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Sick of the same bedtime stories? Join Leon and Nathan, two writers with young children, as they use silly characters and awful tropes to twist classic books into the perfect toddler tales.

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E-I-E-I-Ohhhhhhhh (The Da Vinci Code)

2021/07/19

It's our season one finale! Leon and Nathan put on their Holmesian caps as they transform Dan Brown's "classic" into a children's story about farm animals and aliens.

Memory Lanes (The Remains of the Day)

2021/06/09

Get your bowler hats, it's time to take a drive with Leon and Nathan as they change Kazuo Ishiguro's historical novel into a children's book of loss, reunion, and lazy thrift store workers.

The Free Balloon (The Awakening)

2021/05/26

Hello from the Latex Side! Leon and Nathan convert Kate Chopin's feminist classic into a story of balloons, static electricity, and special spaces in the sky.

I Don't Want to Learn My Letters! (Catch-22)

2021/05/12

It's class time! Leon and Nathan go back to school to transform Joseph Heller's satirical novel into a story of education and biker gangs.

Bellyache! (Invisible Man)

2021/04/28

Leon and Nathan get microscopic as they transform Ralph Ellison's classic story into a world of bacteria, sphincters, and cake...cake...cake...cake...cake.

Jane Pear (Jane Eyre)

2021/04/14

Leon and Nathan battle the elements to make sure this story bears fruit as they take on Charlotte Brontë's classic Bildungsroman.

The Mattress With No Memory...Foam (The Bourne Identity)

2021/03/31

What book are they covering? Who am I? If these are questions you're asking, don't worry! Leon and Nathan convert Robert Ludlum's spy classic with all the sleuthiness it deserves.

Salamander Surprise! (The Great Gatsby)

2021/03/24

Cheers, old sports! Leon and Nathan trudge through F. Scott Fitzgerald's required reading to make a story about vanity, lies, and adorable axolotl.

Frankenstein Bubblegum (Frankenstein)

2021/03/17

From disaster to bubblegum master! Leon and Nathan take on Mary Shelley's monster classic and give it the happy ending it deserves.

Juice's Journey (The Grapes of Wrath)

2021/03/10

Their bowls are dusty and their bags are packed. Leon and Nathan take on/tackle John Steinbeck's depression-era classic. Get ready -- things are about to get juicy.

Wing Fling (To Kill A Mockingbird)

2021/03/03

Leon and Nathan take to the skies to kidify Harper Lee's classic and to deliver justice to the ruling class.

Gerkin Ahab's Quest for the Perfect Sandwich (Moby Dick)

2021/02/24

Avast, ye hearties! Nathan and Leon take to the grocery store to transform Richard Melville's epic tale into a children's story of little brothers and inanimate pickles.

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Potato Lady Bex 2022/02/07

One for the Books

The perfect four-way marriage of literature, creative writing, comedy, and parenting. Hosts Leon and Nathan are fathers who also write, so they have s...

★★★★★

Davidmwein 2021/02/26

One of the most unique podcasts

Father Brother is a fun show run by Leon and Nathan aimed with the goal of turning some classics into stories for little kids. It's a really interesti...

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