CYAPodcast: Recent Episodes
Cathie Sue, Emily, Jenny, Karl, Kelly, & Adrienne
Oklahoma Department of Libraries Public Information Manager Bill Young interviews the CYA Podcast crew. Can you believe we’ve recorded over 110 episodes since we started seven years ago? What a ride it’s been. Thank you listeners for supporting over the…Read more →
Jenny – “A Boy Named Queen” by Sara Cassidy Cathie Sue – “Move It, Miss Macintosh” by Peggy Robbins Janousky and Meghan Lands Karl – “Voracious Vol One: Diners, Dinosaurs & Dives” by Mariksan Naso and Jason Muhr Kelly…Read more →
Jenny – “12 Children Who Changed the World” by Kenya McCullum Cathie Sue – “Hot Rod Hot Dog” by Todd H. Doodler Karl – “The Raven King” Maggie Stiefvater (Playaway edition) Kelly – “A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of…Read more →
An unnatural woman lives her life according to her own rules. Our indi reviews. Karl – “Still Life with Tornado” by A.S. King Cathie Sue – “Good Dog Carl and the Baby Elephant”…Read more →
So, when did sharing ever work? Never, I say. Never. Karl: “I Hate Fairyland Volume One: Madly Ever After” by Skottie Young Cathie Sue: “Narwhal Unicorn of the Sea” by Ben Clanton Jenny: “We Found a Hat” by Jon Klassen…Read more →
Our six picture books reviews designed to make you want to live in a tree and drench passersby with your super-soaker and then write an article about it. “Miss Twiggly’s Tree” by Dorothea Warren Fox “Thunder Boy Jr” by Sherman…Read more →
Hold a tick. We’ve go indi reviews ready for you now. Jenny – “Saved by the Boats: The Heroic Sea Evacuation of September 11” by Julie Gassman and illustrated by Steve Moors – “Dragons vs. Drones” by Wesley King Cathie…Read more →
We wish you peace, prosperity and indi reviews. Jenny – “Little Red” by Bethan Woollvin Cathie Sue – FirstSecond’s 2017 Winter Catalog an imprint of MacMillan Kelly – “The Adventures of Pettson and Findus: The Fox Chase” and “Pancake Pie”…Read more →
Jenny – “Wings of Fire: Escaping Peril” by Tui T. Sutherland. This is part of a nine book series entitled “Dragon Prophecy”. Kelly – “I Wish I Had a Pet” by Maggie Rudy. She also wrote “The House That Mouse…Read more →
“It’s my party, and I’ll be overly sarcastic if I want to.” Jenny – “Local Girl Swept Away” by Ellen Wittlinger Kelly – “How Little Lori Visited Times Square” by Amos Vobel and Maurice Sendak Karl – “The Chaos” by…Read more →
“Exit, Pursued By a Bear” by E. K. Johnston “But, I’m a Cheerleader”, movie, IMDB entry, Wikipedia entry Northeastern Oklahoma University Men’s Cheerleaders, 1987
More books! Part two of our review and discussion about books that connect to the Hamilton Musical. There are two parts to this podcast. Make sure you download and listen to both. This is an annotated list of books discussed…Read more →
Big pile of books! We review and discuss as many books as we could get our happy little hands on that connect to the Hamilton Musical. So awesome,…Read more →
Kelly – “Lion Hunters Series” by Elizabeth Wein. The series includes: “Winter Prince,” “Coalition of Lions,” “Sunbird,” “Lion Hunter,” and “Empty Kingdom.” Karl – “PBS Idea Channel” on YouTube, and “Reasonably Sound with Mike Rugetta” podcast Adrienne – “Mr. Ferris…Read more →
We review “The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects” by Paul B. Janeczko and illustrated by Chris Raschka. Karl recommends “A History of the World in…Read more →
Kelly – “Take It As a Compliment” by Maria Stoain Karl – “Dinner for Five” Jon Favreau’s TV Show Jenny – “Wheel of Time” series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, this will be a TV show Adrienne – “The…Read more →
We review “The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of the Mullosk” by Sy Montgomery and Keith Ellenbogen. Karl’s read alike recommendations: “Moonbird” by Phillip Hoose, and “The Beak of the Finch” by Jonathan Weiner.
Kelly – “Star Wars Oxygen Podcast” on the “Rebel Force Radio Podcast Network” Karl – “Two Dope Queens Podcast” Jenny – “Half a Chance” by Cynthia Lord, listed on the 2017 Oklahoma Library Association’s Sequoyah Children’s Book Award Masterlist Adrienne…Read more →
We review “When Everything Feels Like the Movies” by debut and winner of the Canadian Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature author, Raziel Reed. Interview with “The National” available on YouTube Karl’s read alike recommendation: “Sprout” by Dale Peck
“The War That Saved My Life” by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Podcast production note: Adrienne liked her mic so much she turnt, turnt, turnt it up! A compressor was ran over the entire recording.…Read more →
You better cook it right, or the finished soup really will explode in an hour. Good luck! Now, our Indi Reviews. Kelly – “Things I Can’t Explain” by Mitchell Kriegman, writer of “Clarissa Explains It All” TV show, Nickelodeon, 1991-1994…Read more →
“There are all kinds of war” our individual reviews. Kelly – “The Last Dragon” by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Guay Karl – “A Tan and Sandy Silence” by John D. MacDonald, including two more Travis McGee booksJenny – “Night…Read more →
“Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth” by Sanjay Patel and Emily Haynes “Rude Cakes” by Rowboat Watkins “Ask Me” by Bernard Waber and Suzy Lee “The Bear Ate Your Sandwich” by Julia Sarcone-Roach “It Could Always Be Worse” retold by Margot Zemach…Read more →
Karl: “100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy: From the Marx Brothers to ?The Simpsons, Richard Pryor to Amy Schumer: 100 bits, sketches, and one-liners that changed humor forever” by Jessie David Fox Kelly: “The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Power” by…Read more →
Adrienne talks picture books to read to children on the 2016 Summer Reading Program theme of wellness, fitness and sports.
We have BIG PLANS! Indi reviews from Kelly and Adrienne. Kelly – “Dark is Rising” series by Susan Cooper Adrienne – “Now Playing Podcast“
Kelly – “Tygertale: A Blog About Brilliant Children’s Books” Adrienne – “The Golden Compass Graphic Novel”
“Shadowshaper” by Daniel Jose Older Daniel José Older, along with Nnedi Okorafor and Sofia Samatar, is responsible for the World Fantasy Award’s decision to stop making its prize in the shape of a bust of H.P. Lovecraft. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/09/world-fantasy-award-drops-hp-lovecraft-as-prize-image
We renew our checkout of “The Raven Boys” by Maggie Stiefvater. This book kicks off the Raven Cycle series:”The Raven Boys,” “Dream Thieves,” and “Blue Lily, Lily Blue.” Get caught up before the fourth book “The Raven King” is…Read more →
We renew our checkout of Ruta Sepety’s second book “Out of the Easy” in preparation for the release for “Salt to Sea” due out February 2, 2016.
In light of the last film adaptation completing the Hunger Games series, we are re-posting our review from 2010 of “Mockingjay.” What did you think of the last film? Join the conversation on our Facebook page.
Game time! In which we take ALA Printz and Newbery winners and mash them with Goodreads blurbs. Can you guess what the titles and authors are?
Karl – “Neil Gaiman: Coraline: The Graphic Novel” adapted and illustrated by P. Craig Russell, , Kelly – “A Court of Thorn and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas Jenny “Lockwood & Co. series” by Jonathan Stroud “Screaming Staircase“ “The Whispering…Read more →
Karl – “Goblins! : a survival guide and fiasco in four parts” by Brian Froud, Ari Berk, and Wendy Froud Kelly – “Super Mutant Magic Academy” by Jillian Tamaki, webcomic of the graphic novel Jenny – “Confessions of an Imaginary…Read more →
“Home” by Carson Ellis, , “Home by Carson Ellis,” American Indians in Children’s Literature – Debbie Reese “Home Sweet Home by Carson Ellis,” Kirkus Review, by Julie Danielson with Carson Ellis interview “Wolfie the Bunny” by Ame Dyckman and Zachariah O’Hora…Read more →
Happy Halloween! Karl: “Geek History Lesson Podcast” Jenny: “Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Adrienne: “Double “R” Author Tour” with Sonia Gensler and Tara Hudson
“Big Top Burning: The True Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and The Greatest Show On Earth” by Laura A. Woollett “Stuff You Missed in History Class Podcast“
Jenny: “Meditation is an Open Sky: Mindfulness for Kids” by Whitney Stewart and Sally Rippin Karl: “Infinite Loop” an app game Adrienne: “Peaky Blinders” Wikipedia entry of the BBC television show available on Netflix
“The Office” parkour scene “Chasing Shadows” by Swati Avasthi “Me, Myself, and Ike” by K. L. Denman “Challenger Deep” by Neal Shusterman “As I Crawl Through It” by A. S. King “Arrow” TV show “Run Lola Run” Film
Jenny: “Mummy Cat” by Marcus Ewert and Lisa Brown Karl: 99% Invisible podcast created by Roman Mars Adrienne: “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates Marcus Ewert and Lisa Brown discuss making the book “Mummy Cat.” (YouTube video) https://youtu.be/KOsvRyZYjlE
Jenny: “Night Animals” by Gianna Marino Karl: “Armada” by Ernest Cline Adrienne: “As If: The Oral History of Clueless As Told By Amy Heckerling, the Cast, and the Crew” by Jen Chaney
“Boys of Blur” by N. D. Wilson N. D. Wilson‘s website “Louisiana Sugar Cane Burning” by Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
In which we play another game. Yay! Name That Title: Beginning or End; or Everyone vs Adrienne. Emily, Jenny, Cathie Sue, and Kelly get to choose a hint from the beginning or end of a title. They get two chances…Read more →
In which we play a game called, Name That Title: Random Words! Emily, Jenny, Cathie Sue, and Kelly have to guess the title from two words picked randomly from the title. If they give me the title they get two…Read more →
“Hang in there, and repeat after me. Tougher. Stronger. Fearless.” Joy Graffitti (Cathie Sue): 8: An Animal Alphabet by Elisha Cooper Pussycat Meat (Jenny): Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee Jett Banshee (Adrienne): “Here’s Where to Start Reading the…Read more →
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson Our roller derby names: Adrienne: Jett Banshee Cathie Sue: Joy Graffitti Jenny: Pussycat Meat Make your name here, read Book Riot’s “39 Killer Literary Roller Derby Names.”
“Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How To Dance Like the Firebird” by Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers “Earmuffs for Everyone! How Chester Greenwood Became Knows as the Inventor of Earmuffs” by Meghan McCarthy “A Fine Dessert: Four…Read more →
“Pas de Deux a music box for two” – our dance by the light of the moon, Indi reviews Cathie Sue: “The Notorious Pagan Jones” by Nina Berry Jenny: “The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and…Read more →
“Paper Towns” (Wikipedia entry) by John Green (Author website), Movie website with trailer “Questions About Paper Towns (SPOILERS)” Mental Floss declares “John Green Day” Nerdfighters Hank Green, John’s brother Our review of “The Fault in Our Stars“
Words of truth: “Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me … Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” Emily…Read more →
“The Darkest Part of the Forest” by Holly Black. Black’s website, http://blackholly.com/ Tam Lin legend on Wikipedia (with a collection of links to the story adaptations)
Emily – “Walk on Earth a Stranger” by Rae Carson Jenny – “Bunny’s Lessons” by Harriet Ziefert & Barroux Kelly – “Perilous Gard” by Elizabeth Marie Pope Cathie Sue – “Why is Milk White?” by Alexa Coelho & Simon Quellen…Read more →
“Deep Sea” by Annika Thor; third book in the quartet. The first two books are “Faraway Island,” and “The Lily Pond.”
Adrienne – “Seraphina” by Rachel Hartman. The second book in the series is “Shadow Scale.” Karl – “The KS Talk Books” YouTube reviews by two children Kelly – “The Toast” website. Also mentioned, “The Butter,” and “The Hairpin“
One emotion at a time. Here are our indi reviews. Adrienne – Slate’s doubleX Podcast on the Panoply Network (warning this podcast is intended for mature audiences) Karl – “House of Leaves: A Novel” by Mark Z. Danielewski Kelly –…Read more →
And, we jump right in with our indi reviews! Karl – “Science Verse” by Jon Scieskza and Lane Smith Jenny – “Mr. Squirrel and the Moon” by Sebastian Mechenmoser Adrienne – John Green’s “Eighteen Books You Probably Haven’t Read”…Read more →
Our indie reviews are completely honest. Promise! We talk Libba Bray's "A Great and Terrible Beauty," Remy Simard's "Gustave," and video YA book blogger "Katytastic" who really is fantastic.
“Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson. Our discussion and review of this honor and award winning book.
Our indi reviews: Cathie Sue – “The Last Dragonslayer” and the Chronicles of Khazam by Jasper Fforde Karl – “Zami, A New Spelling of My Name” by Audre Lorde Adrienne – “Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” movie
We discuss and review "Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy" by Karen Foxlee. Visit the CYA Podcast blog for more links to reviews and new books for 2015, http://yalitlovers.oklibshare.org
Karl submits “The Story of Ferdinand” by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson for the CYA Podcast Picture Book Canon. Have a favorite picture book you want to see in the PB Canon? Submit your own entry, find out how here,…Read more →
We discuss and review "West of the Moon" by Margi Preus. Check out our blog, http://yalitlovers.oklibshare.org, for more podcasts and written book reviews. They are spectacular!
Our favorite books that we read in 2014: Karl – “Saga” volumes 1 – 3, “Anne of Green Gables”, “1492 New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus”, “Beautiful Music for Ugly Children”, and “Mr. Penumber’s 24 Hour Book Store.” Cathie…Read more →
What fictional world would do you wish you could live? Karl – “Dark is Rising” by Susan Cooper Cathie Sue – “Game of Thrones” the last chapter of the last book Adrienne – “Harry Potter” by J. K. Rowling Share…Read more →
In which we did nothing so that we could be impossible. Our indi reviews. Karl – “Beautiful Music for Ugly Children” by Kristin Cronn-Mills Jenny – “Get the Scoop on Animal Poop” by Dawn Cusick Adrienne – Maze Runner movie…Read more →
We are so much better than kissing a horse. Less whiskers. Our indi reviews. Karl – “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles C. Mann Jenny – “Wild Things” by Clay Carmichael Adrienne – Rory Gilmore’s reading…Read more →
The podcast groups was asked by retired librarian now current YA author Patrick Jones what we thought the next big thing will be for young adult literature. Well, we had a lot to say. Take a listen or watch the…Read more →
Beauty, of course is in the eye of the beholder, and so are our Indi Reviews. Karl – “Saga: Chapter One” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Cathie Sue – “Best Lowly Worm Book Ever!” by Richard Scarry Jenny…Read more →
Cathie Sue and Adrienne were lucky to interview Garth Nix author of the Old Kingdom series at the Texas Teen Book Festival in Austin. His new book “Clariel” joins “Sabriel,” “Lirael,” and “Abhorsen.”
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s….a Indi Reviews!! Yay! Cathie Sue – “Toby” by Stacy Nyikos and Shawn Sisneros Jenny – “Queen of the Tearling” by Erika Johansen Adrienne – “Ordinary People” by Judith Guest Karl – “Anne of…Read more →
“Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons” by Jon J. Muth “Hot Rod Hamster Monster Truck Mania!: by Cynthia Lord “Go! Go! Go! Stop!” By Charise Mericle Harper “The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend” by Dan Santat “Hello My…Read more →
Our first submission to the Picture Book Canon, “Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type” by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. Interested in submitting your favorite picture book? You can read how to here, http://yalitlovers.oklibshare.org/picture-book-canon/.
Zap! Gotcha! Pink with rhinestones tasers are the best. Now, for our indi reviews… Emily – “The Living” by Matt de la Pena Jenny – “Red Shirts” by John Scalzi Cathie Sue – “El Deafo” by Cece BellKarl – “The…Read more →
A flying burrito hurts. Here are our indi reviews without projectile food. Noggin by John Corey Whaley The Book With No Pictures by B.J. NovakCritical Hit: A D&D Podcast Graphic Design Solutions by Robin Landa Twitch and “Why Would Anyone…Read more →
We review these six picture books: A Fish Named Glub by Dan Bar-El and Josee BiSaillon When the Wind Blew by Alison Jackson and Doris Barrette Professor Whiskerton presents Steampunk ABC by Lisa Falkenstern A Puddle Pug by Kim Norman…Read more →
“Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what to do with it instead of figuring out what to do without it. ” Emily – “We Were…Read more →
“Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.” Karl – “Don’t Pigeonhole Me!” by Mo Willems Jenny – “Red Shirts” by…Read more →
Hey listeners! We here at the CYAPodcast are going to start a Picture Book Canon. Similar to Extra Hot Great’s TV Episode Canon and Slate’s Books You Must Read, ours will be a collection of the best picture books. Not…Read more →
“Dragons Love Tacos” by Adam Rubin “Better Than Life” by Daniel Pennac”Readers Bill of Rights” (Book Riot, Shelf Consumed, & Book Chat Central, respectively) “Story of Owen: Dragonslayer of Trodheim” by E.K. Johnston “We Need Bigger Megaphones for Diversity in…Read more →
“Right Ho, Jeeves” by P.D. Wodehouse “Princeless” by Jeremy Whitley “Shoe Dog” by Megan McDonald “Television Without Pity” & “Previously.TV“
You know the cat vomit color when you see it. Individual reviews: “Boa’s Bad Birthday” by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross – Jenny “What’s Your Favorite Animal” by Eric Carle and Friends – Cathie Sue “Sacre Bleu” by Christopher Moore…Read more →
Yeah, so what if we ask stupid questions? It’s how we learn. Individual reviews: “True Detective” HBO Show – Adrienne (spoilers, you have been warned) “One Literary Reference You Must Know to Appreciate True Detective“, i09. Feb 14, 2014. “Her…Read more →