Want to have a playdate? Me too! But we are kinda far apart right now, so you can listen to this podcast I made for you. I'll tell you some stories and read you some books. You can listen whenever you need some company. (If you are not one of my nieces, nephews, frieces, frephews, or students, you probably won't be super into this podcast. But if you stumbled across it and you like it, great!)
Peter Brown's Wild Robot adventures continue while Eliot eats watermelon.
More bubble tea and Wild Robot with Jess & Eliot. Enjoy the many voices of Eliot while Jess makes dinner.
A sneak peek of book 2 by Peter Brown
Eliot and Jess make blueberry muffins and finally read the ending of The Wild Robot. Tap interludes and ASMR breaks. Enjoy!
Eliot and Jess slurping boba and mashing guacamole while reading a few chapters of Wild Robot. Enjoy the new tap intro and outro, debuting in this episode! We will be back in a few days!
Eliot, now age 13, and Jess return at long last to finish The Wild Robot. Well, we will record one or two more episodes to reach the very end of the book, but first we need a non-dog-destroyed copy!
The last part, bring your tissues!
More adventures, and bread!
Eliot reads the adventures of the Wild Robot in many excellent voices while Jess makes a cake somewhat noisily in the background.
Eliot is back with an extra long episode of The Wild Robot! Enjoy!
Read my 11 year old super reader and artist, Eliot!
A very magical and slightly disturbing tale with guest niece Eliot.
Chapters 3-4 read by Jess with insights from Eliot, who is the same age as Ramona in this tome
Jess and special niece guest Eliot are here with a new Ramona book by the great Beverly Cleary. Lots of laughter and some drawing recommendations.
Watch out for the twist and turns at the end of the book- maybe you won't be caught off guard as I was! Stay tuned for a less scary read next time!
More terrifying and disgusting adventures of Alfie and his crew. Seriously, this is gross and nightmare-producing.
Welcome to the 2nd season of Playdates with Jess! This season we come to you from the hammock, hanging in different summer spots nearby. This new book Demon Dentist, by David Walliams is NOT for the faint of heart. There was NO WAY to make it less gross or scary, so listen at your own risk. Enjoy the contributions of guest niece podcaster Eliot.
Phew! It's finally done! This episode is VERY long because it is the whole rest of the Anybodies by N.E. Bode. Enjoy the musical intro by Jennie and outro by Sam and Charlie
Continue our journey with Fern as she discovers much more about who she is and the world full of things that are decidedly NOT as they seem. Send me a video of you practicing winking. You'll never know when you'll need to wink at an Anybody.
The Anybodies is a book about two children who were switched at birth and are just about to meet their true parents. Fern is a spunky, creative kid who never did match her boring parents. If you like books with bit of magic, I think you'll love this book.
The last installment of Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Listen in for part 2 of Ramona Quimby, Age 8. Send me a message about a meal or a snack you make for your family. Music by Jennie and Sam& Charlie
For my niece Ramona and all the other Ramona Quimby fans out there. Please send me a picture of b you playing dress up!
Finally, the ending chapters of the Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl. Send me your drawings and requests for the next book! Thanks to Jennie, Sam & Charlie for the music!
A backyard reading with chapter 19 rudely interrupted by a leaf-blower. Back soon with the rest of the book!
Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton, What's for Lunch by Eric Carle, Big Dog Little Dog by P.D. Eastman. Music by Jennie and Sam& Charlie
This episode is thanks to Mo Willems' pigeon and B.J. Novak's silly sounds. Intro music by Jennie and outro by Sam & Charlie
More BFG for you my big friendly friends (BFF's all of you). Ice cream update and requests for drawings of dream jars too.
We some of the not so friendly giants in this part of the BFG. I changed some of the names that were super scary, so I hope that helps. There are some big topics for discussion with parents. Who knew three BFG was a philosopher? Draw me some Golden Phizzwizzard dream jars or leave me a voice message with the best dream you had or can imagine.
Sorry about the delay, I had to stock up on ice cream yesterday. At the end of the episode you'll here our new outro music by Sam and Charlie Sheie. They are 9- year-old twin musicians in Portland, Oregon.
This is there first 4 chapters of the Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl. You can listen even if you are littler because I'll remind you that the scary parts are not real. If you like to draw, have some paper ready. I'd love to see what you draw!
If You Give a Dog a Cookie, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Listen and read along or draw your own pictures.
Make some noise and do some animal moves while we read Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton and From Head to Toe by Eric Carle.
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