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 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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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...
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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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...
For our latest episode, Deborah and I read L. Frank Baum's 1900 classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. We talked about the monoculture, the history of sunglasses, and, of course, the movie.
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September 15, 2024 at 8:55 PM
For our latest episode, Deborah and I read L. Frank Baum's 1900 classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. We talked about the monoculture, the history of sunglasses, and, of course, the movie.
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It was a total coincidence, but excellent timing, that we chose the 100th anniversary of Joan Aiken's birth to discuss her wonderful book Black Hearts in Battersea.
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September 5, 2024 at 1:43 AM
It was a total coincidence, but excellent timing, that we chose the 100th anniversary of Joan Aiken's birth to discuss her wonderful book Black Hearts in Battersea.
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We had a lot of fun discussing Joan Aiken's Black Hearts in Battersea, set in an alt-history 19th-century London where resourceful orphans foil sinister plots. September 4 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of this wonderful, inventive writer. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/1562...
August 23, 2024 at 7:18 PM
We had a lot of fun discussing Joan Aiken's Black Hearts in Battersea, set in an alt-history 19th-century London where resourceful orphans foil sinister plots. September 4 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of this wonderful, inventive writer. rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/1562...
On rereading, Ramona the Pest was as funny and wise as ever. Beverly Cleary is definitely a contender for the title of greatest children's book author of all time.
#GOAT
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#GOAT
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August 8, 2024 at 4:28 PM
On rereading, Ramona the Pest was as funny and wise as ever. Beverly Cleary is definitely a contender for the title of greatest children's book author of all time.
#GOAT
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#GOAT
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In our latest episode, Mary Grace introduces Deborah to a childhood favorite, Ellen Raskin's 1971 mystery novel (really more of a puzzle/word game) The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel).
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July 27, 2024 at 8:49 AM
In our latest episode, Mary Grace introduces Deborah to a childhood favorite, Ellen Raskin's 1971 mystery novel (really more of a puzzle/word game) The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel).
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On our latest episode, we discuss Misty of Chincoteague, Marguerite Henry's classic 1947 story about two wild ponies and a brother and sister on the island of Chincoteague who long to own them.
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July 11, 2024 at 12:33 PM
On our latest episode, we discuss Misty of Chincoteague, Marguerite Henry's classic 1947 story about two wild ponies and a brother and sister on the island of Chincoteague who long to own them.
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