Mary Grace and Deborah discuss The Book of Three (1964) by Lloyd Alexander.

Other books in the series:
The Black Cauldron (1965)
The Castle of Llyr (1966)
Taran Wanderer (1967)
The High King (1968)

Other books by Alexander:

Time Cat (1963), discussed by Deborah on a blog post
And Let the Credit Go (1955)
Janine is French (1960)
The Wizard in the Tree (1974)
Park Avenue Vet (1960)
Fifty Years in the Doghouse (1964)
The King's Fountain (1971)

Also mentioned:

A 2012 School Library Journal poll

Sam, Banks, and Moonshine by Evaline Ness

Trailer of the Disney movie The Black Cauldron

2010 Slate article on the movie The Black Cauldron

Also recommended:

Deborah: A Wrinkle in Time, The Phantom Tollbooth

Mary Grace: The Owl Service, The Dark is Rising series

The English Bookshop, a wonderful bookstore in Uppsala, Sweden. 

You can find Deborah’s author interviews on her blog, Books Q&A by Deborah Kalb, and Mary Grace’s adventures in the 1920s on her blog, My Life 100 Years Ago.

This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.

Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com