Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

Episode Three of An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature is all about Elinor M. Brent-Dyer and the Chalet School books. There's speedboats, sisterhood, and a bonus appearance by Theodora Wilson Wilson. Resources: Behind The Chalet School by Helen McClelland: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1175126.Behind_the_Chalet_School The Last Weapon by Theodora Wilson Wilson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37833156-the-last-weapon Don't Tell The Grownups by Alison Lurie: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/397787.Don_t_Tell_the_Grown_Ups

Enid Blyton

It's time for episode two of An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature and the biggest of them all: Enid Blyton. We'll talk enormous meals, the index translationum, and school stories... Additional resources: Donia Nachshen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donia_Nachshen One of Donia Nachshen's war posters: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/19998 Index Translationum: https://www.unesco.org/xtrans/bscontrib.aspx?lg=0 Pea's Book of Holidays by Susie Day: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18332163-pea-s-book-of-holidays Quartet by Leah Broad: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/75457059-quartet

Angela Brazil

(Please note this episode was recorded prior to the podcast's name change). Where else could a podcast about children's literature begin other than with Angela Brazil? For the debut episode of this series, we explore a remarkable turn of the century author - and one who continues to define children's literature to this day. Additional resources: Angela Brazil @ Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2544