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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Woke Poetry

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