Posts Categorized: Into the Pensieve

Into the Pensieve: Stuart Little

Into the Pensieve: Stuart Little

Alice and Martha enter a world which is entirely E.B. White’s own, which may or may not be a good thing. Is Stuart a mouse or not? What ever happened to Margolo? And what exactly were the publishers thinking? Stuart Little is quite the canoe ride and is nothing like the sisters remembered.  In this series,… Read more

Into the Pensieve: Make Way for Ducklings

Into the Pensieve: Make Way for Ducklings

Alice and Martha dive into Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. This super cute picture book includes some yaasss queen moments, a deadbeat dad, and some questionable duck-feeding tips. In any case, it’s not The Borrowers… and that’s for the best!  In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both… Read more

Into the Pensieve: Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

Into the Pensieve: Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

Alice and Martha review Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by the highly memorable Betty MacDonald. Mid-century kids misbehaving and being disciplined… what could go wrong? In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children’s books, including favorite segments such as Quora Question of the Week, and… Read more

Into the Pensieve: A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 – The Bad Beginning

Into the Pensieve: A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 – The Bad Beginning

In this podcast (a word which here means “a recorded discussion between two real weird sisters”), Alice and Martha delve into The Bad Beginning, the first book of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children’s… Read more

Into the Pensieve: Magic Tree House

Into the Pensieve: Magic Tree House

Alice and Martha reminisce on Mary Pope Osborne’s hit children’s series, Magic Tree House, in which Jack and Annie stumble across a treehouse filled with books (both old AND new), and enter a world which is entirely their own, book after book after book after book! In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared… Read more

Into the Pensieve: Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Into the Pensieve: Sideways Stories from Wayside School

It’s a good thing this isn’t the 19th episode of Into the Pensieve, or it wouldn’t exist! This week, Alice and Martha climb thirty flights of stairs to discuss the world’s strangest class of kids. In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children’s… Read more

Into the Pensieve: Half Magic

Into the Pensieve: Half Magic

Alice and Martha wish that you would listen to this podcast about Edward Eager’s Half Magic. They wish it twice! While they may not be the biggest fans of the Knights of the Round Table or “the charm,” the sisters are big fans of Uncle Huge and FitzCarrie, and Martha is a big fan of Martha,… Read more

Into the Pensieve: Charlotte’s Web

Into the Pensieve: Charlotte’s Web

Alice and Martha – AKA Fern and Templeton – discuss one of their all-time favorite children’s books, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White.  In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children’s books, including favorite segments such as Quora Question of the Week, and Sorting Hat! Take… Read more

Into the Pensieve: Matilda

Into the Pensieve: Matilda

Alice and Martha discuss the Wunderkind Matilda and her sweet (albeit nerdy) teacher / best friend Miss Honey in this week’s Into the Pensieve episode.  In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children’s books, including favorite segments such as Quora Question of the Week, and… Read more

Into the Pensieve: Frindle

Into the Pensieve: Frindle

For the first time in Into the Pensieve history, Alice and Martha discuss a book they may not still love as adults, Frindle by Andrew Clements.  In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children’s books, including favorite segments such as Quora Question of the… Read more