For our last episode of 2024, we talked about our favorite children's books of 60 years ago, which we defined as 1964-1966---a great era for children's books.
Here are our favorites, but it's more fun if you listen to the episode first. We disqualified books that we've done episodes on.
Mary Grace's top five:
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryby Roald Dahl.
4. The Strange Lightby James Reeves
3. Ismoby John Verney
2. The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander
1. The Long Secretby Louise Fitzhugh
Deborah's top five:
5. The Pushcart Warby Jean Merrill.
4. Apples Every Dayby Grace Richardson
3. The Noonday Friendsby Mary Stolz
2. Bread and Jam for Francesby Russell and Lillian Hoban
1. The Long Secretby Louise Fitzhugh
Honorable Mentions:
Over Sea, Under Stoneby Susan Cooper
Nightbirds on Nantucketby Joan Aiken
The Arm of the Starfishby Madeleine L'Engle
Henry Reed's Babysitting Serviceby Keith Robertson
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang by Ian Fleming
You can find Deborah at her author website and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago.
This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.
Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com
