An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature

Episode Four of An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature and it's time to share some of my bookshelf beloveds: Elsie J. Oxenham, the great, great Michelle Magorian, and also whether or not children's literature even exists. Fun times!

Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/4q3C2of

Further Reading:

A Little Love Song by Michelle Magorian: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/257752.A_Little_Love_Song

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/161099.Good_Night_Mr_Tom

Just Henry by Michelle Magorian: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3031013-just-henry

Secret Gardens by Humphrey Carpenter: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67950.Secret_Gardens

Margot and Me by Juno Dawson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31574295-margot-me

Eva Ibbotson: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/57462.Eva_Ibbotson

The Far Distant Oxus by Katherine Hull and Pamela Whitlock: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1426472.The_Far_Distant_Oxus

The Case of Peter Pan by Jacqueline Rose: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153854.The_Case_of_Peter_Pan_or_the_Impossibility_of_Children_s_Fiction

Jean of Storms by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1175306.Jean_of_Storms

St Claire's by Enid Blyton: https://www.goodreads.com/series/110379-st-clare-s

Elsie J. Oxenham Omnibus For Girls: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/161716942-elsie-j-oxenham-omnibus-for-girls

Tom Tackles The Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1175240.Tom_Tackles_the_Chalet_School

My bookshop.org link (affiliate, I will get a percentage of any purchases you make): https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/didyoueverstoptothink

My kofi account: https://ko-fi.com/A681LN9

Episode Three of An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature is all about Elinor M. Brent-Dyer and the Chalet School books. There's speedboats, sisterhood, and a bonus appearance by Theodora Wilson Wilson.

Resources:

Behind The Chalet School by Helen McClelland: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1175126.Behind_the_Chalet_School

The Last Weapon by Theodora Wilson Wilson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37833156-the-last-weapon

Don't Tell The Grownups by Alison Lurie: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/397787.Don_t_Tell_the_Grown_Ups

Show Transcript:

https://bit.ly/4q3C2of

It's time for episode two of An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature and the biggest of them all: Enid Blyton. We'll talk enormous meals, the index translationum, and school stories...

Additional resources:

Donia Nachshen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donia_Nachshen

One of Donia Nachshen's war posters: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/19998

Index Translationum:

https://www.unesco.org/xtrans/bscontrib.aspx?lg=0

Pea's Book of Holidays by Susie Day: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18332163-pea-s-book-of-holidays

Quartet by Leah Broad:

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/75457059-quartet

Show Transcript:

https://bit.ly/3TFUyHd

(Please note this episode was recorded prior to the podcast's name change).

Where else could a podcast about children's literature begin other than with Angela Brazil? For the debut episode of this series, we explore a remarkable turn of the century author - and one who continues to define children's literature to this day.

Additional resources:

Angela Brazil @ Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2544

Show transcript:

https://bit.ly/3TVAVuH