In this fourth episode of Books & Bandages, Dr. Nusheen Ameenuddin and Dr. Jackie Douge share laughs, inside jokes, and a big dreamer’s wishlist for their podcast’s future. From interviewing first-time authors and children’s writers to highlighting programs like Reach Out and Read and innovative book vending machines, Jackie and Nusheen imagine all the ways stories can inspire, heal, and connect. They also discuss the joy of children’s literature, the importance of representation, a...
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In this fourth episode of Books & Bandages, Dr. Nusheen Ameenuddin and Dr. Jackie Douge share laughs, inside jokes, and a big dreamer’s wishlist for their podcast’s future. From interviewing first-time authors and children’s writers to highlighting programs like Reach Out and Read and innovative book vending machines, Jackie and Nusheen imagine all the ways stories can inspire, heal, and connect. They also discuss the joy of children’s literature, the importance of representation, a...
From Corduroy to Firekeeper’s Daughter: Classics, Representation, and the Books We Wish We Had
Books and Bandages
20 minutes
2 months ago
From Corduroy to Firekeeper’s Daughter: Classics, Representation, and the Books We Wish We Had
In this nostalgic, joy-filled chat, Dr. Jackie Douge and Dr. Nusheen Ameenuddin swap childhood favorites—The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Corduroy, The Little Engine That Could, and The Snowy Day—and reflect on how those stories read differently now through the lens of inclusion and representation. They connect picture-book memories to public health and media history (hello, Sesame Street) and celebrate newer titles they wish they’d had growing up, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Eid, The...
Books and Bandages
In this fourth episode of Books & Bandages, Dr. Nusheen Ameenuddin and Dr. Jackie Douge share laughs, inside jokes, and a big dreamer’s wishlist for their podcast’s future. From interviewing first-time authors and children’s writers to highlighting programs like Reach Out and Read and innovative book vending machines, Jackie and Nusheen imagine all the ways stories can inspire, heal, and connect. They also discuss the joy of children’s literature, the importance of representation, a...
