About this episode

The hosts discuss the influential books from their childhood that shaped their paths as animal communicators.

What books shaped the animal communicators we are today? In this episode, Julie, Karen, and Meredith take a warm and wonderfully nostalgic trip down memory lane, sharing the childhood and young adult books that, looking back, quietly set them on the path to the work they do now. Together, they invite you to look back at the books that found you as a child because they may have been pointing you somewhere all along. RESOURCES: Books Mentioned in This Episode Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (Newberry Medal, 1973) Dog's Body by Diana Wynne Jones Watership Down by Richard Adams The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (adapted as the film The Secret of NIMH*)* Animal Farm by George Orwell Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Babar by Cécile de Brunhoff (original story); illustrated and published by Jean de Brunhoff; series continued by Laurent de Brunhoff Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Sounder by William H. Armstrong Instagram Account Mentioned @myoldbooks — DM them a description of a half-remembered childhood book and the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Julie, Karen, Meredith

Topics covered

• animal communication
• influential books
• nostalgia
• childhood literature
• personal development

Keywords

• animal communication
• books
• childhood
• influence
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: @myoldbooks

Books & works: Julie of the Wolves, Dog's Body, Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Animal Farm, Charlotte's Web, Babar, Winnie the Pooh

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