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
Links from this episode:
- Melissa’s website
- Melissa’s page of book recommendations
- Cybils: Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awaards
- Jen Robinson’s Book Page
- Kidlitosphere Central
- As Cozy As Spring (here’s the post where she mentions Wormwood Forest)
- Back to Basics– that giant resource Melissa would bring if she was stranded on an island :)
- Living Without School– Leoni’s blog (Melissa mentions learning a lot from her, specifically her use of pegs)
- The Writing Process Blog Tour (a post by Melissa)
- Scrivener (both Melissa and I use this for our writing, and I actually got going on Scrivener using this incredibly awesome e-course)
Books from this episode:
(All links are affiliate links.)
The Martha and Charlotte Little House books can be found here.
