Rereading The Moffats by Eleanor Estes

About this episode

The hosts revisit Eleanor Estes's The Moffats and discuss its themes and related works.

We had completely forgotten about Eleanor Estes's The Moffats until a friend suggested that we reread it. Published in 1941, it's the first in a series about four children growing up in small-town Connecticut in the 1910s. Mentioned on this episode: Other books in the series: The Middle Moffat (1942), a Newbery Honor Book Rufus M. (1943), a Newbery Honor Book The Moffat Museum (1983) Other books by Estes: The Hundred Dresses (1944), a Newbery Honor Book Ginger Pye (1951), winner ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mary Grace McGeehan, Deborah Kalb

Topics covered

• children's literature
• Eleanor Estes
• book series
• nostalgia
• small-town life

Keywords

• The Moffats
• Eleanor Estes
• children's books
• Newbery Honor
• nostalgia

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Moffats, The Middle Moffat, Rufus M., The Moffat Museum, The Hundred Dresses, Ginger Pye

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