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An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature

An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature

By: Daisy May Johnson
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 A celebration of children's literature and the authors behind the books. Hosted by author and academic Daisy May Johnson, each episode offers a deep dive on an individual writer or topic to explore how these stories worked, what they meant to their readers then - and what they mean to us now.Daisy May Johnson Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Enid Blyton

    Enid Blyton
    Apr 14 2026

    It's time for episode two of An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature and the biggest of them all: Enid Blyton. We'll talk enormous meals, the index translationum, and school stories...


    Additional resources:

    Donia Nachshen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donia_Nachshen

    One of Donia Nachshen's war posters: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/19998

    Index Translationum:

    https://www.unesco.org/xtrans/bscontrib.aspx?lg=0

    Pea's Book of Holidays by Susie Day: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18332163-pea-s-book-of-holidays

    Quartet by Leah Broad:

    https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/75457059-quartet
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    26 mins
  • Angela Brazil

    Angela Brazil
    Apr 14 2026

    (Please note this episode was recorded prior to the podcast's name change).


    Where else could a podcast about children's literature begin other than with Angela Brazil? For the debut episode of this series, we explore a remarkable turn of the century author - and one who continues to define children's literature to this day.


    Additional resources:

    Angela Brazil @ Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2544
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    21 mins
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