It sort of showed up parallel to when that idea was starting to go into mainstream women's culture in the 80s as well when women were going to work, and there was kind of the idea of you're a supermom.
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Gabrielle Moss: Yeah, I think it shows up in a lot of your series books, especially ones oriented around groups of girls or female friend groups like Sweet Valley High, like Baby-Sitters Club.
Can you tell us more about where that idea shows up in the books? Gabrielle Moss: I don't think I was the only person who had been remembering these books as, "Oh, it's just kind of a silly thing that didn't matter." It seemed like they actually mattered a lot when I went back to them.Įmily Calkins: Yeah, you float this idea that these books, which include Sweet Valley High, and the Baby-Sitters Club, and many, many others, helped shape the idea, for probably a whole generation that includes all of us, that girls and women could have it all: a career, a romance, and family. But as I started to revisit more and more of these books, I saw that there was more and more of an impact there, and more and more of a cultural history worth examining that had kind of been dismissed. Gabrielle Moss: I did start doing that, but after I read a few of these books, I thought, "This is actually really sociologically interesting." I had been a huge consumer of teen fiction when I was elementary and middle school age in the late '80s, early '90s, and I'd always kind of assumed those books were so frivolous and so light that they had not impacted me in any way. I thought, "I'll check out from reality for a little while, get lost in just this swirl of 80s nonsense, and it'll put me in a better mood."
You know what I will do? I'll treat myself to buying a giant box of Sweet Valley High books on eBay," because Sweet Valley High had been my favorite as a tween. Gabrielle Moss: The honest answer is that I was just kind of a little bummed out a few years ago, and I thought, "Oh, God, I'll just. Gabrielle Moss: My name is Gabrielle Moss, and I'm the author of Paperback Crush, which is half historical analysis and half nostalgia trip about these series teen books of the '80s and '90s, sort of examining the period of time after Judy Blume but before Harry Potter.īritta Barrett: How did you decide to go back and reread these? So don't pull your car over to the side of the road, and we promise we'll fix it for next time. Įmily Calkins: On this episode, we're talking about children's books.īritta Barrett: We interview author Gabrielle Moss, who created Paperback Crush, which takes a look back at some of our favorite series from the '80s and '90s.Įmily Calkins: And, we talked to KCLS Children's Librarian Destinee Sutton about some of our childhood favorites and what's happening in the world of picture books now.īritta Barrett: Before we get started, we just wanted to make a note that we experienced some sound issues while recording this episode.Įmily Calkins: There's a chirping sound that occurs throughout the segment.
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Other music provided by Chad Crouch, from the Free Music Archive.Įmily Calkins: You are listening to the Desk Set.īritta Barrett: A bookish podcast for reading broadly.Įmily Calkins: We're your hosts, Emily Calkins. The show is hosted by librarians Britta Barrett and Emily Calkins, and produced by Britta Barrett. Our theme song is "I Know What I Want" by Math and Physics Club. Most of the audio heard on the podcast was recorded at the Makerspace at the Bellevue Library. The Desk Set is brought to you by the King County Library System. If you'd like to get in touch, send an email to Credits Need help finding the title of a childhood favorite? Ask your local librarian, or check out this post from the New York Public Library. In addition to the books below, which we discussed on the episode, you can check out Emily's favorite children's books, Britta's favorite children's books, and Destinee's list of children's books adults will love. Recommended Readingįirst, a quick correction: the author of The Rainbow Fish is Swiss, not German as stated in the episode. Visit the site.Ī transcript of this episode is available at the end of our show notes. Your browser does not support inline iframes.
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