From The Archives: Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton on Parenting, Poetry And Lullabies

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🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The lengthy resume of legendary singer and actor Julie Andrews includes playing Mary Poppins, Maria von Trapp, and more recently, the narrator of Netflix’s smash hit Bridgerton.

But Andrews is also a prolific children’s book author, co-authoring more than 31 books with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton. The two first joined Diane in 2006 to discuss their book “The Great American Mousical,” which introduced young children to Broadway.

In 2009, Diane interviewed Andrews and Hamilton about a just-released anthology of children’s poems, songs and lullabies. The conversation covered parenthood, how to cultivate the love of reading, and why they say poetry helped them overcome some of the darkest moments in their own lives.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Allison, producer at On My Mind.
0:02.2	Today's episode is an interview from Diane's archives with Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton.
0:08.0	It first aired on the Diane Reamshow in November 2009.
0:11.6	They discussed parenthood and poetry, and we thought we'd share it with you for the holidays.
0:16.4	Enjoy!
0:39.1	Thanks for joining us, I'm Diane Ream.
0:42.4	Julie Andrews, six-decade career and entertainmenties legendary in composing stage, screen and television.
0:51.7	She's also a prolific writer, along with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton.
0:58.4	She's co-authored 17 children's books.
1:02.5	Their latest literary collaboration and anthology of more than a hundred of their favorite poems
1:10.4	and song lyrics.
1:12.0	The book includes both classics and modern favorites, plus a few favorite themselves.
1:19.8	The book is titled Julie Andrews collection of poems, songs and lullabies.
1:27.0	And can you believe how lucky I am to have both Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton,
1:35.8	here in this studio with me, how wonderful to see you, Diane. It's great to see you.
1:41.0	So lovely to be here. Just wonderful to have you both here.
1:45.5	This book with the two of you on the cover describe this photograph, Julie.
1:53.8	It was an accidental photo, I think, and taken by my dad.
1:57.8	Yes, taken by Emma's dad, and I think we were on the beach.
2:01.4	And he just shot it, and I had Emma in my arms, and we were sort of nose to nose.
2:06.5	And that's it.
2:07.6	And that's it, and that's it.
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