RAR #118: A’s to Your Q’s

For Mamas of Older Kids & Teens

In today’s episode of the Read-Aloud Revival, I’m answering your questions.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • What to read after the Little House on the Prairie books
  • My teen daughters’ favorite books
  • Whether re-reading/re-listening is OK
  • How to make sure younger kids don’t miss out on childhood classics
  • Tips for sharing books with Dads
  • How I track the books we read

… and more.

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Listener Guide

Use the time stamps below to skip to any part of the podcast:

  • 1:25 The best tips, tricks and book recommendations
  • 2:58 Audrey and Alison’s favorite books
  • 4:35 After Little House …
  • 9:18 Is re-reading/re-listening OK?
  • 13:18 Making sure younger kids don’t miss out
  • 16:42 Tips for sharing books with dads
  • 22:02 How Sarah records books her family reads
  • 24:48 Let the Kids Speak

Quotes to remember:

“One of the dads at a homeschool conference came up to me and told me that family book club night is his favorite night of the entire month. He tries to get off a little bit early, he knows that there’s going to be something fun … even if he didn’t actually participate in the reading itself the conversation at the table and the shared experience were so delightful, he told me those are his favorite days of the month to come home from work.” – Sarah Mackenzie

“Every once in a while I find a book and I do a deep dive, by which I mean, I read this thing forever, over and over again, every night for literally years. Alice through the Looking Glass became the most important book in my life as a reader from the ages of about (whatever that was) 11 or 12 to when I was 19, I read Alice through the Looking Glass every single night. I couldn’t sleep unless I read part of that book.” – Jonathan Auxier

Books from this episode:

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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
In the Land of the Big Red Apple (Little House Sequel)
Emily of Deep Valley: A Deep Valley Book
On the Other Side of the Hill (Little House Sequel)
Charlotte’s Web
Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk
Little Town in the Ozarks (Little House Sequel)
Anne of Green Gables
Little House in Brookfield (The Caroline Years, Bk 1)
New Dawn on Rocky Ridge (Little House Sequel)
Happy Little Family
Little Town at the Crossroads (Little House Prequel)
On the Banks of the Bayou (Little House Sequel)
Half Magic
Little Clearing in the Woods: Little House, The Caroline Years
Bachelor Girl (Little House Sequel)
Strega Nona
On Top of Concord Hill (Little House: The Caroline Years)
Schoolhouse in the Woods
Little House by Boston Bay
Across the Rolling River
Up And Down The River
Little House in the Highlands
Little City by the Lake (Little House Prequel)
Knight’s Castle (Tales of Magic)
Beyond the Heather Hills (Little House)
A Little House of Their Own
Magic by the Lake (Tales of Magic)
The Road from Roxbury
On Tide Mill Lane (Little House)
Time Garden (Tales of Magic)
Little House (9 Volume Set)
Across the Puddingstone Dam
Magic or Not? (Tales of Magic)
Schoolroom in the Parlor: Fairchild Family Story, Book 4
The Far Side of the Loch (Martha Years)
Well-Wishers (Tales of Magic)
Okay for Now
Down to the Bonny Glen (Martha Years)
Seven-Day Magic (Tales of Magic)
Locomotive
Little House on Rocky Ridge (Little House Sequel)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
Little Farm in the Ozarks (Little House, The Rocky Ridge Years)

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