Episode 29: Choosing Great Library Books + Special Guest Co-Host Anna Hithersay

Kaytee is recording with a special guest co-host this week, Anna Hithersay of The Post Party podcast. Anna is a homeschool mom and was a librarian in a former life, so I think you'll love our deep dive into choosing great books for your kids (and yourself) at the library. You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of the us: a bookish tattoo and a raising readers moment. Next, we discuss our current reads. This week has some thriller, some fairy tale, some romance, some middle grade. Basically, we took quite a few left turns. Our deep dive this week is a conversation with Anna about choosing quality books from the library when the selection is so overwhelming. We also talk about "twaddle" and authors that are sure bets. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. A sweeping story of the South and a tiny classic that's sweet and lovely. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 2:03 - Harry Potter series by JK Rowling 3:25 - My new Bookish Tattoo! 4:43 - 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne 4:50 - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne 8:37 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 8:44 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center 11:15 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 12:10 - A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson 12:29 - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 15:31 - The Winter Sister by Megan Collins 15:38 - Book Of the Month 18:56 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 20:55 - OnRamp Podcast 25:04 - Lost Boy by Christina Henry 25:12 - Morgan Tallman episode 22 28:26 - Alice by Christina Henry 28:29 - Red Queen by Christina Henry 28:56 - Peter Pan by JM Barrie 31:57 - Barbara Cooney books 35:38 - Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne 37:30 - Eric Carle books 37:36 - Sandra Boynton books 38:22 - Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton 38:51 - Richard Scarry books 39:48 - First Thousand Words in English by Heather Amery 39:49 - First Thousand Words in Spanish by Heather Amery 40:08 - Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne 40:28 - The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Hayes 41:48 - In The Town All Year 'Round by Rotraut Susanne Berner 43:21 - The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 43:24 - Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton 43:32 - Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 43:34 - Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey 44:37 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 45:49 - Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry 47:01 - Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley 48:00 - Parnassus Books 48:31 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Find Anna here: The Post Party podcast The Post Party on Instagram and Facebook *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*