Welcome back, cats and kittens! We have another MEW episode for you to listen to right MEOW!
The Cat Who Saved Books is a book about books for book lovers. It does have a talking cat in it, and the cat kind-of-sort-of sets events in motion that leads to the saving of books. But "The Teenager Who Saved Books, And Also A Cat Was There Sometimes" is not as goo ... Show More
Aug 31
Ep 765 - Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #3), by Tamsyn Muir (w/ Meghan Winch)
Do you like lesbian necromancer space operas but find all the grieving, brooding, and in-fighting a bit hard to sift through? Well then do I have the book for you! What began as Tamsyn Muir's concluding entry in her trilogy of The Locked Tomb evolved into a full novel of its own ... Show More
1h 30m
Aug 28
The Prydainger Zone Ep 00 - Lloyd Alexander and his Chronicles, an introduction
For this new show-within-a-show, Andrew and Craig will learn all about The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. We'll read the five books in this classic children's fantasy series, then close out with an extra episode on the Disney adaptation The Black Cauldron.In this episo ... Show More
32m 32s
Aug 2020
Vincent Comes Home and Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed
Today, two stories about our animal companions. In the first story, a cat named Vincent learns what “home” means. And in the second, we hear the true story of an award-winning piano piece -- composed by a cat! Submit your Wonderful Words at julieslibraryshow.org/contact. Support ... Show More
27m 48s
Nov 2022
Cats in Japanese Literature: Sakutaro Hagiwara and "The Town of Cats"
Today, we’re going to look at cats in Japanese literature.We’ll start with the history of cats in Japan.We’ll move on to cats in Japanese folklore and fiction, including the work of Haruki Murakami.And finally we’ll end with a discussion of our readers' choice, “The Town of Cats” ... Show More
42m 9s