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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