Oops! Mary Grace made a mockery of the show title by picking a book that it turns out she probably didn't read as a child. What she (and Deborah) actually did read was The RIVER at Green Knowe. Nevertheless, they had a great time discussing The Children of Green Knowe, the first book in the series, which is about a boy named Tolly who goes to live with his great-grandmother in a mansion haunted by seventeenth-century children.
Mentioned on this episode:
The Amazon review that Mary Grace mentions where the reviewer complains about the book being edited to remove references to a servant's child being born out of wedlock.
Other books about meeting up with children from the past:
Seven-Day Magic by Edward Eager
George Washington and the Magic Hat by Deborah Kalb (yes, that Deborah Kalb)
John Adams and the Magic Bobblehead by Deborah Kalb
Thomas Jefferson and the Return of the Magic Hat by Deborah Kalb
The podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout at rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com and is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other podcast 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