Mara and Josh start the year off right with Philip Pullman's Clockwork, a novella about how the past sets the future in motion. Let's hope all the horrors we went through in 2020 helped fix this coming year, yeah?

Also discussed: Billie Eilish, Juice WRLD, the Secret, Geico commercials, Gwent, and maple syrup.

Next month we will be reading Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han.

Contact us at [email protected] or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara

Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Mara and Josh finish out the year with a return to the world of Small Spaces in this winter-themed sequel by Katherine Arden! How does the chill of a haunted ski lodge stack up against leagues of living scarecrows? Listen and find out!

Also discussed: wifi, Jimmy Fallon, Flowers in the Attic, "Mother Knows Best", Balrog wings, and a gritty reboot of Rip Van Winkle.

Next month we will be reading Clockwork by Philip Pullman.

Contact us at [email protected] or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara

Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Happy Halloween, y'all! To celebrate the spooky season, Josh and Mara take a look back at some of the things that freaked them out as children, and decide if those things still scare them today. Make sure you keep the lights on for this one! Also discussed: Jaws, school libraries, big kid beds, Tim Allen's The Shaggy Dog, bad babysitters, and the Hamburger Helper glove.

Content warning: while our list is overall trigger-free, we do acknowledge a scene in Edward Scissorhands that appears to contain sexual assault.

For our next episode (releasing December 1st), we will be reading Dead Voices by Katherine Arden. This is the sequel to Small Spaces, so check out that episode if you haven't already!

Contact us at [email protected] or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara

Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Mara and Josh are leaving the big city for rural Virginia to discover the true meaning of bravery! Or, maybe just hang out with some birds named after child stars. Take your pick. Also discussed: Daredevil, The Karate Kid, chickens, Wacky Races, bad pet names, and lettuce butts.

Next month (or possibly the end of this month) we'll be taking a break from reading and instead discussing the spookiest things that scared us as kids! No triggers, we promise.

Contact us at [email protected] or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara

Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

In a strange turn of events, Josh and Mara discuss a book about books! Join them as they explore the rise and fall of the YA paperback scene with Gabrielle Moss's Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s teen fiction. Also discussed: Archie comics, Hank the Cowdog, Friends, finding Playboys in the woods, Chris Christie, and getting picked last in kickball.

Next month we will be reading As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds.

Contact us at [email protected] or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara

Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

Josh and Mara delve into mystical lands and learn what it means to be... The Children of Blood and Bone (by Tomi Adeyemi). How does the beefiest book of their podcasting career stack up? Find out! Also discussed: Gladiator, eye surgery, Rage Against the Machine, relative temperatures, and John Boyega.

Next month we will be reading Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction by Gabrielle Moss.

Contact us at [email protected] or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara

Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

The grand finale of our Penderwicks coverage! "But wait," you say, "aren't there five books in the series?" Well, we'll get to that. Also discussed: Yellowcard, Toby Keith, cartoon crushes, The Brave Little Toaster, furries, and boys named Jacob.

Next month we will be reading The Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.

Contact us at [email protected] or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara

Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

Who is the mysterious Marquis of Schofield? Why is everyone so interested in a blue chocolate pot? And why doesn't Kate get her name in the title, but Cecelia does? All this and more will be answered in this month's episode of Hello Fellow Kids! Also discussed: Gossip Girl, Gigi Hadid, negging, NFL touchdown celebration dances, and the fringe benefits of being under lockdown.

Next month we will be reading The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall.

Contact us at [email protected] or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara

Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

Not even a stay-at-home order can stop the hype train for Brandon Mull's Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague! ...though it can severely affect the audio quality. Also discussed: Indiana Jones, school nightmares, writing tropes, Animal Crossing, smallpox, and unlicensed Calvin and Hobbes merchandise.

Contact us at [email protected] or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara

Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.

Thanks to a pair of advance copies, Josh and Mara tackle Suzanne Park's debut novel The Perfect Escape. Their thoughts? A chaotically mixed bag that you just have to open for yourself! Also discussed: Simone Giertz, diet books, World War Z, Robert T. Kiyosaki, butt pain, and The Wolf of Wall Street's Quaalude scene.

Next month we will finally, for real this time, be reading Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague by Brandon Mull.

Contact us at [email protected] or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara

Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram.