Rereading Our Childhood

Mary Grace McGeehan and Deborah Kalb
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Rereading Our Childhood

Revisiting the children's books that made us who we are today

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    Rereading The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright

    On this episode, Deborah and Mary Grace and Deborah read Elizabeth Enright's 1941 novel The Saturdays, about four children who pool their allowances and set out on adventures in New York.Mentioned on the episode: Other books in the Melendy family series: The Four-Story Mistake (1942)Then There Were Five (1944)Spiderweb for Two (1951)Also by Elizabeth Enright:Thimble Summer (1938)Gone-Away Lake (1957)Return to Gone-Away (1961)Other Rereading Our Childhood episodes:Rereading Harriet t...

    32 min

  2. OCT 17

    Rereading The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

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    36 min

  3. OCT 3

    Rereading The Hotel Cat by Esther Averill

    On this episode, Deborah (a cat person) rereads, and Mary Grace (not a cat person) reads, The Hotel Cat (1969), a late entry in Esther Averill’s long Cat Club series.Other books in the Cat Club series:The Cat Club (1944)Jenny Goes to Sea (1957)The Fire Cat (1960)Other podcast episodes:Rereading Harriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughRereading Ramona the Pest by Beverly ClearyRereading Freaky Friday by Mary RodgersRereading Stuart Little by E.B. WhiteAlso mentioned:The Flophouse podcast, Episode #3...

    27 min

  4. SEP 19

    Rereading M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton

    On this episode, Mary Grace and Deborah read Virginia Hamilton's 1974 novel M.C. Higgins the Great, about a teenaged boy in Appalachia whose life is turned upside down when two strangers come to town. Hamilton won the Newbery Medal for the book; she was the first African American to win the award. Mentioned on the episode: Also by Virginia Hamilton: Zeely (1967) The House of Dies Drear (1968) The Planet of Junior Brown (1971) Other Rereading Our Childhood episode...

    35 min

  5. SEP 6

    Rereading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

    On this episode, Deborah rereads, and Mary Grace reads, a book that needs no introduction: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, also known as The Wizard of Oz. They discuss weird sequels, the history of sunglasses, the monoculture, and, of course, the movie. Mentioned on the episode:Also by L. Frank Baum: The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)Father Goose, His Book (1899)Other Rereading Our Childhood episodes:Rereading Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken Rereading Half Magic by Edward Eager&n...

    46 min

  6. AUG 22

    Rereading Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken

    Mary Grace and Deborah commemorate the 100th anniversary of Joan Aiken’s birth by reading Black Hearts in Battersea, the second in her Wolves Chronicles series, featuring resourceful orphans and sinister plots in an alt-history version of nineteenth-century London.Mentioned on the episode:Other books by Aiken:The Wolves of Willoughby ChaseNightbirds on NantucketJane FairfaxAlso mentioned:The Shortest History of England by James HawesPost on the blog A Son of the Rock questioning King James's ...

    37 min

  7. AUG 8

    Rereading Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary

    Deborah and Mary Grace discuss Beverly Cleary's 1968 classic Ramona the Pest. This was the first book starring Ramona, who appeared in Cleary's earlier books as Beezus's annoying little sister before going on to become Cleary's most beloved character. Mentioned in this episode:Other books by Beverly Cleary:Ellen Tebbits (1951)Henry Huggins (1950)Henry and Beezus (1952)Mitch and Amy (1967)Dear Mr. Henshaw (1983, winner of the 1984 Newbery Medal)Other Rereading Our Childhood episodes:Rerea...

    41 min

  8. JUL 25

    Rereading The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) by Ellen Raskin

    Mary Grace and Deborah discuss Ellen Raskin’s 1971 mystery romp, The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel), about a woman’s decades-long search for her husband, whom she married as a child. (It’s a long story.) The book is full of word games, puzzles, and creative illustrations by Raskin, who was also a graphic artist.Other books by Ellen Raskin:Nothing Ever Happens on My Block (1967). This picture book, a childhood favorite of Mary Grace’s, was the first book Raskin wrote after illu...

    32 min
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Revisiting the children's books that made us who we are today

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  • Creator
    Mary Grace McGeehan and Deborah Kalb
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Rereading Our Childhood
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