Rereading Our Childhood
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The podcast where we revisit the books that made us who we are today (rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com)
Our friend Jean Freedman, an expert on theater and World War II London, was the perfect guest to join us to talk about Noel Streatfeild's 1944 novel Theater Shoes (originally published in the UK as Curtain Up).
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November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Our friend Jean Freedman, an expert on theater and World War II London, was the perfect guest to join us to talk about Noel Streatfeild's 1944 novel Theater Shoes (originally published in the UK as Curtain Up).
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On our latest podcast episode, Mary Grace and I discussed E.B. White's classic CHARLOTTE'S WEB!
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November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
On our latest podcast episode, Mary Grace and I discussed E.B. White's classic CHARLOTTE'S WEB!
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Two of the five answers are Rereading Our Childhood episodes!
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Test Your Memory of These Classic Books for Young Readers (Gift Article)
Some novels stick with you long after you’ve read them. See how many of these classics for young readers you can identify from a one-sentence synopsis.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Two of the five answers are Rereading Our Childhood episodes!
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On our third annual Encyclopedia Brown podcast episode, we matched wits with the boy detective (you can too!), delved into the social history of Bugs Meany's hat, and solved the mystery of what state Idaville is in.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
On our third annual Encyclopedia Brown podcast episode, we matched wits with the boy detective (you can too!), delved into the social history of Bugs Meany's hat, and solved the mystery of what state Idaville is in.
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With the summer winding down, we revisited The Long Secret, Louise Fitzhugh's 1965 sequel to Harriet the Spy, which is one of the all-time great summer reads. We also talked about Leslie Brodie's wonderful biography of Fitzhugh, Sometimes You Have to Lie.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
With the summer winding down, we revisited The Long Secret, Louise Fitzhugh's 1965 sequel to Harriet the Spy, which is one of the all-time great summer reads. We also talked about Leslie Brodie's wonderful biography of Fitzhugh, Sometimes You Have to Lie.
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We had a great time visiting the world of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women with our friend Jamie Stiehm. Favorite quote from Jamie: "When's the last time you went skylarking and wore a frock?"
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July 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We had a great time visiting the world of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women with our friend Jamie Stiehm. Favorite quote from Jamie: "When's the last time you went skylarking and wore a frock?"
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We celebrated the beginning of (northern hemisphere) summer by discussing Magic by the Lake, the sequel to Half Magic. Edward Eager is charming and witty as always, but this book includes several scenes that don't pass muster today. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
June 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We celebrated the beginning of (northern hemisphere) summer by discussing Magic by the Lake, the sequel to Half Magic. Edward Eager is charming and witty as always, but this book includes several scenes that don't pass muster today. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
For our latest episode, we reread Mary Poppins and discussed, among many other things, the very different book and movie versions of the magical nanny.
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May 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
For our latest episode, we reread Mary Poppins and discussed, among many other things, the very different book and movie versions of the magical nanny.
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Before I go attempt to do some actual work, a 📚 podcast rec for you: @rereadingpodcast.bsky.social, hosted by @marygracemcgeehan.bsky.social and @deborahkalb.bsky.social. rereadingourchildhood.com
Rereading Our Childhood
Revisiting the books that made us who we are today
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May 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Before I go attempt to do some actual work, a 📚 podcast rec for you: @rereadingpodcast.bsky.social, hosted by @marygracemcgeehan.bsky.social and @deborahkalb.bsky.social. rereadingourchildhood.com
For our latest episode, we read Sydney Taylor's wonderful All-of-a-Kind Family, the story of five sisters growing up on New York's Lower East Side in the 1910s. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
April 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
For our latest episode, we read Sydney Taylor's wonderful All-of-a-Kind Family, the story of five sisters growing up on New York's Lower East Side in the 1910s. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
For the first episode of our third season, writer Sara Fitzgerald joined us to discuss the first Nancy Drew book, The Secret of the Old Clock. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
March 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For the first episode of our third season, writer Sara Fitzgerald joined us to discuss the first Nancy Drew book, The Secret of the Old Clock. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
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Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock.
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
March 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock.
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
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Want to escape down a literary rabbit hole and ignore everything for a while? Permission granted.
We're celebrating #WorldBookDay, with this wonderful copy of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Margaret Tarrant in 1916.
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We're celebrating #WorldBookDay, with this wonderful copy of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Margaret Tarrant in 1916.
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#WBD #AliceinWonderland
March 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Want to escape down a literary rabbit hole and ignore everything for a while? Permission granted.
We're celebrating #WorldBookDay, with this wonderful copy of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Margaret Tarrant in 1916.
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#WBD #AliceinWonderland
We're celebrating #WorldBookDay, with this wonderful copy of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Margaret Tarrant in 1916.
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#WBD #AliceinWonderland
On our 40th episode (!), the last of the second season, we discuss Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes's 1943 Newbery Medal winner about an apprentice silversmith who gets caught up in the events leading up to the American Revolution.
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February 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
On our 40th episode (!), the last of the second season, we discuss Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes's 1943 Newbery Medal winner about an apprentice silversmith who gets caught up in the events leading up to the American Revolution.
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For our latest episode, we reread Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved 1911 novel The Secret Garden, which has arguably the best setting in all of children's literature.
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January 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
For our latest episode, we reread Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved 1911 novel The Secret Garden, which has arguably the best setting in all of children's literature.
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We were excited to welcome our first guest, Judy Kalb, to discuss Little Town on the Prairie, the seventh book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved Little House series.
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January 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
We were excited to welcome our first guest, Judy Kalb, to discuss Little Town on the Prairie, the seventh book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved Little House series.
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Apparently THE DARK IS RISING is available to listen to for free!
The Dark Is Rising - 1. Midwinter Eve - BBC Sounds
This night will be bad. Tomorrow will be beyond all imagining
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December 27, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Apparently THE DARK IS RISING is available to listen to for free!
For our last episode of the year, we talked about our favorite children books from 60 years ago, which we defined as 1964-66. We turned out to both have the same favorite: Louise Fitzhugh's The Long Secret, the sequel to Harriet the Spy.
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December 26, 2024 at 3:10 PM
For our last episode of the year, we talked about our favorite children books from 60 years ago, which we defined as 1964-66. We turned out to both have the same favorite: Louise Fitzhugh's The Long Secret, the sequel to Harriet the Spy.
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This week, we read The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. It's the story of Will, who discovers on his eleventh birthday that he’s an Old One, destined to fight against the Dark. It takes place over the holidays and is a great December read.
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December 14, 2024 at 11:12 PM
This week, we read The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. It's the story of Will, who discovers on his eleventh birthday that he’s an Old One, destined to fight against the Dark. It takes place over the holidays and is a great December read.
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On our latest episode, we discuss Betsy Byars' Newbery Medal-winning 1970 novel The Summer of the Swans. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
December 8, 2024 at 1:35 AM
On our latest episode, we discuss Betsy Byars' Newbery Medal-winning 1970 novel The Summer of the Swans. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
On our latest episode, we matched wits against each other to crack the cases in Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch.
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November 25, 2024 at 2:36 AM
On our latest episode, we matched wits against each other to crack the cases in Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch.
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Elizabeth Enright's 1941 novel The Saturdays, about a family of children who pool their allowances and set out on solo adventures in New York, was one of our favorite rereads.
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November 25, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Elizabeth Enright's 1941 novel The Saturdays, about a family of children who pool their allowances and set out on solo adventures in New York, was one of our favorite rereads.
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Still working through our backlog, here's our Halloween episode, on Elizabeth George Speare's 1959 Newbery Medal winner The Witch of Blackbird Pond. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
November 25, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Still working through our backlog, here's our Halloween episode, on Elizabeth George Speare's 1959 Newbery Medal winner The Witch of Blackbird Pond. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
Continuing with the podcast episode backlog, here's our episode on The Hotel Cat, which Deborah (a cat person) loved as a child and Mary Grace (not a cat person) had never heard of.
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November 14, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Continuing with the podcast episode backlog, here's our episode on The Hotel Cat, which Deborah (a cat person) loved as a child and Mary Grace (not a cat person) had never heard of.
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Things have been hectic over the last couple of months, and we've gotten way behind. In September we read Virginia Hamilton's Newbery Medal-winning 1974 novel M.C. Higgins, the Great. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...
November 10, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Things have been hectic over the last couple of months, and we've gotten way behind. In September we read Virginia Hamilton's Newbery Medal-winning 1974 novel M.C. Higgins, the Great. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/epis...