We celebrated our 50th episode by talking about our favorite picture books and discussing our favorite memories from the two and a half years we've been doing the podcast.

Mentioned on this episode:

Deborah's favorites:

Curious George Takes a Job by H.A. Rey

The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber

Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban

What Do People Do All Day? by Richard Scarry

Mary Grace's favorites:

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton

The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Also mentioned:

Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats

The U.S. Postal Service's The Snowy Day stamps

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

New York Times articles about The Giving Tree (here and here)

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Danny Dunn: Into the Volcano (forthcoming)

Other episodes mentioned:

Rereading Stuart Little by E.B. White

Rereading Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin

Rereading Little Town on the Prairie, with Judith Kalb

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