Episode 36: Our Favorite Books for Babies + A Bookish Baby Shower for (Return) Guest Mary Heim

We've got another "first" for the podcast this week! We are talking to our first return guest! You met Mary Heim in Episode 24 when she recorded with Meredith. Now, she's back to chat with both of us and we're so excited. Again. ;-) You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: an upcoming bookish holiday (now just past), finishing the second book in a series, and an audiobook binge. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We've got two current reads from each host and Meredith and Mary seem to almost coordinate their picks (we never discuss beforehand, so this is all coincidental), while Kaytee takes each round off to left field. For our deep dive this week, we surprise Mary with a virtual bookish baby shower. This deep dive focuses in on the board books and other titles for ages 0-2 and is the first in a series. We'll do subsequent chats about favorite books for 2-4 year olds and 5-8 year olds as well. So many great titles in this section! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. This week Meredith and Kaytee are pressing more picture books, while Mary chooses a lovely essay collection she goes back to again and again. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 3:17 - Still Life by Louise Penny 4:29 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 9:42 - Great With Child by Beth Ann Fennelly 9:48 - Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly 13:08 - I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott 16:09 - Morgan Tallman on Episode 22 of Currently Reading 16:20 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank 20:48 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (releases June 4th!) 20:58 - The Magicians by Lev Grossman 21:00 - Tana French books 23:37 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson 24:22 - The Club by Takis Wurger 24:32 - Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville 25:34 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 28:29 - Swearing is Good For You by Emma Byrne 36:25 - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle 36:51 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 36:55 - Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown 37:00 - Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell 37:08 - No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli 37:11 - Big Little by Leslie Patricelli 37:37 - Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz 37:46 - Where's Spot? by Eric Hill 37:57 - Bright Baby books by Priddy Books 38:12 - Colors, ABC, Numbers by Bright Baby 39:06 - First 100 Words by Bright Baby 39:24 - Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina 39:43 - Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Suess 39:50 - That's Not My… series by Usborne 39:56 - That's Not My Hat by John Klassen 40:44 - My Backpack by SkipHop 41:16 - Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers 41:49 - Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle 42:12 - Lil' Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:12 - Lil' Oink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:13 - Li'l' Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:16 - Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:39 - The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton 42:46 - The Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton 42:55 - Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton 43:05 - Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton 43:16 - Tuck Me In by Dean Hacohen 43:51 - A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na 44:10 - Time for Bed by Mem Fox 44:35 - The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood 45:13 - Where Do Diggers Sleep At Night? by Brianna Kaplan Sawyer 45:20 - Where Do Steam Trains Sleep At Night? by Brianna Kaplan Sawyer 45:31 - Dinosaur's Binkit by Sandra Boynton 45:45 - No Matter What by Debi Gliori 45:49 - I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt 46:33 - Goodnight, Darth Vader by Jeffrey Brown 46:35 - Vader's Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown 47:02 - Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown 49:42 - BabyLit Series by Jennifer Adams and Allison Oliver 51:21 - Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed 51:53 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 54:49 - A Mouse Told His Mother by Bethany Roberts 56:47 - Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allen Ahlberg *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*