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Rereading Our Childhood

Rereading Our Childhood

著者： 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 I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip, with Nancy Hudgins

    Rereading I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip, with Nancy Hudgins
    2026/06/18
    Nancy 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. Nancy is the author of Books Good Enough for You, a children's biography of legendary children's book editor Ursula Nordstrom, who edited I'll Get There.Mentioned on this episode: Nancy's childhood favorites:Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (an Ursula Nordstrom book)The Pink Motel by Carol Ryrie BrinkThe House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert De Jong, illustrated by Maurice Sendak (an Ursula Nordstrom book)More Ursula Nordstrom books:Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakIt's Like This, Cat by Emily NevilleHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughWilliam's Doll by Charlotte ZolatowStevie by John SteptoeThe Secret Language by Ursula NordstromLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik, illustrated by Maurice SendakFreaky Friday and A Billion for Boris by Mary RodgersIn the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. (You can read an excerpt from Books Good Enough for You about In the Night Kitchen, published in Publisher's Weekly, here.) Also mentioned:Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom, edited by Leonard MarcusTime magazine's 2021 list of the top 100 young adult books of all time, which includes I'll Get There2009 Publisher's Weekly article about the 40th anniversary reissue of I'll Get There2014 Los Angeles Review of Books article by Rumaan Alam about I'll Get ThereBorn Free (movie trailer here)The audiobook of Books Good Enough for You, narrated by Barbara RosenblattRecommended for fans of I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip:Nancy: Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden; A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil BildnerDeborah: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; Harriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughMary Grace: Bertram Cope's Year by Henry Blake FullerRecommended Ursula Nordstrom books:Nancy: All sixteen books discussed in Books Good Enough for You, especially A Hole is to Dig by Ruth KraussDeborah: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh; Charlotte's Web by E.B. WhiteMary Grace: Freaky Friday by Mary RodgersOther Rereading Our Childhood episodes: Rereading Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink; Rereading Charlotte's Web by E.B. White; Rereading Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh; Rereading Freaky Friday by Mary RodgersThe podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout at rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com and is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other platforms.You can find Nancy at nancyhudgins.com, Deborah at deborahkalb.com and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago.This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com
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    46 分
  • Rereading Deenie by Judy Blume, with Alex Poppe

    Rereading Deenie by Judy Blume, with Alex Poppe
    2026/05/21
    Writer 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 diagnosed with scoliosis. Alex is the author most recently of the memoir Breakfast Wine.Other books by Judy Blume:Are You There God? It’s Me, MargaretThe One in the Middle is the Green KangarooOtherwise Known as Sheila the GreatForeverTales of a Fourth-Grade NothingThen Again, Maybe I Won’tIt’s Not the End of the WorldBlubber (this is the book Alex couldn’t remember the name of)In the Unlikely Event (this is the adult novel we couldn’t remember the name of)Also mentioned:Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, the 2023 movie (trailer here)Judy Blume: A Life by Mark OppenheimerNew Yorker review of Judy Blume: A Life by Katy WaldmanOtherwise Known as Judy the Great by Selina Alko, children’s biography of Judy BlumeMichigan Daily article about Deenie by Rebecca Smith, a student with scoliosisTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRecommended for fans of Deenie:Alex: Fight Night by Miriam Toews; “The River Nemanus,” a short story by Anthony Doerr from the collection Memory WallMary Grace: Karen and With Love from Karen by Marie Killilea (MG)Deborah: Braced by Alison GerberPrevious podcast episode:Rereading Are You There God? It’s Me, MargaretYou can find Alex at alexpoppeauthor.com, Deborah at deborahkalb.com and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago.This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com
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  • Rereading The Moffats by Eleanor Estes

    Rereading The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
    2026/04/24

    We 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 growing up in small-town Connecticut in the 1910s.

    Mentioned on this episode:

    Other books in the series:

    The Middle Moffat (1942), a Newbery Honor Book

    Rufus M. (1943), a Newbery Honor Book

    The Moffat Museum (1983)

    Other books by Estes:

    The Hundred Dresses (1944), a Newbery Honor Book

    Ginger Pye (1951), winner of the 1952 Newbery Medal

    Pinky Pye (1958)

    Also mentioned:

    Many Moons (1943) by James Thurber, with illustrations by Louis Slobodkin

    "Eleanor Estes: Chronicler of the Family Story," by Claudia Mills, on the UConn Archives and Special Collections Blog.

    "Celebrating Children's Books Week--and a pioneering children's librarian," on Mary Grace's blog, My Life 100 Years Ago

    Recommended by Deborah: The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright; Beverly Cleary's books

    Recommended by Mary Grace: The All-of-a-Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor

    Other episodes:

    Rereading The Young Unicorns by Madeleine L'Engle

    Rereading Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary

    Rereading Stuart Little by E.B. White

    Rereading Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

    You can find Deborah at deborahkalb.com and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago.

    This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.

    Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com

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    36 分
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