About the Episode:

The episode explores what makes a book a "classic" and how books shape the moral and idyllic imaginations of young readers. Our guest, Paige Gowing, a librarian at Liberty Common School, shares insights on the value of classic literature and dispels common misconceptions, while broadening the definition of what makes a book timeless and enduring. About Paige Gowing:

Paige is a Librarian at Liberty Common School’s Plato Campus. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Concentration in Creative Writing from Colorado State University and has been working at Liberty since graduation. Before becoming an employee of Liberty Common School, Paige was once a student here. She began attending Liberty in 1997, the same year the school opened.

Referenced Books:

• Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
• Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
• Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• Invisible Man by Ralph Elison
• A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Lord of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
• Because of Win Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
• Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin by Tracy Lee Simmons
• The Republic by Plato
• Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• Square by Mac Barnett
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong by William Kilpatrick
• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

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