Welcome to a very special holiday edition. Whoa, I want to read that. Joining us again this week is the second greatest Canadian football player I've ever met Mr. Tellman. Hey Mr. Wasco, good to see you. You excited about this week Mr. Tellman? I can't wait to hear more about those books. I know that's not Mr. Tellman. I'm not crazy. I asked him to come back and he said no. He's had more important things to do. I don't know what's more important than hearing about books and the education of children. Wow, you really have an unrealistic idea about important things videos are huh? Stas Brenda, it seems like it was just yesterday. Wait a minute, I could just use last week's footage and pretend he's still here. I'm talking Mr. Wasco. Aren't I the greatest teacher of all time? Yes. Have you ever eaten moldy bread? Yes. What's the name of your favorite band from the 80s? Yes. Have you always had a secret desire to become a figure skater? Yes. Anyway, this week I thought it would be awesome if I could share some recommendations for some gift ideas from the holidays. Because you know what? Coming up soon, you got Christmas, you got Hanukkah, you got Kwanzaa, Hatch-to-Add, Christmas Hanukkah. Therefore, you parents out there, you need to know what to get for your kids because you want them to learn and books are awesome. Right kids? Exactly! Exactly. Plus students, if your parents are going to buy a books, they might as well get your books in like and not just like war and peace or a driver's manual, a biography on Mr. Tillman. It would be a terrible gift, right Mr. Tillman? Yes. So how about this? Let's start with gifts you can get your kid if they won't stop reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid for the 98th time. There's tons of books that are similar to Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but more challenging. Because let's face it, Diary of a Wimpy Kid equals a comic book. Not the wrong comic books, I love comic books, however. So first things first. I'm the realist, realist. I can't stress enough how awesome the books of Tom Engelberger are. Plus how cool his last name is. Engelberger. It's better than Engel sandwich. Hatch-to-Add, Engel sandwich. Engel sandwich? Hatch-to-Add, Engel sandwich. He's responsible for the Origami Yoda series, which keeps multiplying and multiplying year after year after year. I think there's like 19 of these things now. The first one was called Strange Case of Origami Yoda. And it's written from a kid's perspective, and it's like a journal just like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, except that there's way more writing in it and way less doodles. So it's less comic book, more of an actual chapter book, and there's a mystery that they're trying to solve. Plus if your kids love Star Wars, I don't know how Tom Engel sandwich got away with writing about Star Wars, but good for him. So Diary of a Wimpy Kid, try the Origami Yoda series. Awesome. Another book by Tom Engelberger is Fake Mustache. Fake Mustache is a hilarious book. It's all about this boy Casper who buys the world's most convincing mustache and becomes Faco Mustacheo. And he basically starts to rule the world. And it's up to Lenny Casper's ex-best friend to reveal who he truly is. Kids love this book. It's fun. Speaking of funny, yet another awesome book that has illustrations is more of a chapter book and is really, really fun to read. My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish. I guess we're still milking off of my Big Fat Greek wedding from over 10 years ago. Alright, anyway, my Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, not Big Fat Greek wedding, is really hilarious. And it has tons of wonderful illustrations, and it's all about zombies and science experiments, getting back a year older brother, and who can't relate to that. My brother used to sit on the girl, like a lot, like all the time. Until I pushed him down the stairs, and then he sat on me. Note to self, push Mark down the stairs again. He's over 40 now, therefore he's brilliant. Mr. Tom, can I push you down the stairs? Yes. Can I push you down the stairs tomorrow? Yes. Now if it's less of the humor that your kid is looking for more of the comic book, I also highly recommend Malice by Chris Wooden. Look at this. This is literally the second copy of this book I own, and I've had to do book plastic surgery to it. Like, I can see you through the binding of the book. That's how popular this book is, because kids take it, put it in their backpack, and then it ends up looking like this. Unless they're using it as a football, and then, stop using it as a football. Malice is a creepy fantasy book about kids that are sucked into a comic book, where they have to face tall Jake. They feel a little bit conical. It's creepy, it's scary, but it also includes pages that are illustrated, that are just straight up, grabbing up. So to quickly review, if your kid's like hilarious books that have some illustrations that are quick reads, but they're still, to some degree, more challenging than diaryable with the kid, I absolutely recommend the books of Tom Engelberger. That's Fake Mustache, and the Origami Yoda series, as well as my big fat zombie goldfish, which has a sequel, sequel, cat, I didn't like that either. So there you have it, this has been part one of my holiday gift idea, Jambarue, co-hosted by Mr. Telman. Is that right, Mr. Telman? No. Have you ever licked your own fake, Mr. Telman? Yes. This guy. Stay tuned till next week. We delve into even more books your kids don't know that they want to read, although they probably should, because they're really good and they will let them. Bye. Now if you're looking for less, seriously, I'm going to recall from West Virginia, I don't live in West Virginia. And yes, that is the doctor's name. I know about you. I probably owe money.