Episode 101: Robins Hood

In this episode, we tackle Anna’s lifelong obsession, Robin Hood, in all his (her? its? their?) incarnations and formats. Thwip!

Links
A Beginner’s Guide to Robin Hood
Shire Reeve

Robin Hood (2018)
Robin Hood (1973) (soft butch culture)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

This pornstache and soul patch deserve above the title billing

Robin Hood (1991)
Robin Hood (2010)
Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire by Howard Pyle
The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-1959)
Robin Hood (2006-2009)
Merry Men by Robert Rodi, illustrated by Jackie Lewis and Marissa Louise

Anna Hood

Princess of Thieves (2001)
The Sherwood Game by Esther Friesner
Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen
Shadow of the Wolf by Tim Hall
Shadows of Sherwood: A Robyn Hoodlum Adventure by Kekla Magoon
Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
Muppet Robin Hood
Hawksmaid by Kathryn Lasky
Lady of the Forest, Lady of Sherwood by Jennifer Roberson

Anna Scarlet

Nottingham by Nathan Makaryk (2019)
Sherwood by Meagan Spooner (2019)
League of Archers by Eva Howard
Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales
Robyn Hood: Riot Girls
Green Arrow
Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood by Tony Lee
Normans
Robin Hood: The Magna Carta
BBC History: Robin Hood and his Historical Context

Our Cast

Musical Obsessions
Anna: “Postcard” by Jukebox the Ghost; “Divine Hammer” by The Breeders; “All Night” by Walk the Moon
Alene: “Let’s Generalize About Men” from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Obsessions
Anna: Robin Hood (duh)
Alene: depression

Episode 14 Show Notes: Classics and Diverse Books

Episode here.

We are back from our LIVE show and answering a few more listener-submitted questions. Ally wanted us to talk about “classics” and Katie wanted to know what to give her white male children to diversify their reading experiences. Carolyn says a classic book is something she won’t want to read again, but a classic movie is something she will want to watch repeatedly. Anna’s moral of the story:

“If you think it’s a classic, it is. If you disagree with someone on this, keep your mouth shut.”

Please send us your best links to lists of diverse books for kids! We need help crowdsourcing on this one.

And please be sure to listen alllllll the way to the end. Past the talking, past the music. Trust us.

Links
Fifty Shades of Grey movie
Worst Bestsellers episode
Anna’s Fifty Shades readalike project

Classic Music
The Archies
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
ELO
Godspell
[Carolyn now realizes that it was NOT the original cast recording but the MOVIE soundtrack that she grew up and is her favorite. Victor Garber, y’all.]

The Sound of Music
My Fair Lady
Camelot
Annie
Paul Simon “Graceland” album
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Judy Garland
The Nutcracker
Mozart K467 Piano Concerto 21
Bach, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”

Classic Books
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Middlemarch by George Eliot
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Robin Hood by Howard Pyle and others
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Emily Brontë’s poetry (not Wuthering Heights)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Nancy Drew
Agatha Christie
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Madwoman in the Attic by Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar

Classic Movies
Chinatown
Casablanca
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Philadelphia Story
The African Queen
Bringing up Baby
Charade
White Christmas
Singin’ in the Rain
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Maltese Falcon
Double Indemnity
Sunset Boulevard
The Godfather
Some Like it Hot

Diverse Reads for Children
The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
Sugar Plum Ballerina series, Whoopi Goldberg
Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann
Storytime Underground
Mommy, Mama, and Me by Lesléa Newman
Princeless by Jeremy Whitley et al.
The Best Feminist Picture Books (via Book Riot)

Obsessions
Anna: The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Carolyn: Invisibilia podcast