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We've known Alicia Meyers since we were all three kidlit babies back in pandemic days when we had no idea what we were doing! Josh still doesn't know what he's doing. Long live Totally Funny Critique Group!
Alicia's educational book The A-to-Z Teaching Toolkit came out this month (November 2025) and we're eagerly awaiting her picture book debut Tic-Errific Me, coming next June!
Alicia hustles. And also rocks a mean teddy bear Halloween costume (check out her socials for evidence).
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This episode’s book reviews:
ALL MY STRIPES by Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
ZOMBEES by Justin Colon, illustrated by Kaly Quarles
THE WORLD'S BEST CLASS PLANT by Audrey Vernick and Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Lynnor Bontiago
The artwork for You May Contribute a Verse features our quokka mascot, Versey, and was generously created by the great Maddie Frost! Find her on IG @hellomaddiefrost or on her website Maddie-Frost.com
Our theme music is So Happy by Scott Holmes. You can find more of his music at scottholmesmusic.com
Love the podcast and wanna support more episodes like this? Find Community Shoutouts, Merch and our Patreon here!!
Find us on Bluesky @joshmonkwords, @brennajeanneret, and @jonseym0ur and as always, let us know what you think via a rating, review, or comment!
By Josh Monken and Brenna Jeanneret5
3333 ratings
We've known Alicia Meyers since we were all three kidlit babies back in pandemic days when we had no idea what we were doing! Josh still doesn't know what he's doing. Long live Totally Funny Critique Group!
Alicia's educational book The A-to-Z Teaching Toolkit came out this month (November 2025) and we're eagerly awaiting her picture book debut Tic-Errific Me, coming next June!
Alicia hustles. And also rocks a mean teddy bear Halloween costume (check out her socials for evidence).
_________
This episode’s book reviews:
ALL MY STRIPES by Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
ZOMBEES by Justin Colon, illustrated by Kaly Quarles
THE WORLD'S BEST CLASS PLANT by Audrey Vernick and Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Lynnor Bontiago
The artwork for You May Contribute a Verse features our quokka mascot, Versey, and was generously created by the great Maddie Frost! Find her on IG @hellomaddiefrost or on her website Maddie-Frost.com
Our theme music is So Happy by Scott Holmes. You can find more of his music at scottholmesmusic.com
Love the podcast and wanna support more episodes like this? Find Community Shoutouts, Merch and our Patreon here!!
Find us on Bluesky @joshmonkwords, @brennajeanneret, and @jonseym0ur and as always, let us know what you think via a rating, review, or comment!

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