When I think of someone who fully embraces a family culture built around books, Melissa Wiley comes to mind right away. As a mother of six and author of several children’s books, she has managed to make reading aloud a central part of family life in her home.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • what creating a family culture around books looks like in a busy household
  • how she considers read-alouds as she’s writing children’s books
  • her own (super helpful) tip for remembering accents and dialects

Books from this episode:

(All links are affiliate links.)

The Prairie Thief
My Father’s Dragon
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook
Harriet the Spy
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost
Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson
Little Bear Boxed Set: Little Bear, Father Bear Comes Home, and Little Bear’s Visit
Inch and Roly Make a Wish
Fox and Crow Are Not Friends (Step into Reading)
Emily
Poetry for Young People: Lewis Carroll
Here Comes McBroom: Three More Tall Tales
Peter Rabbit Naturally Better Classic Gift Set
The Railway Children (Puffin Classics)
We Are in a Book!
The Mouse of Amherst
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
Just So Stories (Wordsworth Children’s Classics)
Red Sails to Capri (Puffin Newberry Library)

The Martha and Charlotte Little House books can be found here.

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