Tea or Books? #118: Do We Read Children and Adult Books By The Same Author? and Lucy vs The Buddha in the Attic

Julie Otsuka, Jamaica Kincard, adults’ and children’s books – welcome to episode 118!

In the first half – a topic suggested by Aileen, where we discuss authors who wrote both children’s and adult’s books and whether we read both. In the second half, we compare two novellas about immigrant experiences – Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid and The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka.

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The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

Picnic in the Shade by Rosemary Edisford
Noble Ambitions by Adrian Tinniswood
The Long Weekend by Adrian Tinniswood
Letty Landon by Helen Ashton
William series by Richmal Crompton
Family Roundabout by Richmal Crompton
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Saplings by Noel Streatfeild
Frost at Morning by Richmal Crompton
Matty and the Dearingroydes by Richmal Crompton
I Ordered A Table For Six by Noel Streatfeild
Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Edith Wharton
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
The Lark by E. Nesbit
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
John Boyne
Sarah Crossan
The Rescuers by Margery Sharp
Barbara Euphan Todd
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Penelope Lively
C.S. Lewis
Chloe Marr by A.A. Milne
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
‘Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth
Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Women Talking by Miriam Toews