming sombrero? These are the an...2024-03-124h 54
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Kids, Fairy Tales & FolkloreThe Shape of Time by Ryan CalejoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698514to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Shape of Time
Author: Ryan Calejo
Narrator: Robb Moreira
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2023
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
What if legends, myths, and superstitions … were all true?Antares de la Vega is an adventurer at heart. He dreams of journeying across burning deserts, trekking through wild and uncharted jungles, sailing the farthest reaches of the seas—and yet, he’s never stepped foot outside of South Florida.Until strange creatures come leaping out of lightning bolts to kidnap him. Locked away in a secr...2023-09-128h 56
Dark Side of the LibraryDark Kids Books Released in May 2023Dark Side of the Library Podcast Episode #128: Dark Kids Books Released in May 2023 (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you) ChupaCarter and the Haunted Piñata, by George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (May 30) https://amzn.to/3oR0VYy Escape from Grimstone Manor (Monsterious, Book 1), by Matt McMann (May 9) https://amzn.to/3LhkX6a I'm Not...2023-06-0711 min
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Kids, Fairy Tales & FolkloreChupacarter and the Haunted Piñata by Ryan Calejo, George LopezPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620379to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chupacarter and the Haunted Piñata
Series: #2 of ChupaCarter
Author: Ryan Calejo, George Lopez
Narrator: Giordan Diaz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes
Release date: May 30, 2023
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
In this hilarious follow-up to ChupaCarter, world-famous entertainer George Lopez delivers a spooky tale of mystery, revenge, and friendship starring 12-year-old Jorge and Carter, the fearsome but friendly Chupacabra! Inspired by his own childhood, George Lopez's sequel to ChupaCarter sees Jorge finally feeling at home in his new town, thanks to his awesome friends Liza and Ernie—and...2023-05-305h 06Explore New Worlds, Free Audiobook Are the Golden PearlsChupaCarter Audiobook by George LopezListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 578882
Title: ChupaCarter
Author: George Lopez, Ryan Calejo
Narrator: Giordan Diaz
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3:50:10
Language: English
Release date: 08-30-22
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Genres: Kids, General, Animals & Nature, Fairy Tales & Folklore
Summary:
With his signature laugh-out-loud humor, world-famous comedian George Lopez launches a fantastical middle grade series inspired by his own colorful childhood and Latinx folklore.
In this contemporary fantasy, twelve-year-old Jorge is lonely and resentful after being sent to live with his grandparents. His first day at his new school doesn’t go well after catching the at...2022-08-303h 50
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Kids, Fairy Tales & FolkloreChupaCarter by Ryan Calejo, George LopezPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578882to listen full audiobooks.
Title: ChupaCarter
Series: #1 of ChupaCarter
Author: Ryan Calejo, George Lopez
Narrator: Giordan Diaz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 50 minutes
Release date: August 30, 2022
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
With his signature laugh-out-loud humor, world-famous comedian George Lopez launches a fantastical middle grade series inspired by his own colorful childhood and Latinx folklore. In this contemporary fantasy, twelve-year-old Jorge is lonely and resentful after being sent to live with his grandparents. His first day at his new school doesn’t go well after catching the attention of his belligerent principal and the...2022-08-303h 50
Two Lit MamasEpisode 36: Holiday Gift Guide for Middle GradersThe Mamas are ready for the holidays (or at least ready for soccer season to be over). To get you in the mood for gift giving, the Mamas recap the best books in some of their favorite categories: Top Faves from 2021:Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos (Episode 15) City Spies Series by James Ponti (Episode 20)The Whispers by Greg Howard (Episode 26)Fave Fantasy Reads:The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant (Episode 29)The Elephant’s Girl by Celesta RimingtonFave Sports-themed BooksTen Thousand Tr...2021-11-1047 minTwo Lit MamasWorld Mythology for Middle GradeAfter grumbling about the weather like two old ladies, the mamas dive into Iberian, Bengali, Egyptian and Greek mythology stories for middle grade readers. The fictional stories aren’t for fainthearted parents since most adults have disappeared at the beginning of the books. Fear not, the kids do rescue them, of course only after falling for crushes, exploring secret worlds, and becoming warriors. Connect with your inner goddess and will yourself to join the mamas on their mythic adventure. Show Links: Charlie Hernandez & the League of Shadows by Ryan CalejoThe Serpent’s Secret b...2021-02-1055 min
Tasteful Tuesday's First ChaptersCharlie Hernandez & The League of Shadows by Ryan CalejoThis is the first book in this mystery series. It is set in Miami Florida.2021-01-1905 min
The Latinx Kidlit Book Festival PodcastBoys in Middle Grade FictionCultural expectations, a rush to be ‘grown’ and a lack of books that really see them—how do Latinx boys in that in-between age come to understand what it means to be ‘a man’? Middle Grade authors Kim Baker (THE WATER BEARS), Ryan Calejo (CHARLIE HERNANDEZ SERIES), Pablo Cartaya (EACH TINY SPARK), Ryan Estrada (BANNED BOOK CLUB) and Carlos Hernandez (SAL AND GABI BREAK THE UNIVERSE) discuss how books for and about the lives of boys play an integral part in challenging perceptions of masculinity and celebrating the joys of being a boy.
Moderator: Kim Baker is the author...2020-12-1852 min
Chapter One with HPL"Charlie Hernández and the League of Shadows" by Ryan Calejo, Read by MarisaCharlie Hernández grew up on tales of fantastic beings from Latin American folklore thanks to his abuela’s stories. Despite his love of myth and legend, Charlie is firmly rooted in reality. Stories are just stories. Right? This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recording made with permission of Simon & Schuster. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.2020-09-2202 min
All the Books!E234: New Releases and More for November 12, 2019This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss All-American Muslim Girl, Secondhand, Wild Life, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored St. John's College, ThirdLove, and Book Riot Insiders.
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Books discussed on the show:
Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter
Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs by Keena Roberts
The Book of Lost...2019-11-1227 min
Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Kids, Fairy Tales & FolkloreCharlie Hernández & the Castle of Bones by Ryan CalejoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374390to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Charlie Hernández & the Castle of Bones
Series: #2 of Charlie Hernández
Author: Ryan Calejo
Narrator: Giordan Diaz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes
Release date: November 12, 2019
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
Inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and South America, this bold sequel to Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows, which Booklist called 'a perfect pick for kids who love Rick Riordan' in a starred review, follows Charlie as he continues on his quest to embrace his morphling identity. Char...2019-11-1212h 49
All the Books!E231: New Releases and More for October 22, 2019This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss All This Could Be Yours, God Save the Queens, Last of Her Name, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored Book Riot's Blind Date with a Book; and Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell and Wednesday Books.
Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.
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Books discussed on the show:
All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg
Last of Her Name by...2019-10-2242 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for October 22, 2019This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss All This Could Be Yours, God Save the Queens, Last of Her Name, and more great books.This episode was sponsored Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book; and Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell and Wednesday Books.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. Wh...2019-10-2245 min
My Messy MuseEpisode 7- Interview with Kathie Maclsaac Children's Librarian and MG Book Village Co-FounderKathie Maclsaac Children's Librarian and co-founder of MG Book Village provides ideas for engaging children for Multicultural Children's Book Day, January 25th. Kathie shares with listeners one of her most successful activities she uses to engage her young patrons at the library. The activity is great for teacher and librarians looking for something fun on Multicultural Children's Book Day, a day to bring attention to all of the amazing children’s books available that celebrate diversity. https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com https://mgbookvillage.org Activity- Book Passport: Create a small notebook for each student. Students ear...2019-01-1115 min
Author InsightsEp. 2 Ryan Calejo and Emily FelchakListen to Creek student Ryan Calejo discuss his recently released book Charlie Hernandez and The League of Shadows.2018-12-0605 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Kids, Fairy Tales & FolkloreCharlie Hernández & the League of Shadows by Ryan CalejoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343319to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows
Series: #1 of Charlie Hernández
Author: Ryan Calejo
Narrator: Giordan Diaz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
Release date: October 23, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
The Lightning Thief meets the Story Thieves series in this middle grade fantasy inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and South America. Charlie Hernández has always been proud of his Latin American heritage. He loves the culture, the...2018-10-237h 16