The Newbery Chronicles

Talkin' about a dog book this week: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Shiloh .If you have feedback, we'd love to hear it! Email us at: newberychronicles@gmail.com!

We discuss legend and national hero Beverly Cleary's sole Newbery Medal win, Dear Mr. Henshaw. Plus a new segment at the beginning where we talk about what we're reading (besides Newbery books)!If you have any thoughts, let us know! Email us: newberychronicles@gmail.com !Also, shout out to Jake Ward for our theme music! Check out his bandcamp: jaekwrad.bandcamp.com

Short episode talking about a short book: Betsy Byars's Summer of the Swans .Also, you may notice that we've added theme music! Thank you very much to our friend Jake Ward, who composed it. You can hear more of his music at jaekwrad.bandcamp.com .Also also, don't forget to give us feedback if you have it: newberychronicles@gmail.com

Have Michael and Rebecca recorded this from the inside of the Met after having run away from home to live in the museum? No, but wouldn't that be cool if we did? We'd love to hear from you. Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

The only miracle was that Michael and Rebecca didn't fall asleep reading this book. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com !

Rebecca and Michael need to float away on a balloon house so they can record this podcast more often. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

A house (mildly) divided! Michael (sorta) likes the 1937 Newbery Medal winner, Ruth Sawyer's Roller Skates, and Rebecca (sorta) dislikes it! Weigh in on this spicy controversy by emailing us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

We feel bad for not liking this more. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

Hear ye, hear ye! Two white people talking about a book about racial microaggressions! Don't forget: you can email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

Did The Tale of Despereax leave you wanting more casual morbidity? Dead End in Norvelt may just be the book for you! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com to let us know what you think!

We get a little into the weeds of Kate DiCamillo's charming book. Be nice to Rebecca, because she had a cold when we recorded this!

Michael is delighted to find that a childhood favorite still rocks. Rebecca wonders whether or not she has fabricated memories of having read this book before. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com !

The duo struggles to find interesting things to say about a book that struggles to find interesting things to say. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com !

Rebecca and Michael do their best to wrestle with the complex and challenging material in Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

We had Covid when we recorded this, so you know how dedicated we are to Irene Hunt's excellent novel. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

We discuss the surprisingly witch-scarce 1959 Newbery Medal winner, The Witch of Blackbird Pond . I guess the real witches are the friends we made along the way. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

Michael goes on a socialist rant in this episode. Rebecca manages to get a few words in edgewise. We'd love to hear from you! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

Chatting about this 1934 Newbery-winning biography on everyone's favorite author of Little Women , Louisa May Alcott! Rebecca is fangirling; Michael is ignorant yet supportive. Let us know what you think! Send us an email at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

Hey, kids, wanna learn about western civilization? No? TOO BAD. We'd love to hear from y'all! Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

First real episode, baby! We talk about a mutual favorite of ours, the 1963 Newbery Medal winner A Wrinkle in Time. Still working on those audio issues. Are we learning? Tune in next time to find out. Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!

We discuss what this podcast is about and introduce ourselves. Forgive the audio issues; we're learning (hopefully). Email us at newberychronicles@gmail.com!