Kid You Not Podcast
Kid You Not is a podcast on children's literature - but not as you think you know it. With Lauren and Clementine, once a month, you will hear about the academic side and the publishing side of children's literature, and why it's relevant to you. Fun and in-depth discussions of books, reviews, interviews, you will find all this in Kid You Not.
Follow us on our blog too: http://kidyounotpodcast.com for more articles and reviews on children's books, and on Twitter @kidyounotpod
- Update frequency
- every 38 days
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2012
Episode 12: Multiculturalism in Children’s Literature, with Sita Brahmachari
What does representing other cultures in children’s literature entail? After a (long) summer break (sorry!), we are back to discuss this important question, and not on our own! Our special co-host fo…
Episode 10: Sex in Teenage Literature
Everything you always wanted to know about sex in teenage literature, but were too afraid to ask your local librarian…
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Episode 9: Ideology in Children’s Literature
But surely only bad quality children’s literature is ideological? In this episode, we debunk the usual myths about ‘ideology’ being a really awful propagandist thing that brainwashes our children. Id…
Episode 8: Non-Fiction for Children
Apparently it’s not fiction, but then what is it? And why is it such a marginalised, and yet such a lucrative, domain in children’s publishing? In Episode 8 of Kid You Not, we discuss non-fiction for…
Episode 6: Religion in Children’s Literature
What is the place of religion, God, and faith in children’s books? From the origins of children’s literature to modern-day agnosticism, we discuss this controversial theme in our episode which you ca…
Episode 5: Why do people read paranormal romance?
er1-150×150.jpg” alt=”” width=”150″ height=”150″ />Paranormal or ‘dark’ romance is the literary phenomenon of the past few years in YA. But what is it that makes these books …
Episode 4: Death in Children’s Literature
In this episode we discuss the omnipresence of death in children’s books… trying to keep it merry and cheerful!
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The Literary Equivalent of Clean Knickers
One thing an e-reader was supposed to do was to remove ‘library anxiety’ – otherwise known as the worry that people will judge you by the book you read. Unfortunately I seem to suffer from this unfo…
Episode 3: Special Interview with Jonathan Stroud
This episode – which you can listen to by clicking
Owing partly to the power o…
Episode Two: ‘Quality and Trash’
In this episode we discuss the controversial labels of ‘trash’ and ‘quality’…
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