In this episode, I talk about the 1922 Newbery Medal! It was the first year of the Newbery, and there were five books named for runner-up and one Newbery Medal winner.

I talked about the plots, the writing style, the major problems with them, and my general thoughts about them, and why they should be read or not in our day!

Books mentioned in this episode. Bold indicates a Newbery book; links lead to full reviews at Rebecca Reads.

• ⁠The Old Tobacco Shop by William Bowen ⁠
• ⁠The Great Quest by Charles Hawes
• ⁠Cedric the Forester by Bernard Marshall
• Five Children and It by Edith Nebit
• The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs⁠
• The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum⁠
• D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
• Mythology by Edith Hamilton
• The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon * Winner

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In honor of Valentine's Day: Thoughts on the romantic era novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, one of my favorites and kind of the stereotypical classic "romance" novel for a reason. I also talk about some literary theory "lite" books I enjoyed that take our appreciation to the next level.

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Books mentioned:

• • Pride & Prejudiceby Jane Austen
  • What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan
• • The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monstersby Rachel Feder
  • Georgette Heyer (author)

Today I share the Newbery winners 2025 and my thoughts about them. Review all the winners for all the awards here:American Library Association announces 2025 Youth Media Award winners | ALA

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Books Mentioned:

• The First State of Beingby Erin Entrada Kelly

• Magnolia Wu Unfolds It Allwritten and illustrated by Chanel Miller

• The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy.

• Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar

• One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome

• Life After Whaleby Lynn Brunelle and illustrated by Jason Chin

• Home in a Lunchbox illustrated and written by Cherry Mo

• Louder Than Hunger by John Schu

• The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hoopermanby Gennifer Choldenko