This week Tayla is joined by Shayna Pimentel and Caroline Payson from the Providence Children’s Museum to talk about this Rhode Island cultural institution. They discuss their roles at the Providence Children’s Museum as well as ways they strive to make the museum more accessible for Rhode Island children. They also talk about Oscar Noms, Pixar movies, and contemporary fiction. During The Last Chapter they discuss books they enjoyed as children and whether or not they still hold up.

Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you’d like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening!

BooksBecoming Better Grownups by Brad Montague

The Yoga of Eating by Charles Eisenstein

I'm Hungry! / ¡Tengo Hambre! by Angela Dominguez

Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam

In Deeper Waters by F. T. Lukens

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Browse Shoes books by Noel Streatfeild

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish & Fritz Seibel

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

AVOnward (2020)

Drive My Car (2021)

Coda (2021)

The Power of the Dog (2021)

Inventing Anna (2022)

Bad Vegan (2022)

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Pinocchio: A True Story (2021)

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Dollface (2019- )

The Good Place (2016-2020)

OtherProvidence Children’s Museum, Providence, RI

Museum Passes at the Cranston Public Library