Rereading Our Childhood
Revisiting the children's books that made us who we are today
Rereading Our Childhood
Rereading Betsy-Tacy, with Ginny Kubitz Moyer
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Writer Ginny Kubitz Moyer joined us to discuss Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy, the story of two five-year-old friends living in the small Minnesota town of Deep Valley in the late 19th century. Published in 1940, it's the first in a series that ends with Betsy's marriage.
Discussed in this episode:
Ginny's books: The Seeing Garden, A Golden Life, and The World at Home. (You can find Ginny at ginnymoyer.org.)
Deborah's interviews with Ginny on The Seeing Garden and A Golden Life
Other Betsy-Tacy and Deep Valley books: Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill , Emily of Deep Valley, and Carney's House Party and Winona's Pony Cart (combined in one volume)
Also discussed:
William Wordsworth's poem "Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood"
New York Times article by Perri Klass about the Betsy-Tacy Society (2012)
New Yorker article by Jia Tolentino about Emily of Deep Valley (2017)
Emily of New Moonby L.M. Montgomery
Recommended for Betsy-Tacy fans:
Ginny: The All-of-a-Kind Familyseries by Sydney Taylor; The Lemon Jelly Cakeby Madeline Babcock Smith; Maud Hart Lovelace's Deep Valleyby Julie A. Schrader
Mary Grace: Ramona the Pestby Beverley Cleary; The Moffatsby Eleanor Estes
Debby: "B" is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood
Other Rereading Our Childhood episodes:
Rereading "B" is for Betsy by Caroline Haywood
Reading Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Rereading The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
You can find Deborah at deborahkalb.com and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago.
This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.
Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com
