Dragon Babies

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Coming up! Main Feed - 🎶Cart and Cwidder, by Diana Wynne Jones 🧙‍♂️The Seven Songs of Merlin, by T.A. Barron Babetreon - patreon.com/dragonbabies 🐲 The Hobbit (1977)

Be an ageless entity, do crimes - we’re discussing The Boggart, by Susan Cooper! This wonderfully weird book has it all and is the perfect playful Halloween read for all ages. Listen wherever you get your pods and have a glorious Halloween 🙏

Coming up! 🏰 Main Feed: The Boggart, by Susan Cooper 🌀 Babetreon: Uzumaki (book 1), by Junji Ito. Join at patreon.com/dragonbabies

New episode: We’re attending A College of Magics, by Caroline Stevermer! An episode almost as long as college itself, we’re resplendent with big feelings about this subtle, gorgeously written book. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

Coming up! 📕 Main Feed: A College of Magics, by Caroline Stevermer 🎥 Babetreon: Ella Enchanted (2004) - out now! Sign up at patreon.com/dragonbabies

Brush up on your Cat as we enter the world of Lionboy, by Zizou Corder. Steampunky advances (and limitations) in technology, a mysterious parental kidnapping, and the ability to talk to cats have led protagonist Charlie Ashanti onto a magnificent circus ship. Listen everywhere!

Coming up! Main Feed: Lionboy, by Zizou Corder Babetreon: The Pretend Food feast continues, this time with some delicacies we're a little nervous about tasting... Sign up at patreon.com/dragonbabies

"She gathered stonecrop with its fat leaves and yellow stars, which Old Bess liked for supper mixed with dandelion greens and a little oil and apple vinegar. Saaski, once she had tasted this odd dish, liked it, too. She did not mind being odd in the same ways Old Bess was."

Oops, we’ve been swapped out with changelings - time to discuss The Moorchild, by Eloise McGraw! We take to the moor to consider the many virtues of Irish bagpipes and revel in the atmospheric melancholy of Saaski’s tale. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

"I took a bite of the crusty bread. It felt hard, almost like wood, until some vigorous chewing softened it up a bit...To my surprise, it swiftly dissolved into liquid, filling my mouth with a tangy, minty flavor. As soon as I swallowed, a wave of nourishment flowed through me."

The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron is a soothing journey through a magical wood that adds a new perspective to the many Merlin myths. Discussing us left us in the best moods, almost as if we’d found some ambrosia bread of our own. Join us wherever you get your pods!

Beth Krommes

If you haven’t signed up for our Babetreon, it’s $3/mo for an extra episode. You’ll get access to all our recent eps, including BBC’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe adaptation, The Book of Enchantments, and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad! patreon.com/dragonbabies

Upcoming episodes! These will both be out the last week of June due to our wild months (Grace RVing from PA to WA with 3 cats, Madeleine hanging out in France - which would you choose 😜). See ya then!

"Dere Miz Sophy, i thankx yu oust agin fer the dress. its reel Prime. Fust nue dress i iver wuz giv. Simon as bin kid naped in a Shipp. Me an Justin is goin 2 for the Lark. i like Simon an it isn Fare he shd be All Alone. the Shipp is the dark due. Yrs respckfly Dido Twite."

New episode: we’re continuing on in Joan Aiken’s alternate history, wolf-ridden England with Black Hearts in Battersea! If your spirits need a boost (and whose don’t), irresistible Cockney urchin Dido Twite is here to entrance and delight. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

We’re exploring the Arthurian legend through a southern Black lens with Legendborn, by Tracy Deonn! Join 16-year-old Bree as she enters an early college program at UNC Chapel Hill and discovers more than one type of magic is waiting. Listen wherever you get your pods!

"WE EAT THE CHICKEN NOW!"

We continue Megan Whalen Turner’s impeccable Queen’s Thief series with A Conspiracy of Kings! We discuss the appeal of sweet Sophos, the portrayal of slavery within fantasy series, and whether the gods are Just Jerks (copyright Madeleine). Listen wherever you get your pods!