Rereading Our Childhood

About Rereading Our Childhood

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

Publisher

Mary Grace McGeehan and Deborah Kalb

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 May 2023

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

60 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Rereading Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

   We celebrated the 100th anniversary of the publication of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh by revisiting Pooh, Christopher, Robin, and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. We talked about how Winnie-the-Pooh permeated our childhoods, about Milne's career beyond his most famous creation, and about the real Christopher Robin Milne's complicated relationship with his fictional alter ego. Mentioned on this episode: Books featuring Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin: Winnie-the-Pooh (stori...

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Rereading Betsy-Tacy, with Ginny Kubitz Moyer

   Writer Ginny Kubitz Moyer joined us to discuss Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy, the story of two five-year-old friends living in the small Minnesota town of Deep Valley in the late 19th century. Published in 1940, it's the first in a series that ends with Betsy's marriage. Discussed in this episode: Ginny's books: The Seeing Garden, A Golden Life, and The World at Home. (You can find Ginny at ginnymoyer.org.) Deborah's interviews with Ginny on The Seeing Garden and A Golden Life Other Betsy-T...

3. 

   28 Aug 2026

   Rereading Gone Wolf by Amber McBride, with Keiana Mayfield

   Keiana Mayfield, an assistant professor of social work at George Mason University and the Diversity in KidLit Advocate for East City Book Shop in Washington, D.C., joined us to discuss Gone Wolf by Amber McBride, which was published in 2023. Gone Wolf is the story of two girls named Imogen, one in a future racist dystopia and one in current-day Charlottesville, Virginia. We also talked about reading diversely: what it means, why it matters, what the publishing industry is doing well, and what...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

4.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100

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Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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