It's our first-ever holiday episode! No matter what you celebrate at this time of year, Episode 303 will get your wheels turning as we unpack The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson. Alli and her guest chat about the surprisingly religious bent of the book, among other things: the unruly children trope, nativity plays, the book's new adaptation, fatphobia, and disappearing narrators.

Sarai Johnson is the author of Grown Women. Follow her on Instagram @sarajwrites.

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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me by Glory Edim

MORE READING:

"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Early Review" (Love Thy Nerd, 2024)

"Review: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson" (The Story Sanctuary, 2020)

"Book Review: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" (A Journey of Words, 2022)

"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever—Book Review" (Simply Learning Together, 2022)

"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" (Bookology, 2019)

"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in Public School?" (Reddit, 2022)

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