extra, extra! episodes provide you with a little wordplay treat – some are written by Buttons & Figs kids, some are special interviews with authors and poets we love, some are, well, just some extra joy and goodness – because we love when others play with words!

Book Recommend & Dragon Play with kid super reader Debra
Join me and my kid co-host Debra as we sail in a sieve to the land of dragons! Debra is ...

Outer Space Music and Noise with Mary Farfisa’s Outer Space Radio Theater creator Jim Cheff
Briscoe, Mary Farfisa's space horse friend, has come to visit me because apparently I have some sounds from Mary's Outer ...

Silly Animal Verse inspired by Ogden Nash
Do you love animals at the zoo…us too! For this episode we were inspired by Ogden Nash's "Zoo", a collection ...

Writing Nonsense – A Word Ghost in the Portal
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a Word Ghost were to capture me and a bunch of Buttons ...

extra! extra! Super Hero Jokes for National Comic Book Day
extra! extra! It's National Comic Book Day and to celebrate we have SUPER HERO KIDS telling SUPER HERO JOKES! Kids ...

Woke Poetry
Before Buttons & Figs heads back into the school year with more wacky wordplay…we have an extra! episode about social ...

#51 – Jabber-Walking with poet Juan Felipe Herrera
"And, as in uffish thought he stood,The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,And burbled as it ...

#48 – Gorey Nonsense! with author Lori Mortensen
On this episode we sail in a sieve to the land of Edward Gorey, with author Lori Mortensen to show ...

extra! extra! – Poetry IS for the Birds!
Buttons & Figs was invited to Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona for their Bring on the Birds event! It ...

#43 – Nonsense Play with Calef Brown
On this episode we're sailing our sieve to the land of Nonsense with Calef Brown's latest book, "Up Versus Down: ...