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Toddling the Stacks—A Children’s Literature Podcast

Toddling the Stacks—A Children’s Literature Podcast

著者： Sean Gill PhD
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Featuring adult-level analysis of children's literature, with a twist of humor, Toddling the Stacks is the passion project of award-winning educator and Princeton English PhD Sean Gill. We believe that picture books (and other forms of kidlit) are the perfect foil for understanding and appreciating the craft of literature in a world where attention spans are depleted and time is at an absurd premium. Join us every Monday for new reviews!

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  • Robert Lawson's They Were Strong and Good | Insularity, Kinship, and Family

    Robert Lawson's They Were Strong and Good | Insularity, Kinship, and Family
    2026/08/17

    Robert Lawson played a role in some great children's literature: The Story of Ferdinand, Mr. Popper's Penguins, the Newbery Award winning Rabbit Hill. His 1941 picture book They Were Strong and Good is not one of them. Racist, isolationist, and weirdly insular, it is essentially unreadable today as anything but a historical comparand. The illustrations aren't that great, either. Yet, it won a Caldecott and had a second print run just one month after its first edition. It's still in print today. In this episode, we don't go so far as to answer why--but we do address why it probably shouldn't be.

    Give it a listen, and if you like what you hear, give us a follow and review!

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    Show graphics by Emily Tetrault. Theme and interstitials excerpted from Erik Satie's Gnossienne #1. All book images used under the Fair Use exceptions to exclusive copyright as defined under Title 17, subsection 107, of US Code.
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    20 分
  • BJ Novak's The Book with No Pictures | Children's Literature Criticism: Manifestos, Modernism, and the Works that Change Us

    BJ Novak's The Book with No Pictures | Children's Literature Criticism: Manifestos, Modernism, and the Works that Change Us
    2026/08/03

    In 2010, the New York Times declared the picture book more or less dead. Today, though, they seem more vibrant and alive than ever, with varied voices, innovative illustrations, and compelling stories that encourage parents to luxuriate in this form rather than too-quickly moving to chapter books. What occasioned this reinvigoration? What can the history of literature broadly tell us about this specific moment in picture bookery?

    This week, we discuss the Picture Book Proclamation, a manifesto published by several very big names in kidlit shortly after that NYT article, and we compare it to the moment of modernism's appearance on the literary scene. BJ Novak wasn't a signatory to this document, but his text nevertheless proves a seminal moment in the new picture book era, and we juxtapose its experiment in style and form with the iconoclastic and epochal works of high modernism. I love all my children equally, of course, but this episode is my favorite yet—I hope you'll join us for it!

    Give it a listen, and if you like what you hear, give us a follow and review!

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    Visit us at http://www.toddlingthestacks.com for previous episodes, info on the show, and what Adalyn is reading now!

    If you like the episode, please subscribe and share with friends!

    YT: https://www.youtube.com/@ToddlingTheStacks

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    Show graphics by Emily Tetrault. Theme and interstitials excerpted from Erik Satie's Gnossienne #1. All book images used under the Fair Use exceptions to exclusive copyright as defined under Title 17, subsection 107, of US Code.
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    28 分
  • Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon | Children’s Literature Criticism: Freud’s Uncanny and Liminality

    Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon | Children’s Literature Criticism: Freud’s Uncanny and Liminality
    2026/07/28

    Clearly no one needs to be told to read Margaret Wise Brown's seminal text Goodnight Moon, which is going stronger than ever as it approaches its 80th birthday. But what this episode presupposes is that maybe we all need to talk about how creepy the book can be, no matter how much our kids might love it. To do this, I dive into Freud's understanding of the uncanny, modulating it a bit to help understand why this cozy and sentimental book might rub us the wrong way as adults. I also make an admission perhaps even more embarrassing than that one episode with the macho man impersonation at the end of it!

    Give it a listen, and if you like what you hear, give us a follow and review!

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    Visit us at http://www.toddlingthestacks.com for previous episodes, info on the show, and what Adalyn is reading now!

    If you like the episode, please subscribe and share with friends!

    YT: https://www.youtube.com/@ToddlingTheStacks

    Insta: https://www.instagram.com/toddlingthestacks/

    BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/toddlingthestacks.com

    FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61588725012180

    Show graphics by Emily Tetrault. Theme and interstitials excerpted from Erik Satie's Gnossienne #1. All book images used under the Fair Use exceptions to exclusive copyright as defined under Title 17, subsection 107, of US Code.
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    13 分
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