S2 - E3 - Home Iz Where Da Keyz Iz

You know that split-second feeling when you pat your pockets and realize your house keys are not there? We start with that exact problem, along with a bus ride taken purely for fun, and the oddly emotional truth behind it: access to home is more than logistics. It’s comfort, independence, and the little personal rituals that make a day feel normal. When the fix becomes “just take my keys,” it’s sweet and practical, but it also sets up the bigger theme we keep circling back to: what makes a house feel like home. 

From there, we jump into a rapid-fire set of book recommendations centered on houses, shelter, and belonging. We shout out the classic picture book “The Little House” (and yes, we notice it’s from 1942), then widen the lens with “A Place Called Home” from Lonely Planet Kids, which looks at houses around the world and raises a smart question about privacy. We also mention “Mi Casa Is My Home,” plus “Two Homes,” a helpful pick for kids navigating families across two spaces. To round it out, we bring in Kevin Henkes titles and even a nature twist with “little houses” found in seashells. 

And because our brains can’t resist a pun, we close with a short song built around the idea of not being able to sing on key without your keys, followed by a perfect final joke about yet another lockout. If you love cozy banter, children’s books, and quick recommendations about the meaning of home, hit play. Subscribe, share this with a fellow book lover, and leave a review telling us: what book best captures “home” for you?

Transcript

Welcome And Morning Banter

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It's time for Baby Baby and Evil Glaxi's Book Boink Book Review Podcast. Book Reviews Incarnate. Good morning, baby. How are you today?

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Oh, I'm just fine. Wonderful day. Really pretty. It is, isn't it?

Forgot The Keys Problem Solving

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Got all the way here and realized I left my keys to the house at home.

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Oh, it's too bad, baby. Sorry. How did you get here?

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Oh, I decided to take the bus. Oh, that's good. Like an idiot.

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Well, that's not idiotic. You're helping the plan.

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I'm not quite that magnanimous, Roxy.

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You're doing your part to try and cut.

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I did it because I wanted to.

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Okay.

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I thought it would be fun to go and see my public and see if anybody recognized me on the bus. It's always fun to do. And unfortunately, nobody did. Sorry, baby. But that's okay. It's too pretty a day. And I got all the way here and realized that I forgot my house key.

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Oh well.

SPEAKER_03 0:49

Um I left him there.

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We have some more catnip coffee if you want any.

SPEAKER_03 0:53

Foxy, I just don't feel right not having my keys here. Well, uh I feel naked. How am I gonna get home?

SPEAKER_01 0:59

Baby, we live in the same house. All you gotta do is go home with me later. After we're done.

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I like that time. I can just kind of like go home on my own. Uh my very special time.

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We'll just have to uh just okay. Well, baby, I could just give you my keys and you could go home on your own and just let me in when I get home. Well that would work, wouldn't it?

SPEAKER_03 1:21

Yeah, that'll work. Oh, thank you, Gloxy. You're welcome, baby. And by the way, the coffee's wonderful. Thank you, Gloxy. I do appreciate it.

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There's always a way

Book Picks About Houses And Home

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around it. And guess what?

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I shuddered a thing.

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I've got all sorts of wonderful books about homes.

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Of course you do. And houses. I expect no less.

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And good books like that. Perfect subject matter.

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Everything is a podcast. Yep. Everything, isn't it?

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Well, it's in the contract, baby.

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The dumbest contract I've ever been under. I should not expect any less.

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Well, you can expect the best from me, baby.

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Always do, Lossie. Always do.

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Let me tell you about some wonderful books about houses.

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Of course. Oh, can't wait.

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The first one is called The Little House. It's probably one of the most famous house books in the world. It's wonderful. By Virginia Lee Burton, and it was published in 1942.

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Nice book, but it's old, I know.

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Published right during World War II.

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I remember that when I was a kid.

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It won the Caldecott Award, too.

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Oh, that's good. That's a cute book.

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Yep. A historic book about a little house.

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I'm not that old. Moving on.

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The next book is a Lonely Planet Kids book. Yes. It's called A Place Called Home. Oh, wow. A look inside houses from around the world. How about privacy? By Kate Baker and Rebecca Green.

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And we want to think about privacy.

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The next one is Mi Casa is My Home. Oh wow. By Lorenz Sala. Fine. And Zara Gonzalez Juan.

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Something with Spanish.

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The next one is Two Homes by Claire Masrell. Yes. And Katie McDonald Denton. That's waterball. The next one is titled A House by Kevin Hanks.

SPEAKER_03 2:52

It's not related to Tom Hanks, right?

SPEAKER_01 2:54

No.

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Okay, just asking.

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And another one by Kevin Hanks. Little houses.

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I don't think that's over yet.

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And it's about little shells on the beach. They're little houses for little creatures in the sea.

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Just seashells. Yep. Yeah. They live on the beach shells.

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Sorry.

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That's what the Yep.

The Keyless Song And Wrap Up

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Sorry.

SPEAKER_03 3:10

Is that all the books, Gloxy?

SPEAKER_01 3:11

Those are some of the best ones.

SPEAKER_03 3:13

Oh, I'm so glad we don't have to do a song, though, do we?

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Yep.

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I don't want to sing one.

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Oh no, we're gonna do a song. At least I am. Oh good. You have to stay and listen.

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How wonderful! Why? Because I can't sing on key because I don't have my keys? Yep. I'm gonna join in anyway just to irritate you, Gloxy. Okay. I'll do the harmony.

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I love you, baby.

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Love you too.

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Here he goes.

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Get pleasure and places through. We may roam. Be it ever so humble.

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There's no place like home.

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Sorry.

SPEAKER_03 4:06

That's it? One verse?

SPEAKER_01 4:07

Yep.

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Why is that?

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It seems that our arranger that does our music had to go home and get his keys to his wife.

SPEAKER_03 4:14

Are you serious?

SPEAKER_01 4:15

Yep, she locked herself out of the house.

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So I'm not alone. Okay. Uh I'm off moving on.

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So that's the end of our podcast. I hope everybody enjoyed it. Um, like and subscribe wherever you like and subscribe.

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I'm not that old moving on.

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See you next time. Love everyone. Bye.