Project Tag: <span>kids</span>

Episode 030 – Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of…

Fourteen year old Ronan Boyle is the thinnest member of the Irish police force, the Garda. This makes him perfect for a special mission involving the secretive branch of the Garda that deals with leprechauns and fairies, namely fitting down a narrow hole.

So begins Ronan’s career with the Special Unit, and his relationship with those hard-drinking swindlers, the leprechauns.

Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles by Thomas Lennon (reviewed by Mirabel Power, age 10)

Episode S16 – Mid-Life Crisis 2023

  • April 1, 2023April 1, 2023
  • by admin

We’ve been doing this podcast for how long??? Seven years???!!! Do we even want to do this thing anymore?

Book Power for Kids tries to come to grips with a mid-life crisis and asks what else it could be doing. Also, someone buys a helicopter…

Happy April Fools everyone!

Episode 027 – Nick of Time

What do you get when you mix Treasure Island with Back to the Future and set it all on a small island standing between England and a Nazi invasion?

Pirates! Adventure! And lot’s of swashbuckling fun!

Nick of Time by Ted Bell (reviewed by Chaska, age 14)

Here’s the list of books recommended by listener Hannah!

Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood 

Mrs. Smith’s Spy School For Girls by Beth Mcmullen 

Just Add Magic by Cindy Callaghan 

The Giver by Lois Lowry 

Keeper Of The Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger 

Eight Keys by Suzanne LeFleur 

Above World by Jenn Reese 

The Firefly Code by Megan Frazer Blakemore 

Thanks for the recommendations Hannah!

Episode 022 – Dinosaurs Before Dark

When a magical treehouse transports siblings Jack and Annie to the time of the dinosaurs, they need to work together to solve the mystery of how to get back!

Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne, reviewed by Mirabel (age 7).

(This is the first book in the awesome Magic Treehouse series.)

Kids Listen Summer Sampler

  • May 24, 2019June 23, 2019
  • by admin

Happy summer everyone! We’ve gotten together with a bunch of fun podcasts to bring you an hour long sampler perfect for long car trips!

Our contribution to this sampler was:

Corduroy by Don Freeman reviewed by Mirabel, age 6.

To hear more from the other awesome podcasts that were featured go to:

https://app.kidslisten.org/ or you can check out their websites!

http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/
http://storyspectacular.com/
http://www.noodleloafshow.com/
http://www.littlestoriestinypeople.com/
https://www.ahwayisland.com/
http://coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com/
http://www.wbur.org/circleround
http://goodwordspodcast.com/
https://girltalespodcast.com/