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For the first episode of our fourth (!) season, we reread E.L. Konigsburg’s Newbery Medal winner From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, which was published in 1967. This book, one of our all-time favorites, has one of the best plot premises of all time: a suburban brother and sister run away from home and camp out at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Mentioned on this episode:
Other books by Konigsburg:
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
Also mentioned:
Ban this Book by Alan Gratz
1965 New York Times article about the Metropolitan Museum’s purchase for $225 of a statue that may be a Leonardo da Vinci
1996 New York Times article about a cupid statue at the French cultural center in New York that may be by Michaelangelo
Post on the Metropolitan Museum website about celebrating the 50th anniversary of From the Mixed-Up Files
2017 Smithsonian magazine article in which Johnny Doran reminisces about playing Jamie in a film version of From the Mixed-Up Files
Recommended by Mary Grace: Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
Other Rereading Our Childhood episodes mentioned:
Rereading Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsburg
Rereading Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
Rereading Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
The podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout at rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com and is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other platforms.
You can find Deborah at deborahkalb.com and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago.
This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.
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