Reading Rewind: Recent Episodes
Kelly Staten
These are the stories that shaped our childhood and teenage years. But how well do they hold up? Kelly re-reads all the classics like "The Baby Sitters Club", "Sweet Valley High", "Goosebumps" and more and chats about them from an aging millennial perspective.
Pleasant Company launched in 1986 with the first three original American Girl dolls and books: Kirsten, Samantha and Molly. We'll take a journey back to the 20th century to talk about these beloved books and characters.
Talking about the classic adolescent coming of age story "Are You There God? It's Me Margaret" by Judy Blume.
Talking about "The Boxcar Children" by Gertrude Chandler Warner. To learn more about her life, check out the link below.
https://americanwritersmuseum.org/get-to-know-gertrude/
We discuss the classic third book in the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The story follows the Ingalls family as they travel west in their covered wagon from Wisconsin to Kansas.
Further Reading:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91800/5-ways-little-house-prairie-books-stretched-truth
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/what-should-be-done-about-racist-depictions-in-the-little-house-books/16587/
https://www.slj.com/story/Little-House-Big-Problem-Little-House-Big-Problem-What-To-Do-with-Classic-Books-That-Are-Also-Racist
https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/clla/name_change_context
The Baby-Sitters Club was a phenomenon in the mid-80s and into the early 2000s. Created by Ann M. Martin, the series followed four friends on their baby-sitting adventures and taught readers some important life lessons too. We dive into "Kristy's Great Idea" - the book started it all.