Podcasts about Natalie Babbitt

Time for us to answer the age old question: Is the movie ever better than the book? Our current selves have a very different answer than we would have had 5 years ago.    We're talking about our favorite and least favorite book to screen adaptations, and the adaptations we are excited for, featuring calls from listeners with their thoughts!    Favorite Book-To-Screen Adaptations Olivia: Gone Girl (Book by Gillian Flynn), 2019's Little Women (Book by Louisa May Alcott), Tuck Everlasting (Book by Natalie Babbitt), Room (Book by Emma Donaghue)  Becca: Game of Thrones (Books by George R R Martin), Where'd You Go Bernadette (Book by Maria Semple), Famous In Love (Book by Rebecca Serle), This Is Where I Leave You (Book by Jonathan Tropper)   We also wanted to discuss Daisy Jones and the Six (Book by Taylor Jenkins Reid), the adaptation that sparked this episode!    Most Anticipated Book-To-Screen Adaptations  Olivia: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Becca: Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass, Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand   Read more about the sputtering Rom Com genre here.   Obsessions Olivia: Boll & Branch bedding and mattress topper Becca: Shrinking on Apple TV+   What we read this week! Olivia: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Becca: The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead (out 5/9), A Likely Story by Leigh McMullan Abramson   This Month's Book Club Pick - Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman   Sponsors Prose - Go to Prose.com/bop for your FREE in-depth hair consultation and 15% off. ZocDoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER to get 10% off your first month.    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

Courney and Emily are joined in this episode by guest reader, Eric, the host of Synergy Loves Company Podcast. What if you had the chance to live forever? Would you take it? That is the dilemma facing young Winnie Foster when she meets the Tuck family while wandering lost in the woods. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt is considered part of children's classic literature selling millions of copies worldwide teaching children about the natural cycle of life and death. Courtney, Emily, and Eric discuss the story's themes and compare the original source material to Disney's 2002 live action film adaptation.  Review Book of the Mouse Club on iTunes and Google Play and send any questions, comments, or suggestions to the hosts at bookofthemouseclub@gmail.com Follow Our Reading Journey On Social Media! Official Twitter and Instagram: @BookoftheMouse Courtney: Instagram @greatguthsby, Twitter @Courtney_Guth, and Goodreads Emily: Instagram and Twitter @emily_mickde, and Goodreads Eric: Instagram @synergylovescompany, and Twitter @EricHSynergy Find the Synergy Loves Company podcast at www.synergylovescompany.com and wherever you listen to your podcasts!

This week Rocky & Penn review "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt.  A staple of modern children's literature, this slim book delves into the possibility of immortality.  Would you drink from the spring at Tree Gap? 

Salutations, dear listeners! Here we talk about the Giving Tree-length of web one brave barn spider will spin in order to save her best friend, a Terrific, Radiant, AND Humble pig named Wilbur. It's Some Podcast, indeed, and it's all about the magnificent Charlotte's Web (1952), by E.B. White.  We laugh, we cry, we recap Moira's recent trip out west to see a certain magician famous in the 1980s... come join us! Next time: Tuck Everlasting (1975), by Natalie Babbitt.@AYTGpodcast!!!

In this stand-alone episode, we compare Natalie Babbitt's 1975 novel, Tuck Everlasting, to its 2002 film adaptation of the same name starring Alexis Bledel and Jonathan Jackson.  Email us: breakfastpeoplepodcast@gmail.com Find us somewhere on twitter. Based on Books theme song: "Pieces of You" by Keenan Flagg --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basedonbooks/support

Lulu Miller, author of “Why Fish Don’t Exist,” first read the young adult book “The Search for Delicious” when she was in that transformative and uncertain stage in between childhood and adulthood. The enchanted fairy tale by Natalie Babbitt taught Miller to still believe in the power and poetry of magic, whatever her age. —This author recommends— The Search for Delicious —More from this author— Interview: We Call Them Fish. Evolution Says They're Something Else.

It's time to talk about one of Sarah's favorite books of all time: Natalie Babbit's Tuck Everlasting. We discuss whether Winnie Foster is an ecofeminist heroine, why the book is so much better than the movie, and whether drinking from the fountain of youth is okay IF a really cute boy asks you to do it.   If you enjoy the show, please rate and subscribe! It helps other readers find our podcast. Find our show on Twitter and Instagram @reading_recess Find Sarah on Twitter @sarahebba25 and on Instagram @sarahebba Find Terri on Twitter @TerriCLaRue and on Instagram @tc_larue Email us at readingduringrecesspod@gmail.com

Bookworms - you know the ones. Books that burrow into your heart and brain and stick with you long after you've turned the final page. In this episode, our hosts (with a little help from our listeners) examine their own favorite Bookworms to try and nail down exactly what makes a book stick with you! Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local! Books Mentioned During This Episode RECENT READS Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark The Bright Lands by John Fram (audiobook) The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (audiobook) Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston (audiobook) The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (June 1, 2021) (audiobook) Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn (audiobook) Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo (audiobook) Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (audiobook) Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob by Russell Shorto (audiobook) BOOKWORMS (Books that we can't get out of our heads and/or hearts) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling (audiobook) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (audiobook) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (audiobook) The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (audiobook) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab (audiobook) Kindred by Octavia Butler (libro.fm) Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (audiobook) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (audiobook) The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (audiobook) We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (March 2, 2021) (audiobook) FROM OUR LISTENERS Hamlet by William Shakespeare (audiobook) Richard II by William Shakespeare (audiobook) How to Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran (audiobook) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (audiobook) The Elegance of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (audiobook) Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (audiobook) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (audiobook) Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (audiobook) The Patience of a Dead Man by Michael Clark OTHER LINKS Check out Jack of All Graves! Gibson's Bookstore Website Shop The Laydown Purchase Gift Certificates!  Browse our website by Category! Donate to the bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!  Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com

Jennie and Marcy talk about the finalist of the 1971 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, Knee-Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 11, we discuss a pretty good book AND a pretty...mediocre movie adaptation. Sometimes things with more teen romance...are worse??

First week of August Prologue from Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt

Natalie Babbitt. „Amžinieji Takiai“. Režisierius Gediminas Storpirštis. Vaidina aktoriai Ignas Ciplijauskas, Gintaras Liutkevičius, Kotryna Abaravičiūtė, Gediminas Storpirštis, Joana Čižauskaitė, Olegas Ditkovskis, Vytautas Rašimas. Garso režisierė Indrė Stakvilė Ehrhardt.

Would you like to live forever? That's the question our readers from Basis DC Charter School ponder as they discuss Natalie Babbitt's classic tale "Tuck Everlasting" with host Kitty Felde. Actress Denise Krueger is celebrity reader. The late writer talks about her own view of life and death. There is free curriculum at the website: bookclubforkids.org  

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Book Vs Movie  Tuck Everlasting One of the Top-Requested Shows in Finally Happening! Who wants to live forever? Is it better to have an average lifespan filled with love or an eternity of new adventures? The 1975 children’s book Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt and features the Tuck family who drinks the spring water from rural Treegap and now lives a life that will never end.  Our heroine is Winifred “Winnie” Foster, at 11 years old (in the book) she is spending her summer as an only child on a rural farm. As she contemplates running away, Winnie happens upon 17-year-old Jesse Tuck who is wearing old tattered clothes and tells her she should never drink the spring water.  After she meets his family, Winnie learns that they drink from the spring water every ten years which gives them eternal life. Jesse is 104-years-old but will perpetually be 17. Winnie realizes that if she drinks from the spring water, she will stay 11-years-old forever.  The family is being chased by The Man in the Yellow Suit who knows about the secret spring water and wants to sell it as a cure-all. He is willing to kidnap Winnie to get the land which sets off a string of events that forces Winnie to make a huge decision about her life.  The book has received tremendous praise over the years and has millions of fans. The 2002 adaptation was directed by Jay Russell and stars Alexis Bledel as Winnie and Jonathan Jackson as Jesse Tuck.  There are several differences between the book and film, so which did the Margos like better? Click on the link below to find out! In this ep the Margos discuss: The story of Tuck Everlasting and its author Trivia about the shooting of the film The cast which includes: Alexis Bledel, Jonathan Jackson, Sissy Spacek (Mae Tuck,) William Hurt (Angus Tuck,) Scott Bairstow (Miles Tuck,) Ben Kinglsey (Man In The Yellow Suit,) Amy Irving (Mother Foster,) Victor Garber (Robert Foster,) and Kosha Engler (Miles’s wife.)  Clips Featured: Tuck Everlasting  trailer Jesse & Winnie say goodbye Winnie learns to swim Jesse visits Winnie’s gravesite  Outro music: Composer William Ross Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie  Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ 

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Read by Anna Munsey-Kano.

What would you do if you lived forever? Would you even want to? Disney found a way to make it look enticing - once again giving us unrealistic expectations about life. Check out our predictions of how we die and what we would do if we had all the time in the world. Alexis Bledel is perfect for this role, a wild Victor Garber appears and we remember our younger selves oogling a discount Jonathan Taylor Thomas.   Episode Drink:  The Fountain of Youth 2.5 oz of vodka .25 oz of simple syrup 2 sprigs of mint 4 slices of cucumber Instructions Combine vodka and simple syrup in a mixing glass along with sprigs of mint and three slices of cucumber. Muddle the mint and three slices of cucumber. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into martini glass and float the last cucumber slice on top of the drink as a garnish. Recipe From: CocktailBuilder.com   Our Drinking Game for this Story  Take a drink: Every time the man in the yellow suit is creepy Whenever you think about all the things you could do if you lived forever When you remember that it is a bad idea and this book is warning you away from that Knock back your drink when you realize life is fleeting. We all live; we all die; and we don't have enough time.    Fantastic Reads: Jordan: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang   Em: Shrill by Lindy West    A Novel Adaptation was created by Emily Eppley and Jordan Redwine. See more details at www.anoveladaptation.com and see what's coming up next to read along with us. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Goodreads to join the conversation. Our artwork is by Kit Bernal. Our music is “Harlequin” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

First week of August: One of the finest, and greatest, openings to a book that I've ever read. -The Voice before the Void Prologue from Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt Fair use of text is claimed under U.S. copyright law for … Continue reading →

Are You Down? has their first official book club podcast with the Natalie Babbitt's classic Tuck Everlasting. Mike and Connor dive into the positives and negatives of a middle school level book centered around eternity. They have a blast with it.

Writer Michelle Athy (@SunflowerRei) calls in to host Emily Edwards (@MsEmilyEdwards) to chat about the one Middle Grade literature classic everyone seems to have read– and completely forgotten. TUCK EVERLASTING by Natalie Babbitt is one screwed-up book: from the predatory actions of chief jerk, Jesse Tuck, to a really unsettling color for the villain’s suit. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message

If you’re like Chelsey, you get nosy about people’s reading routines, their habits, and maybe even what their bookshelves look like. On today’s episode, we’re answering listener questions about our reading routines, including where and when we get our best reading done. We also offer tips on how to read more, plus some book recommendations. We would love to know about your reading habits! Visit us on Instagram and leave a comment on the Episode 19 post.   Support the show here Check out Libro.fm here   Show Notes: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne Becoming by Michelle Obama 24 in 48 Challenge 25 in 5 Challenge NYT Bookstagram Article Reading Music Washington by Ron Chernow The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Hamilton by Ron Chernov The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy   Curtis’ Rec: Brooklyn 99 Chelsey’s Rec: Derry Girls   Spotify Playlists for Reading: Outlander Soundtrack S1, S2, S3 If Beale Street Could Talk Soundtrack The Artist Soundtrack Jane Austen Soundtrack Epic Classical Gentle Classical Reading Jazz Reading Soundtrack Reading Chillout Soft Focus Intense Studying Pop Goes Classical Instrumental Pop Covers

Hey, folks! It's time for a brand-new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, and this week, Scott and Josh are drinking from this very special well of water they found while wandering in the forest, and you can't tell anyone! It's very secret water, and if you let anyone know about it, you'll....be in trouble! Or we will! One of those! OK, we might have just seen a movie about people who have had a sip or two from a fountain of youth. In fact, it's our movie of the week, Tuck Everlasting, the 2002 adaptation of the Natalie Babbitt novel starring Alexis Bledel, Jonathan Jackson, a very weird Ben Kingsley and more. Scott and Josh are joined by friend of the show Fran Hoepfner of Bright Wall/Dark Room to talk about the story, the film's brief running time, the heat or lack thereof between Bledel and Jackson, Kingsley being a real creeper, and lots more. Check out the new show now!

Would you like to live forever? That's the question our readers from Basis DC Charter School ponder as they discuss Natalie Babbitt's classic tale "Tuck Everlasting" with host Kitty Felde. Actress Denise Krueger is celebrity reader. The late writer talks about her own view of life and death.

Intro   Hello and welcome to Books Between - a podcast all about celebrating children’s literature! If you are a teacher, parent, or librarian who wants to help connect kids between 8-12 to books they will love - then you are in the right spot!  I am your host, Corrina Allen - a 5th grade teacher, a mum of an 8 and 10 year old, and baking brownies and bundt cakes and obviously binge-watching a little bit too much of the Great British Baking Show lately. And I will apologise to my British listeners for this atrocious accent. On the other hand, I do rather blame your show for my potentially not fitting into any of my school clothes since I have been craving nothing but carbs… So, if you hear me slip into a weird Britishesque accent today - I’m sorry. Too much Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry in my head!   This is Episode #31 and Today is all about exceptional anthologies and collections that your middle grade readers are going to love.   Main Topic - Exceptional Anthologies and Short Story Collections Today we are talking all about anthologies and short story collections. First off, we’ll begin with definitions. I used to think those were interchangeable terms but I have come to realize they are not. Then, I’ll share with you some fabulous titles you might want to check out, including some really, really exceptional new releases. Then we’ll chat about some reasons why you should consider including more anthologies and short story collections in your school or classroom library. Definitions   According to my favorite dictionary (Merriam-Webster - mainly because they have a hilarious Twitter account!) an anthology is “a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music” and then it goes on to say “a published collection of writings (such as poems or short stories) by different authors”   And that’s the key - anthologies include stories by different authors! The Guys Read Series is a good example of this.   On the other hand, a collection is a book of selected writings (maybe poems, maybe short stories, maybe essays…) all by the same author. Cynthia Rylant’s Every Living Thing is an example you might know.   But….I will say, I see those terms used as synonyms A LOT.   Fantastic Anthologies and Collections To Add to Your Library   And now - a selection - a sampling - a smorgasbord of anthologies and collections to add to your library or introduce to your children. And before we begin, I just want to give a huge thank you to everyone who offered ideas for this list when I put out a call on Twitter and Facebook for suggestions. In particular, you will not be surprised to know that Donalyn Miller was on it with a fabulous list of suggestions.   Let’s start with some classics and older releases.   Best Shorts: Favorite Short Stories to Share This anthology was but together by Avi and includes stories by Natalie Babbitt, Rafe Martin, Lloyd Alexander, and lots more.  And it includes a great mix of time travel, and animal stories, and legends and a touch of the supernatural. In particular, “The Woman in White” by Patricia McKissack is one to check out.   Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant This is a collection of 12 stories - each one about how people’s lives are changed by an animal. This is a classic collection - and if you have kids who are animal lovers, this is definitely one they might enjoy.   Gary Soto has a number of incredible collections - Baseball in April and Local News are among the ones that would be good for middle grade readers.   My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen Up until last year, Hatchet was on our 5th grade required reading list and for those kids that really connected with that book, this collection was a great next book for them. Each story centers around Paulsen’s relationship with a special dog in his life. So this are also great examples of smaller memoirs.   Another great dog anthology is Because of Shoe edited by Ann M. Martin who also contributes a piece. This one features nine fictional stories that appeal to a variety of age ranges.   The People Could Fly  by Virginia Hamilton Oh how I loved this book when it first came out! This is a collection of 24 retellings of black American folk tales - everything from animal stories to supernatural tales to stories of enslaved men and women seeking freedom.   In a similar vein, Patricia McKissack has two collections worth checking out -  Dark Thirty and it’s companion, which she wrote later, Porch Lies. Dark Thirty includes ten horror-themed stories with a Southern Historical flavor. And Porch Lies still has that eerie quality but also more humor.  If you have a child that likes the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Series, these would be a couple books to put in their hands next.   Then there is Red Ridin’ in the Hood by Patricia Santos Marcantonio. This one was strongly recommend by Matthew Winner and with one quick glance at the description online, I can see why. This is a collection of eleven classic fairy tales retold with a twist of Latino culture. Let me read you the description of the title story: "Red Ridin' in the Hood," moves the setting to the barrio, where Red decides to brave dangerous Forest Street in order to reach her abuelita and encounters the menacing wolf in a thumping Chevy lowrider.” I have GOT to get my hands on that!   If your students or children are into graphic novels, there are several really great collections.   The Comic Squad Series have been favorites with my 5th graders. Right now there are three of them - Recess, Lunch, and Detention which just came out last month so I need to pick that one up before heading back to school.   Also - definitely check out Fairy Tale Comics! This is a very cool collection with some awesomely weird stories in it. If your kids like that one, there is also Fable Comics and Nursery Rhyme Comics.   So - if your students and children are like mine, they LOVE the Amulet Series by Kazu Kibuishi. And I recently discovered - again thanks to Matthew Winner - that he has edited a series of graphic novel anthologies called the Explorer Series. (Why have I not heard of these before? They look incredible!) Each of the three books has a different theme. So the first is “Mystery Boxes”, the second is “Lost Islands” and the third one is “Hidden Doors”. The list of comic contributors is outstanding -  like Raina Telgemeier, Faith Erin Hicks, Dave Roman, Jen Wang…. I gotta go get these! Been There, Done That - is a really special anthology which has fictional stories by award-winning and best-selling authors and also includes the real-life story that inspired those narratives.  I LOVE how this could show kids how you can mine your own life for stories. This is one of those books that I’m like - how did this get by me? This is GREAT!   The Guys Read Series - This group of seven anthologies is edited by Jon Scieszka and each one has a different theme like Terrifying Tales, The Sports Pages, Other Worlds, Funny Business, and the most recent one Heroes & Villains. And, despite their name, they include stories by both men and women. For example, Dan Gutman, Kelly Barnhill, Matt de la Peña, Neal Shusterman, Shannon Hale, and so so many more!   And now onto some really fabulous new collections and anthologies that your kids are going to love.   The Time We Ran Away  - This anthology is put out by Scholastic and I think is offered as the free book for Book Club orders over $50 this September.  It includes eleven short stories by best-selling authors like Angela Cervantes, Sarah Weeks, and Dan Gemeinhart.  I can’t seem to find it anywhere else (yet) so I think you’re going to have to get this one through Scholastic for now. https://clubs.scholastic.com/the-time-we-ran-away-10-book-pack/9781338253467-rco-us.html   Flying Lessons   This anthology edited by Ellen Oh includes new stories by Kwame Alexander, Kelly Baptist, Tim Tingle, Grace Lin among so many others. It was released last January.  And I got it the day it came out and had wonderful intentions of reading it right away. And then - how can you say no to a line of kids reading over your shoulder and wanting to borrow it? So - all I can say is that what I read was good and it was passed from kid to kid to kid until school let out. Clearly - it’s a winner.   Another new anthology that I LOVED this summer was Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew As Kids . Well - that pretty much says it all! This book is edited by Elissa Brent Weissman and I especially loved the images of the author’s hand written stories and diary entries and sketches from when they were young. And also hearing about the inspiration of a new typewriter or a teacher’s supportive comment on a report card or the chance to enter a writing contest. It’s fascinating to see the beginnings of these 25 writers’ journeys.     If you have students who like something a little dark, a little twisted - then Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by Hal Johnson is one they are going to love being scared by. This collection is “20 Chilling Tales from the Wilderness”  told from the perspective of a cryptozoologist - a person who studies legendary beasts like Big Foot or the chupacabras. One reviewer called these “faux-lore” which is perfect.  My ten-year old and I really love listening to the podcast Lore together and I think this will really be up her alley. It comes out August 22nd so be on the lookout for that next week.   And finally - Funny Girl - edited by Betsy Bird. In fact, in our very next episode, I have the great pleasure of sharing with you a conversation with Betsy Bird about this book and LOTS of other things.  We talk a fair amount about it  in our interview so I think I’ll just say here that you should definitely go get it. It is truly laugh out loud funny. And oh do we need some humor in our lives. So definitely get this one and I’m...I’m hoping for a Volume 2! 7 Reasons Why You Should Include More Anthologies and Collections   I am going to say up front that I don’t have a ton of these in my classroom. But - I loved them as a child and I’ve noticed lately that my own daughters have been picking more and more of them up. I thought - I need to really expand that part of our library. So here are 7 reasons why you might want to consider including more anthologies and collections.   Anthologies are gateways to discovering other amazing authors. So a child might pick up Guys Read: Funny Business and be drawn to the Jeff Kinney story,  “Unaccompanied Minors” but then get introduced to the amazing Christopher Paul Curtis or David Lubar and suddenly discover their new favorite author. On the other hand, a collection of writing pieces all by one author is great when you want to go more in depth and dig into everything they have to offer. Often authors who are known for, say, novels or a certain genre - will play around in short pieces and try something new. Like poetry or a personal essay. I feel like a collection gives you a good sense of who an author is and more of a window into their life. Anyone who loves Gary Paulsen should read My Life in Dog Years. Anthologies and collections can help kids gain some reading traction if their stamina hasn’t been so great. They can get that satisfaction of finishing a story or an essay in a short amount of time and start to build up to longer texts. Especially at the beginning of the year or after a break, starting with something shorter can be a great idea. When I’ve had reading lulls in my ownlife, short stories can really kick-start me again. They are great for trying out new genres and new formats without the investment in a longer novel. My youngest daughter wouldn’t necessarily pick up a biography but she LOVED Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls. And although most of my students really love graphic novels, I’ve had more than few turn up their noses at that format. So I’ve handed them books like Comic Squad or Fairy Tale Comics and ask them to just try one story. Anthologies and collections introduce a greater variety of stories and perspectives into your life. On the last episode when I was chatting with Jillian Heise about #ClassroomBookADay, I was thinking about how reading a picture book each day can bring more so much more diversity into a classroom. And collections can do the same thing. In fact I was talking with my husband about this last night and he said it perfectly, “Would you rather get a box of all the same chocolates or would you rather get sampler with a dozen different flavors?” Yeah - I’m going for the flavors! And I might leave the cashew cluster for someone else, but that’s okay. Coming at this from a teacher’s point of view, reading the short stories and essays found in anthologies and collections are wonderful to offer as models for students’ own writing. With my 5th graders, we use the TCWRP Units of Study and our first writing unit is Narratives. And of course, I want to give them lots of examples and mentor texts. So I’ll take the first couple of weeks to read to them lots and lots of short narratives to really imprint in their mind what a good narrative sounds like and feels like. What the pacing and plotting is like in all kinds of narratives - from funny to serious. And finally - anthologies and collections are perfect for when you don’t want to jump into a long book yet or you only have little snippets of time to read.  I think they are great for traveling. If you’re on the bus or a plane, you can finish a full a story and don’t have to worry about rereading to pick back up the threads of a plot. In a classroom, if students are in book clubs and a couple members of the group have fallen behind in their reading and need to catch up, you don’t want the other students to start a new novel. So offering them a book like Flying Solo or Funny Girl is a great option. Closing   Okay - that wraps up our show this week. We have some great interviews and book talks coming up. Next week is the amazing Betsy Bird. And after that you can look forward to a conversations with Celia Perez about The First Rule of Punk and Danielle Davis - author of Zinnia and the Bees. I’ll also be chatting about Jason Reynold’s Patina and some really great new graphic novels. So be on the lookout for those.   And, if you have a question or an idea about a topic we should cover, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or connect on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between.   Thank you so much for joining me this week. You can find an outline of interviews and a full transcript of all the other parts of our show along with all of our previous episodes at AlltheWonders.com.     And, if you like what you hear and value the podcast, please leave a quick review or rating on iTunes or Stitcher.   Thanks again and see you soon!  Bye!

An Interview with Michelle Houts For my tenth Dream Gardens podcast, I interviewed author Michelle Houts about the children’s middle grade novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Originally published in 1975, Tuck Everlasting was republished in 2015 with a special 40th anniversary edition. The novel tells the fable-like story of a young girl named Winnie and her encounter with the … Continue reading Podcast #10: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt → The post Podcast #10: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt appeared first on Dream Gardens.

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; min-height: 16.0px} This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 14, 2017. In this episode, we pay a very inadequate tribute to the authors who passed away in 2016. Songs Played in this episode: - Quotes from Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose - Responsorium in organs: Dum asset Salvator in monte Compostela by Ensemble Organum - Quotes from Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place - Fine & Mellow by Billie Holiday - I’d Rather See Him Dead by Memphis Minnie - Money, Money, Money by ABBA - Quotes from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird - John the Revelator by Blind Willie Johnson - Big Bed Bug (Bed Bug Blues) by Tommy Settlers & His Blues Moaner - Quotes from Elie Wiesel’s Night - Ana b’Koreynu by Richard Kaplan & Michael Ziegler - Double-String Violin Doina (klezmer fiddle) by Daniel Hoffman - Quotes from Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love - Carnival by Tom Waits - La Valse des Monstres by Yann Tiersen - Quote from Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting - Forever is Just a Day by Hurray for the Riff Raff Please subscribe and rate! Thank you.

It's my life...and it's now or never. I ain't gonna live forever! OR AM I? Natalie Babbitt's beloved children's novel Tuck Everlasting tackles the tough questions. What would happen if I could live forever? What will I do with the time I'm allotted on this mortal coil? Would it be creepy for a teenager to tell a ten-year old to drink immortality water in seven years so that he can be her forever husband?

It's my life...and it's now or never. I ain't gonna live forever! OR AM I? Natalie Babbitt's beloved children's novel Tuck Everlasting tackles the tough questions. What would happen if I could live forever? What will I do with the time I'm allotted on this mortal coil? Would it be creepy for a teenager to tell a ten-year old to drink immortality water in seven years so that he can be her forever husband?

In a new feature, Bob and Jesse interview Natalie Babbitt, the voice of Jenny Roberts. Jenny starred in episodes like "Pen Pal," "The Perfect Witness, Parts 1-3," and "Count it All Joy." Hear her memories of her time on Odyssey and what she's up to now.

The Guests: Nikki Georgia K— website: nikkigeorgiak.com IG: nikitabananaaaa, FB:Nikki Georgia K Brian Bins— IG: BrianBins, FB: Brian Bins, Web: www.BrianBins.com, LinkedIn: Brian Bins The Books: “Spark Joy” by Marie Kondo, “Eat, Pray, Love” and “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert, “The Art of Asking” by Amanda Palmer, “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” by Hunter S. Thompson, “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, “The Very Hungry Catapillar” by Eric Carle, “1984” by George Orwell, “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, “Tuck Everlasting” by Natalie Babbitt, “Drawing People” by Barbara Bradley, Frida Kahlo, “Humans of New York” by Brandon Stanton The Music: “Walkabout (w/Noah Lennox)” by Atlas Sound and Noah Lennox, “Crazy Feeling” by King Coleman Actionable Takeaway: Build a blanket fort and color in it OR create unstructured time http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/06/dangers-of-blowing-kisses_n_6810416.html Eaux Claires Music Festival http://eauxclaires.com/ Helmet Newton, Photographer #inkandworm #rfb #theMet #thelouve #beautifulclosets #jacksonpollock #dontstopdrawing #ideasarealive #nycismagical #itsnotreallywinter #subwaymusicians #subwaybreakdancers #noifellonmyface #cartherapy #marcmaron #cartherapy #picassoscows #abstractart #billmurray #saintvincent #eauxclairesfestival #whereyoufromwhatdoyoudo #brooklyn #brooklynlove #mentalillness #homeless #seeinghobosashumans #hotwaterisablessing #publicmasturbation #bedbugs #paradoxes

This podcast will help you get ready to face the inevitable unpleasant things that will happen in your life — things like trouble, suffering, sickness, and death — the death of people you love and your own death. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 7:1: “A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.” The featured quote for this episode is from Natalie Babbitt. She said, “Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live.” Our topic for today is titled “The Individual, the Church, and the Ars Moriendi (the Art of Dying), Part 6” from the book, “The Art of Dying: Living Fully into the Life to Come” by Rob Moll. — A Beautiful Injury As Donne’s final weeks attest, he remained spiritually alive even as his body neared death. He eagerly awaited and looked for his entrance to life with God. He prayed, and having let go of things on earth, began to clutch those of heaven. Yet, while Donne died well, those who loved him still mourned. Good deaths, even the best of them, are terrible because they separate — if only temporarily — people who have intertwined their lives. So, Christian history teaches us, the good death still injures the community. Death, even the good or happy death, is a painful event. It is evil and not a part of God’s creation, though God can bring good from it. And those closest to the deceased, in particular, need their wounds healed. Funerals and other Christian rituals following death are meant, in large part, to nurse those wounds and reunite a community that has fractured. Phillipe Aries describes the classic Western Christian behaviors when the member of a community died. It “solemnly altered space and time,” he says. Shutters were closed and other visible signals outside the house alerted neighbors to what was happening inside. Candles were lit, prayers said, and clergy visited and performed their rites to bind the wounds of the mourning. Neighbors and relatives visited, and when death occurred tolling bells marked the significant loss of a member of the community. …

Welcome to our special election edition of Novel Ideas. Today’s episode features Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, a book that has absolutely nothing to do with elections. This is a slightly shorter than average episode, as the book itself is rather short itself. But for such a short book, there is a surprising depth to […]