On the first episode, Mary Grace and Deborah revisit Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Judy Blume's 1970 classic of adolescence.
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Other books by Judy Blume:
Then Again, Maybe I Won’t, the boy equivalent of Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, the first two books in the popular Fudge series
It’s Not the End of the World, the story of a girl whose parents are divorcing
Forever, the much-banned book about a teenage sexual relationship
An April 2023 PEN America report that includes Blume’s novel Forever… on a list of books that have recently been removed from school libraries in the United States.
A New York Times article about the Judy Blume book-to-screen moment currently underway. (Clarification: It’s from the business section.)
Blume demonstrating the famous “I must, I must, I must increase my bust” exercise on a TV program.
Recommended for fans of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret:
Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
The Long Secret by Louise Fitzhugh
The podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout at rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com and is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other platforms.
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.
#children's books
Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com