the Mildly Frumpy Protagonist

Tag: Books

96: “Draw a Crazy Picture, Write a Nutty Poem” – Shel Silverstein
Sep 15, 2021
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by
theMFP
in MFPblog, When We Were Young podcast
If you’re a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a magic bean buyer, or you just hate doing dishes and taking the garbage out, you’ll surely find something to relate to in our episode on celebrated author, illustrator, poet, and all-around Renaissance Man Shel Silverstein. Though WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS was first published in 1974, long…
70: “Don’t You Ever Laugh as the Hearse Goes By” – Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
Aug 8, 2019
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by
theMFP
in When We Were Young podcast
They eat your eyes, they eat your toes – but all we’re asking for is your ears to listen to us revisit SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, the book series featuring stories retold by Alvin Schwartz and nightmare-inducing illustrations by Stephen Gammell. There was nothing more exhilarating to an 80s and 90s tween…
50: “Reader Beware, You’re In For A Scare!” – Goosebumps
Oct 8, 2018
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by
theMFP
in When We Were Young podcast
Calling all creeps! If you were a literate kid in the 90s, you almost certainly cracked open a GOOSEBUMPS book at some point. With 62 titles in its original run, R.L. Stine’s legendary YA horror anthology is one of the best-selling book series of all time. It also spawned games, toys, lunchboxes, apparel, two major…