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These Books Made MeThe Egypt GameSend us Fan MailWere you obsessed with antiquity, myths, and homemade costumes when you were a child? If so, have we got the book for you! This episode we revisit an oldie but a goodie: Zilpha Keatley Snyder's classic children's book, The Egypt Game. We love the nuanced characters, genuinely exciting and surprising plot twists, and relate to Melanie and April's love of imagination games. Hannah relates to being "the keeper of the lashes" even though we all bemoan the health and safety concerns of continuously recycled fake lashes. We enjoyed the hijinks of our core...
2026-03-261h 01
Bubbles and BooksFive Years of Dog-Eared BooksToday we are heading down memory lane and looking back at the last five years and all the funny moments, best books, and favorite memories we've experienced. As we approach out fifth birthday, we are forever grateful to every person who has supported us. Without you, we couldn't do what we love. Thank you and here's to many more five years of bookselling!
Ellyn's Currently Reading | The Keeper by Tana French
Amanda's Currently Reading | Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict
SHOW NOTES:
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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2026-03-041h 16
The Book Drop223. Getting Ready for Nebraska Celebration of Books on Nov. 15This week, we talk with Nebraska Library Commission's Tessa Timperley, and local author, Tosca Lee. Happening at the LibraryImagine, Write, Explore! with Danielle Herzog | Saturday, Nov. 8, from 1 to 2 p.m. at Benson BranchRepujado Art Workshop | Saturday, Nov. 8, from 1 to 2 p.m. at South Omaha LibraryIt’s All Relative Book Club Monday | Nov. 10, 6 to 7 p.m. at Genealogy & Local History RoomExplore all upcoming events at omahalibrary.org/events.All the books and resources we talk about in this episode can be found below! “The Book With No Pictu...
2025-11-071h 03
Happier with Gretchen RubinEp. 544: ”25 for ’25 List” Mid-Year Check-In—How Are We Doing?The year is half over, and we review our “25 for 2025 Lists” to see what progress we’ve made—and to remind ourselves of our unfinished aims for the year. There’s still plenty of time to get a lot done. Resources & links related to this episode: Simon Haissel's Footnotes and Tangents newsletter on Substack Liz Craft and Sarah Fain's Happier in Hollywood newsletter on Substack Gretchen Rubin's Secrets of Adulthood newsletter on Substack Check out the sale in The Happiness Project Shop Elizabeth is reading: Rivals by Jilly Cooper (Amazon, Bookshop) Gretchen is reading: The Egypt Game by Zil...
2025-07-2336 min
Dragon BabiesThe Changeling by Zilpha Keatley SnyderOur Zilpha Keatley Snyder hyperfixation continues with The Changeling. If you’ve been looking for a way to connect with your child self, this book is it. Ivy and Martha access magical worlds, set pork chop traps for cryptids, and attempt righteous horse theft and the rest of Rosewood Manor can’t handle it. We discuss the pain of aging out of make believe, suburban class tensions, and the healing power of the stage. We’re all changelings and we’ll never grow up - join us!Other ZKS episodes:The Witches of WormThe E...
2025-06-301h 38
Rereading Our ChildhoodRereading M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia HamiltonOn this episode, Mary Grace and Deborah read Virginia Hamilton's 1974 novel M.C. Higgins the Great, about a teenaged boy in Appalachia whose life is turned upside down when two strangers come to town. Hamilton won the Newbery Medal for the book; she was the first African American to win the award. Mentioned on the episode: Also by Virginia Hamilton: Zeely (1967) The House of Dies Drear (1968) The Planet of Junior Brown (1971) Other Rereading Our Childhood episodes: Rereading Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E.L...
2024-09-1934 min
Wizards & SpaceshipsA New World In Our HeartsIn this episode, we interview absolute legend Ken MacLeod about utopias in science fiction. And yes, we're talking about the Culture. Of course we're talking about the Culture.
Show Notes:
The Early Days of a Better Nation
Russian Cosmism
Utopia and the Return of History
Postwar as the war generation's utopia
China 2019, just before the pandemic
Reading/Watching List
The Culture, Iain M. Banks
News From Nowhere, William Morris
Half-Earth Socialism: https://www.half.earth/
Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072 by M.E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le...
2024-07-151h 03Rereading Our ChildhoodRereading The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley SnyderMary Grace and Deborah discuss The Egypt Game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder's 1967 Newbery Honor Book about a group of children who create an elaborate game based on ancient Egypt. Mentioned on this episode:The Egypt Game: A Second Look, The Horn BookThe Kirkus Review review of The Egypt GameA 2011 post on the website Banned Reads Project featuring three teenagers' perspectives on The Egypt GameThe ACLU’s list of The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000The Waste Land by T.S. EliotThe Love Song o...
2024-02-0833 minRereading Our ChildhoodRereading Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. KonigsburgDeborah and Mary Grace reread Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, E.L. Konigsburg’s 1967 debut novel. You can listen to this episode here.Discussed on this episode: Other books by E.L. Konigsburg:From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Konigsburg’s Newbery Medal winner about a brother and sister who run away to the Metropolitan Museum.(George)A Proud Taste for Scarlet and MiniverAbout the B’nai BagelsA Smithsonian Magazine article commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of From the Mix...
2023-06-0139 minDragon BabiesThe Headless Cupid, by Zilpha Keatley SnyderWe’re so excited to round out the ZKSHT (Zilpha Keatley Snyder Holy Trinity) with The Headless Cupid. Along with The Egypt Game and The Witches of Worm, this book developed Grace’s little brain into a spooky kid mystery machine. Madeleine’s jonesing for a trip to the Winchester Mystery House and is very upset with Amanda; we’re both reminiscing about the power of playing pretend. Join in the glory of ZKS’ unparalleled work - articulating children’s inner monologues with such specificity and zero condescension.MUSIC - Pippin the Hunchback and Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeo...
2023-03-201h 27Dragon BabiesThe Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatley SnyderWe unearth a veritable pharaoh’s tomb of nostalgia as we discuss The Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder! Join us in considering why this is a fantasy book, ways this may have inspired the creation of Dungeons and Dragons, half-remembered childhood yard games, Stranger Danger, Klutz Press, and creating your own serotonin through magical rituals. This is a looser episode than most because we fully immersed ourselves in our book-related memories, but we think it’s one you’ll enjoy. ZKS crew unite!MUSIC - Pippin the Hunchback and Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Lice...
2022-07-061h 16
Sophomore LitThe Egypt GameNo, I won’t make a Bangles joke. Erin Gambrill discusses Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s The Egypt Game (1967).
John McCoy with Erin Gambrill
Referenced Works
The Egypt Game
Show Notes & Links
Wikipedia article on The Egypt Game
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2022-04-1555 min
The Speckled Bees: A Celebration of ChildhoodE19: Secret Hideouts and SheltersDid you have a secret hideout when you were a kid? November is the time of that we seek out warmth, comfort, and security. It's the perfect time to build secret hide-outs with children! Creating secret forts, dens, hideouts, and playhouses isn’t just any random kind of play. Studying shelters gives the children an opportunity to explore the ideas of protection, safety, and structure. We can find so much wonderful inspiration for these projects by familiarizing ourselves with our local tribes! For our project, we looked at the Doeg/Dogue Tribe and worked to buil...
2021-11-1158 min
Are You There, Pod?48. Libby on Wednesday (w/ Crystal Lane)Hope you like elaborate treehouses, fam! Today our friend and guest fave Crystal Lane helps us discuss the strangely-named "Libby on Wednesday" by the elegantly-named Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
Libby involves a writers' workshop in a treehouse. With three hosts who have taken writing workship classes, we get very VERY into that topic and all of its horrors. Prepare for some mid-2000s anecdotes from misogynist academia.
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2021-09-141h 42Dragon BabiesPet, by Akwaeke EmeziWe’re visiting Lucille and its angels and monsters - we read Pet, by Akwaeke Emezi! Protagonist Jam, her best friend Redemption and a mysterious creature dubbed Pet seek out evil that lingers even in a supposed utopia. We revel in this nuanced, genre-defying coming of age story and explore the questions it brings up about human nature, restorative justice and children’s access to the unseen. Grace also admits to an entrenched Goodreads beef and Madeleine has some thoughts about ice cream. Listen in!Crow and Chestnut, signing out.CW: Broad discussion of child abus...
2021-03-291h 21
Rebecca Reads Recollected WorksZilpha Keatley Snyder Part IIMore on the most underrated children's and YA author. A look at her works from the 1970s through today, including a medieval story that needs to be a movie yesterday!
2020-08-2131 min
The SSR PodcastEpisode 108: The Headless CupidAuthor Jen Doll joins Alli on Episode 108 for a conversation about Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s Newbery Honor-winning novel, The Headless Cupid. They discuss blended family dynamics, the importance of mental health resources for kids, and ghost stories! They also address an extremely disturbing, racist scene that would never fly in 2020… and shouldn’t have flown when it was written in 1971, either.Jen is the author of Unclaimed Baggage and Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest. Follow her on Instagram (@jendoll) and Twitter (@thisisjendoll). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
2020-08-181h 00
Rebecca Reads Recollected WorksZilpha Keatley Snyder Part IPart I about a severely underrated trailblazer in children's literature. Wrote about children studying witchcraft before you-know-who was a thing and featured authentic, diverse characters. Never won a Newberry but should have.
2020-08-0829 minDragon BabiesThe Witches of Worm, by Zilpha Keatley SnyderHas a kitten recently approached you and demanded that you perform increasingly dangerous pranks? Get everything you need to handle the situation (including a step by step exorcism!) with The Witches of Worm, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. Grace and Madeleine explore Snyder’s subtle blurring of the line between fantasy and reality, indulge in a TV dinner reverie and even return to Madeleine’s Law Corner.MUSIC - Pippin the Hunchback and Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2020-03-3059 min
First Draft with Sarah EnniThe Golden Age of Tone with Ben BlackerFirst Draft Episode #239: Ben Blacker Ben Blacker is a writer and producer known for The Thrilling Adventure Hour, Supernatural, Hex Wives, and the new Audible audio series CUT + RUN. He also hosts The Writer's Panel and Dead Pilots Society podcasts. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Hear Ben's writing partner, Ben Acker, on his episode of First Draft here! Beverly Cleary, author of Beezus and Ramona, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 was one of Ben's early favorite authors Zilpha Keatley Snyder, author of The Egypt Game and The Famous Stanley Kidnapping...
2020-03-121h 13
Reading GlassesEp 124 - Be A Secret Witch with Ben Blacker!Show Notes - Brea and Mallory talk about witch books with comic writer Ben Blacker! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Short Story Advent Calendar Promo Code - GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Ben Blacker Hex Wives by Ben Blacker and Mirka Andolfo Writer...
2019-10-3152 minThe SSR PodcastEpisode 43: The Egypt GamePublished in 1967, Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s Newbery Honor-winning book The Egypt Game is the story of April Hall and Melanie and Marshall Ross, three smart, imaginative kids who create their own land of ancient Egypt in the backyard of a mysterious local curio shop. They establish a series of rituals and ceremonies and even go on to welcome three more children into the group (boys included!). In this episode, Alli breaks down the story with debut author Andrea Bartz. Together, they discuss diversity in kid lit, the difference between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation, teasing as a form of fl...
2019-04-161h 00
Throwback BookstackEpisode 5 - The Egypt GameAre your children sneaking into strangers' backyards and setting fires? Are they developing a cultlike secret society? Do they have a psychic taxidermy owl? If so, they definitely need to listen to Kelly and Emily talk about Zilpha Keatley Snyder's 1967 novel, "The Egpyt Game".
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Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)
2018-01-1038 min
Book Club for Masochists: a Readers' Advisory PodcastEpisode 030 - RereadingWe talk about when, why, (whether), and what we Reread, and what does it all mean? Plus: format shifting for rereads, plays vs. scripts, cover versions of fiction, and the suck fairy. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi Books We Mentioned Titus Groan and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti, Heidi...
2017-06-0659 min
First Draft with Sarah EnniKate HartOne of my favorite humans, Kate Hart is author of AFTER THE FALL, due out in 2016 from FSG, and is basically everywhere on the internet. She and I took a break from a marathon Twilight series re-watch to talk witches and talking birds, what a gross word "networking" is, and finding the courage to tell our stories. Also Twilight. Kate Hart Show Notes Badass Ladies You Should Know (my interview here!) Field Trip Friday YA cover statistics Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer Tim O'Brien Zi...
2015-02-241h 03
First Draft with Sarah EnniStephanie DiazImagine yourself in sunny San Diego as Stephanie Diaz, author of EXTRACTION and its sequel, REBELLION, out February 10, talks about moving from film to books, querying before high school, and the scary reality of moving cross-country. Stephanie Diaz Show Notes THE EGYPT GAME by Zilpha Keatley Snyder HIS DARK MATERIALS by Phillip Pullman IF I STAY and WHERE SHE WENT by Gayle Forman Cristin Terrill Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner THIS SHATTERED WORLD, and its sequel, THESE BROKEN STARS Firefly (TV show) LEGEND by...
2015-02-2445 min
Sermons at The Episcopal Church of Our SaviourHomily for a StorytellerZilpha Keatley Snyder was a legendary author of fantasy and fiction for young people.
2014-11-0312 minBookslingers BlogThe Bookslingers Bookslinging Podcast #9: How to run away from home and live happily ever afterDid you know that Robert Munsch has had three of his magnificent books translated into Inuktituk? Well, he has! But we don't know what the third one is. Do you?Just for fun, here is the thoroughly awesome picture of Robert Munsch that was attached to the article at the CBC:(ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation/Canadian Press)Robert Munsch: we love you. That is all.In other news: Corene hates zombie/vampire/etc. adaptations of classical literature. They make her cry. Except apparently Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth...
2013-02-2200 min
Grab Best-Selling Audiobooks with Easy AccessZilpha Keatley Snyder's The Witches of WormPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249528 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Witches of Worm
Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes
Release date: October 24, 2008
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Mystery & Fantasy
Publisher's Summary: Cats. Jessica's never liked them. Especially not a skinny, ugly kitten that looks like a worm. Worm. Jessica wishes she'd never brought Worm home with her, because now he's making her do terrible things. She's sure she isn't imagining the evil voice coming from...
2008-10-254h 41Grab Premium Audiobook Collection with Easy AccessZilpha Keatley Snyder presents The Witches of WormPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249528 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Witches of Worm
Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes
Release date: October 24, 2008
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Mystery & Fantasy
Publisher's Summary: Cats. Jessica's never liked them. Especially not a skinny, ugly kitten that looks like a worm. Worm. Jessica wishes she'd never brought Worm home with her, because now he's making her do terrible things. She's sure she isn't imagining the evil voice coming from...
2008-10-244h 41Stream Full Audiobook Collection Instantly OnlineThe Witches of Worm | Zilpha Keatley SnyderPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249528 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Witches of Worm
Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes
Release date: October 24, 2008
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary: Cats. Jessica's never liked them. Especially not a skinny, ugly kitten that looks like a worm. Worm. Jessica wishes she'd never brought Worm home with her, because now he's making her do terrible things. She's sure she isn't imagining the evil voice coming from...
2008-10-244h 41
Access Best-Selling Audiobook Collection Instantly OnlineEnjoy The Egypt Game from Zilpha Keatley SnyderPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251586 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Egypt Game
Series: #1 of Game (Snyder)
Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 12 minutes
Release date: March 14, 2008
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 16
Ratings of Narrator: 4.22 of Total 9
Genres: Non-fiction
Publisher's Summary: The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard, Melanie and Apr...
2008-03-145h 12