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Reading Isn't For Kids

Two grown adults read and discuss children's books and also sometimes comics. Book series include, Junie B. Jones, The Magic Treehouse, and Fear Street. Comics range from Marvel graphic novels to the Walking Dead. Remember Reading Isn't For Kids!

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Sep 14, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 14, 2026

    RIFK - Ep. 93 - Animorphs Book 3: The Encounter (opens the original)

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    This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1996 sci-fi children’s chapter book Animorphs: The Encounter by K.A. Applegate which is book three in the series.When Tobias, Jake, Rachel, Marco, and Cassie were given the ability to morph, they were also given one very important warning: Never stay in a morph for more than two hours. It seemed a small price to pay, since the kids know that humans everywhere are being forced to let slimy, spineless creatures creep into their brains.

  2. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    Ep. 92 - Goosebumps Book 8: Girl Who Cried Monster (opens the original)

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    This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1987 children’s chapter book The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin which is book four in the Thirst series. Mary Anne has never been a leader of the Baby-sitters Club. She's left that up to Kristy... or Claudia... or Stacey. But now there's a big fight among the four friends, and Mary Anne doesn't have them to depend on anymore. It's bad enough when she's left alone at the lunch table at school. But when she has to baby-sit a sick ch

  3. Episode · Aug 2, 2026

    Ep. 91 - The Baby-Sitters Club Book 4: Mary Anne Saves the Day (opens the original)

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    This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1987 children’s chapter book The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin which is book four in the Thirst series. Mary Anne has never been a leader of the Baby-sitters Club. She's left that up to Kristy... or Claudia... or Stacey. But now there's a big fight among the four friends, and Mary Anne doesn't have them to depend on anymore. It's bad enough when she's left alone at the lunch table at school. But when she has to baby-sit a sick ch

  4. Episode · Jul 18, 2026

    Ep. 90 - The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike (opens the original)

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    This morning’s episode Anna and Austin review and discuss the 1994 Young Adult horror novel The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike which is book one in the Thirst series. Alisa Perne is the last vampire. For five thousand years she has been living among humans, living off humans. Beautiful and brilliant, she hunts alone. She thinks nobody knows her secret. But someone is stalking her. Someone wants her dead. And Alisa has a choice to make; to keep a long-held promise or protect the mortal she seem

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