The Newbery Chronicles

Mar 08 2025 36 ep. 45 mins 1
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We're reading each book that won a Newbery Medal and talking about it.

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Episode 36: What We Read in 2024

Mar 08 2025 55 mins  
What better time than March of 2025 to do a retrospective of our reading in 2024?We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]!Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

Episode 35: The One and Only Ivan (2013)

Feb 19 2025 41 mins  
After a slightly less lengthy hiatus than last time, we're back again, talking about Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan!Discussion of the book begins at 13:28.We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]!Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

Episode 34: Kira-Kira (2005)

Jan 04 2025 47 mins  
After a lengthy hiatus, we ring in the new year by talking about Cynthia Kadohata's slice-of-life novel Kira-Kira. Sorry it's been so long!Discussion of the book begins at 16:37.We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]!Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

Episode 33: Missing May (1993)

Oct 26 2024 42 mins  
Rebecca and Michael check out Cynthia Rylant's short and sweet Missing May.Discussion of the book begins at 7:30.We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]!Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

Episode 32: Jacob Have I Loved (1981)

Oct 05 2024 69 mins  
Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved have we discussed.Discussion of the book begins at 14:30.We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]!Special thanks to Jake Ward for creating our theme music! Check him out at https://jaekwrad.bandcamp.com/album/draw-jaek-2.

Episode 31: The Westing Game (1979)

Sep 14 2024 48 mins  
We did it! We finally released another episode! Sorry it took us two months to read The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin.Discussion of the book begins at 18:30 (thanks to a listener for suggesting that we say when the discussion begins, in case people want to skip our "what we read recently" part!)We'd love to hear from you! Email us at: [email protected]

Episode 30: Island of the Blue Dolphins (1961)

Jul 13 2024 63 mins  
Michael and Rebecca discuss Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins, which has a heavy historical context. Rebecca talks about a few different sources that shed light on some indigenous perspectives, and here they are:"An Island of Well-Intentioned Ignorance?""What Archaeologists and Historians Are Finding About the Heroine of a Beloved Young Adult Novel""A critical look at O'De

Episode 29: Ginger Pye (1952)

Jun 07 2024 51 mins  
We're back with Eleanor Estes's Ginger Pye, the 1952 medal winner. Sorry for the lengthy hiatus! We're just bad at podcasting on a regular schedule, especially when it comes to talking about books about dogs.We'd love to hear from you! Email us at: [email protected]!

Episode 28: Miss Hickory (1947)

Mar 23 2024 40 mins  
Just chillin with a stick with a nut for a head. That's what Rebecca and Michael are doing.

Episode 27: The Cat Who Went to Heaven (1931)

Feb 24 2024 37 mins  
Rebecca and Michael talk about The Cat Who Went to Heaven about as long as they talked about the other books they're reading right now, if that gives you any indication of how interesting this book is.We'd love to hear from you! Email us at: [email protected]