The Kidlit Chronicles

We celebrate the spooky season with classic children's horror, featuring special guest Seth Appleton. Join us as we talk about twist endings, mortality, middle-class suburban hell, and what exactly the shadow realm is. 

This episode: Chelsey's favorite childhood book series! Get ready for dragons, elves, bloody battles, and evil kings galore as we begin to explore the fantasy world created by Christopher Paolini. 

Music credit:

"Medieval" guitar loop by User391915396

Special guest alert! Elli Clippard joins us to discuss the joy of tropes, author William Goldman's fake life, why we hate the sequel, and more in this episode about the book that inspired the iconic 1987 movie. 

Background music credit: 

"Orchestral Adventure Theme" by Theo Teravainen via Freesound

"jazz_music_loop.mp3" by anechoix via Freesound

Ho, listeners! On this episode, we explore a sci-fi classic about a group of genius children who try to save the world from aliens. Tune in to hear our thoughts on the book versus movie, whether or not Ender is a good person, and how much the author's beliefs should impact how we read stories. 

Background music credit: "Slow Trail" by Ahjay Stelino via Mixkit

Endings are always bittersweet. Cloudpelt, Shadowsong, and Bearclaw talk about fascism, cat on cat violence, and why Firestar STILL can't get over Spottedleaf in this episode on the last book of the original Warriors Series. 

Music credits: 

"Epical Drums 01" by Grigoriy Nuzhny via Mixkit

"A Love Theme" by Eugenio Mininni via Mixkit

We wrote our own fanfiction for this episode. It's a must listen. 

Music credits:

"Epical Drums 01" by Grigoriy Nuzhny via Mixkit

"Beautiful Dream" by Diego Nava via Mixkit

https://freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/131903/

https://freesound.org/people/Bruno_ph/sounds/109409/

https://freesound.org/people/EKVelika/sounds/553821/

https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/560446/

Cloudpelt, Nightpelt, and newly-named Bearclaw mark the halfway point of the Warrior Cats series. There's love, death, betrayal, and above all...loyalty to the Clan. 

Life, death, time travel, and the insurmountable challenge of making friends in middle school. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead has it all. Featuring special guest Mary Fouts!

It turns out that Narnia is like, really religious. Who knew? 

Grab your trustiest watchdog and join us on our journey through Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth. We talk about our favorite puns, which wacky character would best represent us, and whether or not the book has imperialist undertones(!).