*tap tap* Is this thing on? It's been an unexpectedly long hiatus but while I consider what this show will look like in the future I invite you to listen to Episode 1 of a new project my kid and I cooked up together. Stay in touch!
Today's Book Recommendation You Didn't Ask For is
Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle
Other books discussed today:
Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin
No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Soul of Baseball: a road trip through Buck O'Neil's America by Joe Posanski
Called to Create by Jordan Raynor
My #theunreadshelfproject2019 picks (that I know about now):
February: Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen
March On Writing: a memoir of the craft by Stephen King
April What is Poetry? the essential guide to reading and writing poems by Michael Rosen
May The Enchanted Places by Christopher Milne
June Imagined London by Anna Quindlen
July something from the Virago/Beacon Travelers series
October You Can't Win by Jack Black
Find #theundreadshelfproject2019 at instagram.com/theunreadshelf
New style for a new phase of the show! Featuring a recap of nErDCamp Bellingham 2019 and today's Book Recommendation You Didn't Ask For: Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack.
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Today's books on the Advent theme of "Love" are:
Christmas in America by Nancy S. Grant. Crescent Books, 1991.
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: a Christmas Story by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Lisa Brown. McSweeney's Books, 2007.
Mince Pie and Mistletoe by Phyllis McKinley, illustrated by Harold Berson. J.B. Lippincott Company, 1959.
Come Let Us Adore Him by Robert J. Morgan. Thomas Nelson, 2005.
The Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree by Amye Rosenberg. Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1985.
The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas: an Austin family story by Madeline L'Engle, illustrated by Joe DeVelasco. Harold Shaw Publishers, 1984.
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Today's books on the Advent theme "Joy" are:
It's Christmas, David! by David Shannon. The Blue Sky Press, 2010.
Merry Christmas Mom and Dad by Mercer Mayer. Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1993.
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, illustrated by Janet Samuel. WorthyKids/Ideals, 2011.
The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell, illustrated by Sergio Leone. Watertower Books, 1962.
A Child is Born by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Jump at the Sun Hyperion Books for Children, 2003.
Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear! by Don and Audrey Wood. The Blue Sky Press, 2003.
The conversation continues on Goodreads and Instagram!
Today's books on the Christmas theme of peace are:
Santa Clauses: short poems from the North Pole by Bob Raczka, illustrated by Chuck Groenink. Carolrhoda Books, 2014.
Winter Lights: a season in poems and quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines. Greenwillow Books, 2005.
Amazing Peace: a Christmas Poem by Maya Angelou. Random House, 2005.
A Different Kind of Christmas by Alex Haley. Doubleday, 1988.
The Christmas Day Kitten by James Herriot, illustrated by Ruth Brown. St. Martins Press, 1986.
Refuge by Anne Booth, illustrated by Sam Usher. Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015.
Today's books:
The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien. George Allen & Unwin, 1976.
Santa's Crash-Bang Christmas by Steven Kroll, illustrated by Tomie DePaola. Xerox Education Publications, 1977.
Frosty the Snow Man retold by Annie North Bedford, illustrated by Corinne Malvern. Western Publishing, Inc., 1977 (28th Printing.)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Barbara Shook Hazen, illustrated by Richard Scarry. Western Publishing, Inc., 1976.
Santa's Toy Shop, adapted by Al Dempster, illustrations by the Walt Disney Studio. Western Publishing, Inc., 1980 (22nd Printing.)
The Polar Express, written and illustrated by Chris van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985.
Other Notes:
Hay-on-Wye, Wales's City of Books
Today's books are:
The Baby-Sitters Club (series) by Ann M. Martin. Scholastic, 1986-2000
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Other books mentioned on today's episode:
Harry: a history by Melissa Anelli. Penguin Group, 2008.
Dear Genius: the letters of Ursula Nordstrom, edited by Leonard S. Marcus. HarperCollins, 2000. (my apologies for my mistake in the episode. Ursula Nordstrom was with Harper & Row, not Random House.)
I'll Get There. It Better be Worth the Trip by John Donovan. Harper & Row, 1969.
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982.
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger. HarperCollins, 2003.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. Dutton Books, 2010.
Other Things Discussed Today:
"The Gay YA" book recommendations website
The Baby-Sitters Club Club Podcast
Please Find Me on Social Media!
Today's books are:
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery. McClelland and Stewart, 1921.
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson. Random House, 2016.
Other things discussed today:
The War Poets at Westminster Abbey
The text of "The Piper" from The Blythes are Quoted
Today's books are:
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery. McClelland, Goodchild, and Stewart, 1917.
Betsy's Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace. Thomas Y Crowell Co., 1955.
Other things discussed today:
Episode 112, when we first talked about Betsy
The "Anne With an E" TV series.
The 1980s Kevin Sullivan Anne miniseries
Today's books are:
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery. L.C. Page & Co., 1915.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Roberts Brothers, 1868-1869.
Other things discussed today:
#12daysofannestagram on Instagram
ProposalGate! Who copied who? Here's a blog post on the topic or skip right to the video (bad quality.)
Louisa May Alcott as covered by The History Chicks
Some wild speculation on the men in Louisa May Alcott's life.
Tune in next episode for Anne's House of Dreams with Betsy's Wedding by Maude Hart Lovelace.
Today's books are:
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. L.C. Page & Company, 1909.
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage. Avon Books, Inc., 1997.
Other things discussed today:
Today's books are:
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. L.C. Page & Company, 1908
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery. Frederick A. Stokes, 1923.
Other things discussed today:
Instagram accounts @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter
The History Chicks episode on L.M. Montgomery
Anne movies: the 1919 silent film, the 1934 film (yes, that actress did change her name to "Anne Shirley" for the role, and the 1985 miniseries.
The Anne of Green Gables musical.
The newest graphic novel version.
The new TV series "Anne With an E"
The TV series "Road to Avonlea"
Is Emily in the public domain? It was published in 1923. If you can decipher this chart to tell, you're smarter than I am.
"The Alpine Path" and the poem that inspired both L.M. Montgomery and Emily.
A special episode in which I tell you the story of a guy named Dewey (or sometimes Dui,) some numbers, and the democratization of American libraries.
Here's an overview of all the categories and call numbers.
See you soon for the first of our Anne of Green Gables summer series. In the meantime, are you following the #12DaysofAnnestagram? You should be, because it is delicious...
Today's books are:
"B" is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood. Harcourt, Brace, & Co., 1939.
Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace. HarperCollins, 1940.
Blog posts about Carolyn Haywood from the Free Library of Philadelphia:
Complete list of Betsy-Tacy books with synopses
Thank you for being here for this our 3rd anniversary episode.
Watch the full 2 hour PBS launch special here.
Check out the full list of nominees.
Find me on Goodreads and join the conversation.
Today's books are:
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Viking, 1962.
A Poem for Peter by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Viking, 2016.
Other things discussed in this episode:
Today's books are:
Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude by Jonah Winter. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009. (not pictured)
A River of Words: the story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Pablo Neruda: poet of the people by Monica Brown. Henry Holt and Company, 2011.
Other links and notes from the show:
Some notes on the current Golden Age of Picture Books
Horn Book's history of the picture book biography.
The Sibert Medal, given by ALSC, awarding informational writing for children.
How to read Gertrude Stein from Boston University
Full text of "Sacred Emily" by Gertrude Stein.
Today's books are:
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: a celebration of poetry with a beat, edited by Nikki Giovanni. Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008
Out of Wonder: poems celebrating poets by Kwame Alexander. Candlewick Press, 2017.
Links to some of the things we talked about today:
poets.org on National Poetry Month
Last year's Poetry Month conversation with poet Kelly Russell Agodon on No Extra Words
Poet James Berry, who was featured in Hip Hop Speaks to Children
Tupac as most profane hip hop artist
The Atlantic on what is a poem
NPR conversation on Out of Wonder
Today's books are:
Squeeze Play: a novel by Jane Leavy. Doubleday, 1990. (Not pictured. In his younger days, my little baseball fan tore the cover off my copy.)
Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Simon & Schuster, 1997.
She Loved Baseball: the Effa Manley story by Audrey Vernick. Balzer & Bray, 2010.
Other books mentioned:
Queen of the Diamond: the Lizzie Murphy story by Emily Arnold McCully. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2015.
Girl Wonder: a baseball story in nine innings by Deborah Hopkinson. Atheneum, 2003.
The Streak: how Joe DiMaggio became America's hero by Barb Rosenstock. Calkins Creek, 2014
Links to things discussed today:
The Attagirl podcast episode on Effa Manley
Today's books are:
A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005
Little Leaders: bold women in black history by Vashti Harrison. Little, Brown, and Company 2017.
Other books I spoke of quite a bit are:
Carver: a life in poems by Marilyn Nelson. Front Street, 2001.
How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson. Dial Books, 2014.
Links to some things we talked about today.
The interview where Marilyn Nelson discussed the initial discussion about Emmett Till.
Today we're talking about a book we once knew well.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1962.
Thank you to today's special guest who stopped by to talk Wrinkle with me. Check out his other appearance on the show.
Today's books:
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1932.
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1935.
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1933.
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1937.
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1939.
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1940.
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1941.
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder, HarperCollins, 1943.
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1971.
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson. Delacorte Press, 2006.
Links to some of the things we talked about today:
The History Chicks podcast episode on Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Some basic info on the Homestead Act .
Links to the two charts about number of Homestead Final Patents: 5 year increments, 10 year increments.
Montana specific Homestead Act Info.
Roger Lea MacBride's obituary.
Little House as a teachable moment.
Little House from the American Indians in Children's Literature blog.
Today's books are:
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco. Doubleday, 1922.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. Candlewick Press, 2006.
Today's books are:
Charles and Emma: the Darwins' leap of faith by Deborah Heiligman. Henry Holt & Company, 2008.
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter. Scholastic, Inc., 1997.
Some things we talked about today:
Deborah Heiligman's interview with Brown's alumni magazine.
Deborah Heiligman's husband Jonathan Weiner
Other sources used for this episode include: