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by Erin Bowles
Required Reading revisits the most impactful books from our childhood with a new guest every week.
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- 5 days ago1h 4m
Fablehaven: The Rise of the Evening Star with Zannah Schorer
Zannah is back and so is Fablehaven! We return to the magical creature nature preserve with book two The Rise of the Evening Star!Siblings Kendra and Seth must return to Fablehaven to help their grandparents stop the evil Society of the Evening Star in their quest to gather special magical artifacts.Listen to our episode on book one of the series!Listen to Zannah's other episodes on The Iliad and The Tail of Emily Windsnap!Follow Zannah!Read Zannah's Substack! Follow the podcast!Follow Erin!
- 2 weeks ago53 min
Flowers in the Attic (THE MOVIE) with Lauren Badillo Milici
Lauren Badillo Milici returns to discuss Flowers in the Attic THE MOVIE from 1987!Listen to Lauren's episode on the novel Flowers in the Attic!Follow Lauren!Follow the show!Follow Erin!
- Aug 12, 202659 min
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with Jess Woodworth
Jess is back for a fourth time with one of the most famous children's books of all time!Listen to Jess' past episodes on The Tale of Desperaux, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and The Host!Follow Jess!Follow Erin!Follow the podcast!
- Aug 5, 202657 min
Return to Oz with Kevin T Porter
It's a movie episode! Kevin T Porter returns to discuss horrifying 80s classic Return to Oz!Listen to Kevin's episode on Artemis Fowl!Listen to Kevin's episode on Wayside School is Falling Down!Follow Kevin!Listen to Kevin's Good Christian Fun (Erin's been on a few episodes, oooo....)Follow Erin!
- Jul 20, 202654 min
The Hardy Boys: The House on the Cliff with Kyle Selig
You can hear me smiling in this episode! The magical Kyle Selig (Welcome to Flatch...ever heard of it?) joins me to discuss book two in The Hardy Boys series, The House on the Cliff! Gosh, golly, this is a good one!Follow Kyle!Watch Welcome to Flatch!Follow Erin!
- Jul 14, 20261h 15m
The Odyssey with Madeline North
Just in time for the new movie - Madeline North returns to discuss The Odyssey!Check out The Iliad with Zannah Schorer or Madeline's past episodes covering The Princess Bride, Eragon, and Jane Eyre!Follow Madeline!Follow Erin!
- Jul 6, 202646 min
Goosebumps: One Day at Horrorland!
Sam Walt Jones returns to discuss the 16th Goosebumps book ONE DAY AT HORRORLAND by RL Stine from 1994. Listen to Sam's first episode covering The Golden Compass!Listen to more Goosebumps episodes!The Curse of the Mummy's TombStay Out of the BasementMonster BloodSay Cheese and DieThe Horror at Camp JellyjamWelcome to Camp NightmareFollow Sam!Follow Erin!
- Jun 29, 202641 min
Bunnicula! with Phillip Iscove
Writer and podcaster Phillip Iscove joins me to discuss the 1979 vampire classic, BUNNICULA by James and Deborah Howe, a rabbit tale of mystery about a dog who can eat chocolate, a well-intentioned well-read cat, and a Snoopy-like bunny that drains vegetables of color. Today vegetables, tomorrow the world!Listen to Phillip's podcast! Follow Phillip!Follow Erin!
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