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Robert asks: “Are there hard rules for different age ranges of children’s books? Can they be broken?”

Resources Mentioned:

The Bobbsey Twins by Laura Lee Hope (this was called “The Boxcar Children” in the episode, but that was an error)

Charlotte’s Web by EB White

Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene

The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon

Tom Swift by Victor Appleton II

Harry Potter by JK Rowling

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by EL Koenigsberg

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

1984 by George Orwell

Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol

Goosebumps by RL Stein

On Faerie Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien (essay  in the collection Tree and Leaf)