Find a free literary database containing the books we’ve discussed here:Time Sensitive Announcement! We talk about this at the very end of the episode, but Charlotte Mason's Home Education Series audiobooks are still available to support through Kickstarter! If the goal pre-sells are not reached then the project will not proceed which will be such a loss for the world (I don’t just say that dramatically, I truly believe it). Please check out the campaign now and pre-order if you can! I’m so looking forward to my dyslexic teen being able to listen to Ourselves when we start reading it this fall and the riches being so much more accessible for her. At the time of this episode airing there are three days left in the campaign. Anthony is currently running a giveaway on his site to win a hardcover set of books as well as an audiobook set and the giveaway’s open to everyone! So generous! Be sure to enter!Books reviewed in this episode:Links on the website are affiliate links- they don’t cost you any extra to use but they greatly help support the cost of running this site. Thank you!Charlotte Mason's Home Education Series The Digging-est Dog by Al PerkinsLawrence Block crime books (Anthony’s favorites)Maus by Art SpiegelmanHidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust by Loïc Dauvillier (Ambre wasn’t imaging the title after all!)C. K. Thompson BooksMarco Polo by Manuel KomroffBook of Marvels by Richard HalliburtonHow the Heather Looks: A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books by Joan BodgerBooks Mentioned:Parables from Nature by Mrs. Margaret GattyTom Sawyer by Mark TwainLorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R.D. Blackmore Children of the New Forest by Frederick MarryatOur Island Story by H. E. MarshallPharaoh's Boat by David WeitzmanWind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneSwallows and Amazons by Arthur RansomeThank you for joining us today! We’d love to hear from you in the comments! Have you read any of the books we discussed today? Leave your review!-If your kid/teen has a book they would like to recommend to our community, please submit their brief review to [email protected]. Include their first name, last initial, and age. Thank you! (It’s absolutely fine to submit a review for a book we reviewed already in an episode- we want to hear their voices!) If we share their review we will contact you so you know which episode to find it on.GIVEAWAY DETAILS: For every 5 reviews (ending 09/01/2022) we will give away a book recommended on one of our podcasts.To enter, leave a review on your podcast player of choice or in the comments here and email [email protected]! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.reshelvingalexandria.com

Find a free literary database containing the books we’ve discussed here:Books reviewed in this episode:Links on the website are affiliate links- they don’t cost you any extra to use but they greatly help support the cost of running this site. Thank you! Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom by Ursula Nordstrom,Leonard S. Marcus (Editor), Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White illustrated by Garth WilliamsJo’s Boys by Louisa May AlcottThe Romance of the Forest by Ann RadcliffeThe Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann RadcliffeEliott Family Trilogy by Elizabeth GoudgeThe Bird in the TreeThe Herb of Grace/Pilgrim’s Inn in the USAThe Heart of the FamilyThe Blue House by Phoebe WahlBe Kind by Pat Z. MillerNature All Around: Plants by Pamela Hickman illus. by Carolyn GavinNature All Around: Trees by Pamela Hickman illus. by Carolyn GavinA Year in Our New Garden by Gerda Muller- *since recording we’ve found this title has been republished by a Canadian publisher and is now available on Amazon!*Irena’s Jars of Secrets by Marcia Vaughn Edith Cavell by Adèle de Leeuw (Spies of the World series)The Ark by Margot Benary-IsbertRowan Farm by Margot Benary-IsbertDrawn Together by Minh Le illustrated by Dan SantatThe Thief by Megan Whalen TurnerMore Stories from Grandma’s Attic by Arleta RichardsonA Green and Ancient Light by Frederic S. DurbinBooks mentioned84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffLittle House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder- Correction-Garth Williams illustrated the Little House books, not the Little Women books. Ambre got the “Little” right! ha!Sonja’s Chickens by Phoebe WahlA Year Around the Great Oak by Gerda MullerWhere Do They Go When It Rains? by Gerda MullerA Circle of Seasons by Gerda MullerLinnea Books by Lena AndersonGreen Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge Belinda by Maria EdgeworthLittle Men by Louisa May AlcottJo’s Boys by Louisa May AlcottLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottEcho Mountain by Lauren Wolk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.reshelvingalexandria.com

Watch the episode on YouTube or here on the website:Find a free literary database containing the books we’ve discussed here:Books reviewed in this episode:Links on the website are affiliate links- they don’t cost you any extra to use but they help support the cost of running this site. Thank you!Fairy Tales collected by Hans Christian Andersen Jenny Wren by Dawn L. WatkinsMedallion by Dawn L. WatkinsArrow by Dawn L. WatkinsShield by Dawn L. WatkinsEmma by Jane Austen Jo’s Boys by Louisa May AlcottTending the Heart of Virtue by Vigen GuroianEnchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl (Surprise! She’s not actually an enchantress- an fyi for those who would otherwise skip this title due to avoiding sorcery.)Books Mentioned:Aesop’s Fables by AesopLittle House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls WilderNo Pets Allowed by Morgan Reed Persun (one of Dawn’s pseudonyms) A King For Brass Cobweb by Dawn L. WatkinsVery Like A Star by Dawn L. WatkinsZoli’s Legacy by Dawn L. WatkinsThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Bracken Trilogy by Jeri MassiThe Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonaldThank you for joining us today! We’d love to hear from you in the comments!-If your kids/teens have a book they would like to pitch to our community, please submit their brief reviews to [email protected]. Include their first name, last initial, and age. Thank you! (It’s absolutely fine to submit a review for a book we reviewed already in an episode- we want to hear their voices!)GIVEAWAY DETAILS: For every 5 reviews (ending 07/01/2022) we will give away a book recommended on one of our podcasts. To enter, leave a review on your podcast player of choice or in the comments here and email [email protected]! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.reshelvingalexandria.com

GIVEAWAY DETAILS: For every 5 reviews (ending 07/01/2022) we will give away a book recommended on one of our podcasts. To enter, leave a review on your podcast player of choice or in the comments here and email [email protected] (please put GIVEAWAY in the subject line)!-Find a free literary database containing all the books we’ve discussed here:Books reviewed in this episode: Links are affiliate links they don’t cost you any extra to use but they help support the cost of running this site-thank you!Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Julie Morstad (hear how this book was formative for Ambre’s eldest’s world view on personal limitations due to not being “typical”)The Backyard Goat: An Introductory Guide to Keeping and Enjoying Pet Goats by Sue Weaver Storey’s Guide to Raising Dairy Goats by Jerry Belanger and Sara Thomson Bredesen (Listen to hear which goat book Amanda prefered)At Our House by Isabel Minhós Martins, illustrated by Madalena Matoso Grow Kind by Jon Lasser, illustrated by Sage Foster-LasserIn Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson, illustrated by Patrice BartonMore Stories from Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson, illustrated by Patrice BartonErnestine’s Milky Way by Kerry Madden-Lunsford, illustrated by Emily Sutton-Kid’s Review: Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards (in the episode, Ambre incorrectly identified the author as just “Julie Andrews”) The Big Bath House by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Gracey ZhangAmah Faraway by Margaret Chiu Greanias, illustrated by Tracy Subisak Dolch Readers such as Dog Pals by Edward W. Dolch and Marguerite P. Dolch, illustrated by Fran MateraA Year Around the Great Oak or Around the Oak by Gerda MullerWhere Do They Go When it Rains? by Gerda MullerThe Keeper of Wild Words by Brooke Smith, illustrated by Madeline KloepperSonya’s Chickens by Phoebe WahlThe Thief by Megan Whalen TurnerChewy Louie by Howie Schneider (and an update on Amanda’s Great Pyrenees puppy) Zhang Heng and the Incredible Earthquake Detector by Randel McGeeThe Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs by Fiona RobinsonThe Emperor’s Riddle by Kat ZhangThe Memory of Forgotten Things by Kat ZhangBooks Mentioned:Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerAnne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas WigginDandelion Cottage by Carroll Watson RankinThank you for joining us today! We’d love to hear from you in the comments!-If your kids/teens have a book they would like to pitch to our community, please submit their brief reviews to [email protected]. Include their first name, last initial, and age. Thank you! (It’s absolutely fine to submit a review for a book we reviewed already in an episode- we want to hear their voices!) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.reshelvingalexandria.com

Wherein we discuss the benefits of doing a reading challenge, why you should not bite off more than you can chew, and how to find joy, not limitations in a reading challenge. GIVEAWAY DETAILS: For every 5 reviews (ending 07/01/2022) we will give away a book recommended in one of our podcasts. To enter, leave a review on your podcast player of choice and email [email protected] (please put GIVEAWAY in the subject line)! Find a free literary database containing all the books we’ve discussed here: Books reviewed in this episode: Links are affiliate links they don’t cost you any extra to use but they help support the cost of running this site-thank you!The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartín FenolleraRamona by Helen Hunt Jackson (not set in South America, Ambre!)The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout (Ambre’s light read for summer)Les Misérables by Victor HugoMidsummer’s Mayhem by Rajani LaRoccaAdventures With Waffles by Maria ParrThe Last Days of Night by Graham MooreMedallion by Dawn L. WatkinsShield: A Prequel to Medallion by Dawn L. WatkinsBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsOther reading challenges we’ve used/recommend and mentioned in this episode: 1,000 Books Before KindergartenLiterary Life “2 for ‘22” Reading ChallengeGoodreads 2022 Challenge This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.reshelvingalexandria.com

Join us as we speak with author M.L. Farb as she shares her life experiences and writing processes that went into the creation of her fantastic Historical High Fantasy and Fairy Tales. In our spoiler free episode we will discuss our personal favorites (so far!) and will hear which series Maria is currently writing a new book for. Join us!She’s one of our top “Authors you should be reading and probably aren’t yet”.Find a free literary database containing all the books we discuss here:GIVEAWAY DETAILS: For every 10 reviews we will give away a book recommended in one of our podcasts. To enter, leave a review on your podcast player of choice and email [email protected] (please put GIVEAWAY in the subject line)!Books reviewed in this episode: Links are affiliate links they don’t cost you any extra to use but they help support the cost of running this site-thank you!The King's Trial: The King Trials Book One by M.L. FarbFourth Sister: Hearth and Bard Tales by M.L. Farb“The Princess Who Never Laughed” -The Princess Who Never Smiled, The Unsmiling Tsarevna or The Tsarevna who Would not Laugh is a Russian folk fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki, as tale number 297 (thank you, Wikipedia)Heartless Hette: Hearth and Bard Tales by M.L. FarbVasilisa: Hearth and Bard Tales by M.L. FarbThe King's Shadow: The King Trials Book Two by M.L. Farb Books and Authors mentioned or briefly covered:Les Miserables by Victor HugoThe Hiding Place by Corrie Ten BoomKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlGrass Beyond the Mountains by Richmond P. Hobson Jr.Corrie TenBoom's booksThe Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet BishopJerry SpinelliVictor HugoRalph MoodyCS LewisJRR TolkienJohn FlanaganLinda Sue ParkStar Girl by Jerry Spinelli Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Calvin and Hobbes book by Bill WattersonHomicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection by Bill WattersonShakespeare’s playsThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis When I was a Pie by M.L. Farb This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.reshelvingalexandria.com

Ambre is the caretaker of the Reshelving Alexandria Community on Facebook. Amanda is Ambre’s real life friend and together we are lead reviewers and curators of the RA Literary Database.  We love discussing books and life together. We love to share stories in all their forms because stories have the power to form and change hearts and minds.Find a literary database of all the books we discuss here at www.ReshelvingAlexandria.comWatch the video version of the podcast on the Stories from the Ashes YouTube channel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP5Vi22aJGIBooks discussed:Rectangle Time by Pamela Paul, illustrated by Becky CameronThe Rabbit Listened by Cori DoerrfeldEcho Mountain by Lauren WolkA Place to Hang the Moon by Kate AlbusRed, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRoccaThe False Prince by Jennifer A. NielsenGive and Take by Elly SwartzThe King’s Trial by M. L. Farb This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.reshelvingalexandria.com