Little Voices, Big Ideas
Little Voices, Big Ideas
“Little Voices, Big Ideas” a podcast funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, explores the rich and often surprising content of children’s books—and ways to have meaningful conversations about big ideas in little books with the children in our lives. Hosted by mother of two young boys and literacy educator, Sarah DeBacher, and with contributions from humanities scholars Dr…Follow the podcast:
Little Voices, Big Ideas: Where The Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are,takes readers on an extraordinary journey into the imagination of the wildest thing of all--the young and precocious Max. Banished to his bedroom for bad behavior, Max sails across weeks and over a year to the land of the wild thi…
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Little Voices, Big Ideas: Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
There’s plenty of attention given to the pursuit of “happily ever after” in stories of all sorts. But how should we go about acquiring happiness? Is there a right or wrong way to do it? Anansi the spider, the thieving trickster at the heart of Eric Kimmel’s Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, offers…
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Little Voices, Big Ideas: The Other Side
Of all the difficult subjects deserving of discussion with children, race and racism are perhaps the most required, and least easy to address. In fact, most parents believe the subject should be outright avoided until children are at least of elementary school age. But babies notice differences lik…
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Little Voices, Big Ideas: The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs
The big bad wolf shows up in many forms in children’s stories - even disguised as grandma - with the intention of teaching children to be wary of the bad guys out there. But is the big bad wolf really all that big and bad, or has he just been given a bad rap? And when we paint the bad guy with so b…
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Little Voices, Big Ideas: The Giving Tree
Episode 2 of “Little Voices, Big Ideas,” makes the case for discussing the big ideas found in the book that everyone loves to love--or loves to hate--Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree. Criticized for its seeming endorsement of feminine/maternal stereotypes, the book, argues our panel, nonetheless…
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Little Voices, Big Ideas: Fanny's Dream
In episode 1 of “Little Voices, Big Ideas,” we take on the Cinderella myth through Fanny’s Dream a retelling of that tale by Caralyn Buehner. Mother and daughter Beth Rosch and Celeste Lavender join our hosts to illustrate the big ideas that emerge when we talk about the humanities themes found in …
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