Rereading Our Childhood
by Mary Grace McGeehan and Deborah Kalb
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Revisiting the children's books that made us who we are today
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- Rereading Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne · 36 minWe celebrated the 100th anniversary of the publication of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh by revisiting Pooh, Christopher, Robin, and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. We…
- Rereading Betsy-Tacy, with Ginny Kubitz Moyer · 52 min · Season 4 Episode 7Writer Ginny Kubitz Moyer joined us to discuss Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy, the story of two five-year-old friends living in the small Minnesota town of Deep Valley in the…
- Rereading Gone Wolf by Amber McBride, with Keiana Mayfield · 1 h 37 minKeiana Mayfield, an assistant professor of social work at George Mason University and the Diversity in KidLit Advocate for East City Book Shop in Washington, D.C., joined us to…
- Rereading The Borrowers by Mary Norton · 42 min · Season 4 Episode 5For this episode, we revisited The Borrowers, Mary Norton's 1952 novel about a family of tiny people who live under the kitchen of a house in the British countryside. We were as…
- Rereading I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip, with Nancy Hudgins · 46 min · Season 4 Episode 4Nancy Hudgins joins us to talk about I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip, John Donavan's groundbreaking 1969 novel about a romance between two thirteen-year-old boys…
- Rereading Deenie by Judy Blume, with Alex Poppe · 51 min · Season 4 Episode 3Writer Alex Poppe joins us to talk about Deenie, Judy Blume’s 1973 novel about a girl, pigeonholed as the pretty one in her family, whose life is thrown off track when she’s…
- Rereading The Moffats by Eleanor Estes · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 2We had completely forgotten about Eleanor Estes's The Moffats until a friend suggested that we reread it. Published in 1941, it's the first in a series about four children…
- Rereading From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konisburg · 42 min · Season 4 Episode 1For the first episode of our fourth (!) season, we reread E.L. Konigsburg's Newbery Medal winner From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, which was published in…
- Rereading The Young Unicorns by Madeleine L'Engle · 49 min · Season 3 Episode 12For this episode, we reread Madeleine L’Engle’s 1968 novel The Young Unicorns, the third book in the Austin family series. We discussed 1960s New York, racial representation…
- Rereading A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 11On this episode, Deborah introduces Mary Grace to A Bear Called Paddington, the first book in the beloved series about a bear from Peru who ends up living with a London family…
- Our Favorite Picture Books · 38 min · Season 3 Episode 10We celebrated our 50th episode by talking about our favorite picture books and discussing our favorite memories from the two and a half years we've been doing the podcast…
- Rereading Theater Shoes, with Jean Freedman · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 9Writer and scholar Jean Freedman joins us to talk about Noel Streatfeild’s 1944 book Theater Shoes (originally published in the UK as Curtain Up), the story of three children who…
- Rereading Charlotte's Web by E.B. White · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 8For this episode, we reread E.B. White’s 1952 classic Charlotte’s Web. Also by White: Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan, The Elements of Style, Is Sex Necessary?, Essays of…
- Rereading Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues by Donald J. Sobol · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 7For our third annual Encyclopedia Brown episode, we matched wits with each other and with Encyclopedia in trying to crack the cases in Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues, which…
- Rereading The Long Secret by Louise Fitzhugh · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 6For this episode, we reread Louise Fitzhugh's 1965 novel The Long Secret, the sequel to Harriet the Spy. We discussed the mystery of who is leaving notes for residents of Water…
- Rereading Little Women, with Jamie Stiehm · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 5On this episode, syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm joins us to reread Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women, which was published in two parts in 1868 and 1869. Mentioned…
- Rereading Magic by the Lake by Edward Eager · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 4On this episode, we reread Edward Eager’s 1957 book Magic by the Lake, the sequel to Half Magic, which we discussed during our first season. Mentioned on this episode: The Time…
- Rereading Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers · 60 min · Season 3 Episode 3On this episode, we reread Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers's beloved 1934 classic. We discuss the difference between the book and the movie version of the magical nanny, changes in…
- Rereading All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 2On this episode, we discuss All-of-a-Kind Family, Sydney Taylor's 1951 classic about five sisters growing up on New York's Lower East Side. Over the course of a year, the girls…
- Rereading Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock, with Sara Fitzgerald · 48 min · Season 3 Episode 1On this episode, we discuss The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene, the first installment in the Nancy Drew series, with writer Sara Fitzgerald. Mentioned on this episode…
