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Buttons & Figs is clearing the decks, taking out the trash, looking through the archives for gems that haven't yet be aired or heard or herded along or deserve to be heard again...hear here!

Buttons & Figs was so excited to learn that you still hear here we wrote a new song! for our fans! but especially for Buttons & Figs superfan HANK! Here is Pantomime Hotcakes (aka The Hum Da Dumb Dumb Song) Beryllium, Pantomime, hum Hum, da, dumb, da, dumb, da, dumb, dumb Beryllium, Pantomime, hum Hum, da, dumb, da, dumb, da, dumb, dumb Geology, astronomy Crypto-zoology Telling ghost stories when it’s not halloween The kids on the street say that Sheila’s so mean (WHAT?!) She likes to lick rocks and also ice cream (YUM!) Pantomime hotcakes for everyone Pantomime hotcakes for everyone Pantomime hotcakes for everyone You can’t have them until they're done (Get it?!) Beryllium, Pantomime, hum Hum, da, dumb, da, dumb, da, dumb, dumb Beryllium, Pantomime, hum Hum, da, dumb, da, dumb, da, dumb, dumb We have a fan and his name is Hank, I don’t know why but you can take it to the bank (Cha-Ching!) Aloicious, Sheila and Jimmie are back (WHY?) Murder hornets, Bigfoot and Springhill Jack Pantomime hotcakes f

Buttons & Figs is clearing the decks, taking out the trash, looking through the archives for gems that haven't yet be aired or heard or herded along or deserve to be heard again...hear here!

Huzzah! as Bluebullet likes to say! On this episode we share our interview with Dr. Drew Palacio, author of "Shrieks and Sounds and Things Abound - the Quiet Wants of Julien J." a fun-filled book of wordplay and nonsense, replete with Superhero advice for times of frustration, from Bluebullet himself - Huzzah! We also got the chance to share Dr. Drew's book with some of the students at Camelview Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona and to record a few of their voices during their superhero night. You can find "Shrieks and Sounds and Things Abound - the Quiet Wants of Julien J. at most online booksellers, such as Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Shrieks-Sounds-Things-Abound-Julien/dp/1953021506 To see more of Apolline Etienne's illustrations visit: https://www.artstation.com/apollineetienne Thanks for this episodes go to Dr. Drew Palacio for sharing his time and talent, Thanks to Camelview Librarian Savannah Tranguch, for loving wordplay and inviting us in, and thanks to all of the kids and families who rec

On this episode we share two original stories, written by the winners of the Independence High School scary story contest. These stories are not for young ears, they are for brave souls who like their stories to simmer slowly (recommend ages 8+). The first, read by author Nathan, is titled, "Plastic Eye" a story that will chill you cold. Next you'll hear a haunting tale by Graham titled, "The Singing Bay". This story will creep up on you, humming like the fog. Nathan (Senior) and Graham (Sophmore) are this year's winners of Independence High School's scary story contest, held by librarian Stephanie Ehrick. Independence High is located in Glendale, Arizona. Special thanks to Mark Peña, Independence High School educator and haunted house builder. May haunting tales surround you this Halloween. Happy Halloween from all of us at Buttons & Figs. Sound fx from Zapsplat Sea Shanty performed by Graham

Halloween Night. Your favorite night. If you could sit back and listen on that night, you might hear an elaborate symphony, where each movement brings to mind the anticipation, preparation, gathering, trick or treating and stories of the night…sit back and listen, as you anticipate the coming of Halloween Night. A Halloween Night Symphony I. Anticipation II. Preparation III. Gathering IV. Trick-or-Treating V. Allocation "A Halloween Night Symphony" was written and performed by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers, (c) Buttons & Figs

To kick off the Halloween season we have an interview with Ron Keres, author of "The Scariest Story You've Ever Heard", a Reader's Choice Book Award Gold winner. The coolest thing about Ron’s story is that he tells it without any pictures…just spooooooooky onomatopoeia words!!! So… let’s set sail in our sieve to meet Ron Keres, hear an excerpt from his book, and have a little wordplay fun by making our own spooky onomatopoeia sounds….oh, and don’t worry, if you have little ones who scare easily, this story isn’t too scary! Thanks to Buttons & Figs kids Owen, Graham, Emma and Gracie for their onomatopoeia wordplay and art. visit buttonsandfigs.com to see their wordplay. The Scariest Story You've Ever Heard can be founds at: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Scariest-Story-Youve-Ever-Heard/dp/B0B14JLKGL Target: https://www.target.com/p/the-scariest-story-you-ve-ever-heard-by-ron-keres-paperback/-/A-87109340?preselect=87109340#lnk=sametab Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Scariest-Story-You-ve-Ever-Hear

Join me and kid co-host Debra for our back-to-school book recommendation episode. This time we sail in a sieve to talk about the book "Lulu the Broadway Mouse!" Debra is a super fan of Jenna Gavigan's book, "Lulu the Broadway Mouse", which is about a mouse who LOVES Broadway musicals. Debra and I not only discuss the book, but Lulu's story sparks Debra to give some great advice for how to stick to your big dreams, even when you feel small. In this episode you'll also hear an original song written by Debra, inspired by Lulu! All of the musical tracks and lyrics to "Tiny Dreamer, Big, Big Dream" were written and created by Debra. (I just helped by pitching our voices a bit so we would sound like Lulu!) Jenna Gavigan: https://www.iamjennagavigan.com/ Lulu the Broadway Mouse by Jenna Gavigan: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/jenna-gavigan/ Thanks to Debra for sharing one of her favorite books and special thanks to her parents and grandparents for sharing her voice and talent!

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes! skits written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, and We're Not for Everyone music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers Say Wah written and produced by Pamela Rogers Physical Education music by freemidi.org, voiced by Mark Peña SFX by Zapsplat Artwork by Ann Pickard Graphic design by Elizabeth Burrill Background music by Pamela Rogers © Buttons & Figs

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes! skits written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers Say Wah written and produced by Pamela Rogers Physical Education music by freemidi.org SFX by Zapsplat Artwork by Ann Pickard Graphic design by Elizabeth Burrill Background music by Pamela Rogers © Buttons & Figs

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes! written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, Pro-Cave and The Ummm Song written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers SFX by Zapsplat © Buttons & Figs

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes! written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers Physical Education music by freemidi.org SFX by Zapsplat © Buttons & Figs

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes! written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, Green & Yellow Thermos music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers Nonsense Playground - written, performed and recorded by Pamela Rogers & Mark Peña SFX by Zapsplat © Buttons & Figs

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes! written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, Rip Ziskin music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers Surf Sensation music by FreeMidi.org, voice Mark Peña SFX by Zapsplat © Buttons & Figs

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes! written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers kid question from Buttons & Figs kid Cruz, age 8 The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, Rip Ziskin, Salty Legume Spread music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers Dig in the Yard All Summer - music by Pamela Rogers, voice Mark Peña (cover of Toy Dolls, Dig that Groove Baby) SFX by Zapsplat © Buttons & Figs

You are about to travel to the Summertime kid dimension to join the audience of The Sheila Show! The Sheila Show is a summer variety and nonsense sketch comedy show for kids, with skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by the eponymous Sheila Carmichael III, along with members of her comedy troupe and various guest stars! Join us each week this summer for new nonsensical episodes! written and voiced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers kid question from Buttons & Figs kid Paola, age 5 The Sheila Show, Wait a Minute, Rip Ziskin music written and produced by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers Surf Sensations music by FreeMidi.org, voice by Mark Peña SFX by Zapsplat © Buttons & Figs

You are listening to The Wordplay Zone Nonsense Show (WZNS)! Do not try and make sense of any of what you are about to hear. It is all nonsense, well, except for the part where we teach kids about being a leader. That is real. Stay tuned, our Summertime nonsense is about to begin! Nonsense skits written and performed by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers. Poncho written, produced and sung by Pamela Rogers Hoot-Hoo-Hooroo poem and music written by Pamela Rogers Buttons & Figs Kid voices come from nonsense lovers far and wide. SFX by Zapsplat B&F Artwork by Ann Pickard Graphics by Liz Burrill For more nonsense visit www.buttonsandfigs.com Copyright @buttonsandfigs

You are listening to The Wordplay Zone Nonsense Show (WZNS)! Do not try and make sense of any of what you are about to hear. It is all nonsense, well, except for the part where we teach kids about ants and ant farms. That is real. Tune in to our ring-a-ding-ding, cuz this is the place where we'll be sharing our thing. Nonsense skits and music written and performed by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers. Buttons & Figs Kid voices come from nonsense lovers far and wide. SFX by Zapsplat Midi from Freemidi.org For more nonsense visit www.buttonsandfigs.com Copyright @buttonsandfigs

In celebration of National Poetry Month we have a special guest - this year's Phoenix's Youth Poet Laureate Myra Kamel! In this episode we talk with Myra about how she how she fell in love with poetry and what inspires her to write poetry...but best of all, you get to hear a nature poem she wrote, titled, A Siesta. She also shares how she was inspired her to write her poem and ideas for how you can start writing a nature poem too. If you'd like to hear more about the Phoenix Youth Poetry Program, visit CYAZ.org. If you'd like to start a youth poetry program, visit UrbanWordNYC.org. And if you'd like to read and learn about poets visit poetryfoundation.org Here are links to all of Myra's poetry recommends in the episode: The Borderline (Myra's literary mag)- https://www.theborderlinemag.org/ Write the World - www.writetheworld.com Kid Spirit - www.kidspiritonline.com Scholastic Arts & Writing - www.artandwriting.org Polyphony Lit - (for high school students) www.polyphonylit.org Dandelion Press - www.dande

Epic Encore: War of the Fools! Once again, this April Fool's Day, nonsense appears to be on a collision course with reason! We present - Buttons & Figs and the Oyster Actors on the Air in, The War of the Fools. It was on this day, April 1st, in which weird happenings began to happen. Reporters began to report reportable events, reportable strange happenings, reportable odd sightings - a meat shower, a weird alphabet song, odd creatures sailing in a sieve making demands...what if it were all true?! Featuring voices from the pod-o-sphere, including The Past & The Curious, Composer Dad, and What If World. Tune in to Buttons & Figs to find out what the reporters are reporting this April Fool’s day. btw...does anyone have any stilton cheese?! Take care out there and watch out! This is a production of buttonsandfigs.com. Written and recorded in 2019 with Buttons & Figs kids, Kids Listen podcast members and the voices of Buttons & Figs.