Sep 29, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards is a whimsical and imaginative book that encourages readers to look up and use their senses. It explores the themes of imagination…
Sheila BarnesHost
Kate MatthewsHostTitusGuestJonahGuestSo it's really about, the whole book is really about imagination.
So it's like you need, to get to Wayne Doodling, you need to have a big imagination.
And that's why he thought that it would be easy for Lindy to do it, character, in the book, and the youngest one.
That's why he thought it would be easier for she to do it, but it would be harder for the older one.
named Ben, who's 13, would do it because he has a lower imagination than the younger kids.
I wouldn't say

Like everybody that has a plot of ground could have a garden, but you have to plant and water and tend to it.

You know, if someone doesn't read and someone does read, well, naturally, if you read, you're going to have fertilized your imagination.
So their whole goal is to see the Wayne Doodle, and there's only one Wayne Doodle left.
And the entire world or whatever planet they're on.
But...
It's our planet.
Okay.
So it's really about, the whole book is really about imagination.
So it's like you need, to get to Wayne Doodling, you need to have a big imagination.
And that's why he thought that it would be easy for Lindy to do it, character, in the book, and the youngest one.
That's why he thought it would be easier for she to do it, but it would be harder for the older one.
named Ben, who's 13, would do it because he has a lower imagination than the younger kids.
I wouldn't say

Like everybody that has a plot of ground could have a garden, but you have to plant and water and tend to it.

You know, if someone doesn't read and someone does read, well, naturally, if you read, you're going to have fertilized your imagination.
So their whole goal is to see the Wayne Doodle, and there's only one Wayne Doodle left.
And the entire world or whatever planet they're on.
But...
It's our planet.
Okay.
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