Books That Raised Us

Elana Shapiro and Esti Shapiro

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Books That Raised Us

A podcast where we reread our favorite children’s books and talk about how they made us who we are today.

09/20/2021

Ep 13: Charlotte's Web

Welcome to Books that Raised Us, a podcast about books thats actually about runts.
07/18/2021

Ep 12: Chrysanthemum

We don't think this book is absolutely perfect... we know it is!

26 min
06/07/2021

Ep 11: Frindle

This episode follows 5th grader Nick Allen’s quest to rename the humble pen.

22 min
05/23/2021

Ep 10: Clifford the Small Red Puppy

Some people say dogs are man's best friend, but Emily Elizabeth was definitely Elana's!
05/09/2021

Ep 9: Matilda

This episode celebrates an exceptional young girl, the iconic Ms. Honey, and begins to reckon with what to do with the work of bigoted authors. show notes: here is the article about Roald Dahl’s family apologizing for his anti-semitism and here is the twitter thread Esti references from Mara Wilson.
04/26/2021

Ep 8: Goodnight Moon

Sometimes we also talk about books we didn't love as kids...
04/12/2021

Ep 7: Chasing Vermeer

Surprise: Esti picked another kids book about art museums. (This time its set at the Art Institute of Chicago where she's currently in grad school.)

31 min
03/14/2021

Ep 6: Miss Nelson is Missing!

We might have been afraid of this scary substitute teacher as kids, but this week we find out that Viola Swamp is much more relatable to us as adults than we remembered!

20 min

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A podcast where we reread our favorite children’s books and talk about how they made us who we are today.

Creator

Elana Shapiro and Esti Shapiro
Years Active

2020 - 2021
Episodes

14
Rating

Clean
Copyright

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