RAR #22 Read Good Books. The End. -Carole Joy Seid
This isn’t rocket science, Carole Joy Seid tells us in today’s episode of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast. It’s really very simple – read good books. The end. :)
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- fabulous book recommendations
- simple, practical strategies to help us make reading aloud a pillar of family life
- calming encouragement from a mom who has made it to the other side of homeschooling!
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Loved this podcast!! What a jewel Carole is. So much knowledge about books. Loved it. Thank you for sharing her with us.
Hmm… not sure if it’s just my computer or not, but I’m trying to listen to this podcast on the page here and it’s repeating the first 10 minutes over and over…
Hmmm…. it’s working okay for me over here. Sorry it’s giving you trouble! Maybe try listening in iTunes?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/read-aloud-revival/id870178510?mt=2
I am very curious who Carole heard interviewed on Focus on the Family, way back when she first heard about homeschooling. Does anyone know?
Dr Raymond Moore. He really helped get the 1980s homeschooling movement started. My parents were pioneer home schoolers in 1986 and it was really something most people never heard as an option.
Love this and all the other podcast! Is it possible to have the recommended books listed in the show notes?
Hi Kelly! If you don’t have an ad blocker enabled, you should be able to see images of all the books mentioned during the show. We also offer printable list for our members (among some other fab resources based on the podcast) inside membership: https://readaloudrevival.com/membership. Hope that helps! Carole had so many great recommendations, didn’t she? :)
I think that “To Kill a Mockingbird”, even though it contains mature content intended for older readers, has the charm and magic of a child’s story because it is written first-person through a child’s eyes. BRILLIANT. No wonder I keep coming back to it as well…I think it may be one of my all-time favorites.
THANKS for the podcast! Enjoyed it tremendously!
Amazing podcast! Loved the information and anytime Carole comes to speak in our city I go to gain fabulous insight! She has a DVD, “Homeschool Made Simple,” that I bought that is fabulous!
What a fantastic Podcast! I have personally met Carole and heard her speak dozens of time and I never tire of her insight. Her passion for literature is contagious!
My preschool class used to love Goodnight Gorilla, but their favorite wordless book was The Birthday Trombone. I made up words that repeated: something like, “STOP! You’re hurting my ears!” and they would all cover their ears. SO cute! Loved this interview!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/94079208/the-birthday-trombone-vintage-1970s-kids
Just found your podcasts today. Have listened to several already, but this is my favorite so far! I went to a seminar with Carole when my children were in elementary school (many years ago) and I can’t wait to share this with my daughter. This again fueled my passion for children’s literature. Can’t wait to share these books with my grandchildren.
What a wonderful episode! Of course, each one is my favorite until I hear the next. :) I too LOVE children’s literature and we own and cherish several books she mentioned. But I also learned so many new (or old?) authors I have never heard of! I can’t wait to try to hunt down some of these books! Thank you, thank you, thank you for what you are doing!
Everything about this podcast was delightful! It is my favorite yet and that is a big deal because I love all of them. Thank you. Thank you.
What a wonderful episode! I went to one of her seminars a couple of years ago. She is so inspiring! Do you think you could get her to come to Spokane? :)
Treasures of the Snow! I saw a movie version as a kid and for the life of me could find no one else who had any memory of it. Then ten years ago or so I read Treasures of the Snow in a book club. It was so satisfying to put it all together!
Hello again:
OK, well I just stumbled upon something on Carole’s website that I hope will help clear up some confusion. Have copied and pasted the following quote from her November-December 2012 newsletter, which reads:
“Carole’s Corner:
This newsletter, as promised, will share with you what I consider to be the four pillars of Western Civilization for young children. They include the complete works of Beatrix Potter, the four Pooh books by A.A. Milne, A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, and Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.”
Interested in learning more? The entire article is on her website.
Happy reading!
Thank you so much for clearing up that confusion!
Hello –
Thank you for the podcast interview with Carole Joy Scheid! So many wonderful recommendations!
Just a couple of comments here:
I think there was a slight misstatement during the part about the “Four Pillars of Western Civilization” – I believe her first recommendation was actually for the complete set of Beatrix Potter tales, including Peter Rabbit, et. al., and not, as she said, for Winnie-the-Pooh. I re- listened to this a couple of times and she referred to Beatrix Potter’s 18-book set of tales earlier in the podcast & I think that’s what she meant to say there.
Also, earlier she talked about “Heidi” by Johanna Spyri as being a “onesie” meaning a stand-alone chapter book. But if your family loves the story of Heidi and craves more of her, there are some more books that follow her life, Heidi Grows Up, and, Heidi and Her Children, that are by another author who loved her story so much he felt it needed to go on and so he picked up where Miss Spyri left off and wrote “the rest of the story” so to speak.
I so adore all of Marguerite de Angeli’s books so it’s sad that her lovely “Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes is out of print, but maybe it can be found in one’s local public library.
Lastly, some libraries have their own little bookstores where they sell donated books to the public and these are places where beautiful children’s book “treasures” can be had for a song! Happy hunting, everyone!
Hi Sarah, continuuing to enjoy these podcasts, since discovering last summer! I always look forward to them- thank you for putting these encouraging audio shows together for us!
I LOVE that you also list the books that were mentioned in the talks at the bottom of the post. However, these are shown by the book image only (which I truly appreciate), but I’d love to have just a written list as well to copy and take to the library afterwards to check out a few good ones for the family! :) Sorry if this is already done somewhere and I haven’t found it yet…
God bless!
Camille
Can anyone explain the difference between the “Complete Set of Winnie the Pooh” and the four books that make up “Pooh’s Library”? The guest mentioned both as two of her four “must-haves” (along with “Wind in the Willows” and “A Children’s Garden of Verses). I was a little confused by that. Also, what did she say about the Beatrix Potter books – something about trying to find a children’s size green cover edition that the author insisted on? Does anyone have an image of these, I didn’t see one above. Finally, what was the book she read with her son who found the Little House books to be too girly? Thanks for a great episode!
Hi, Nicki! I might be able to help a little bit here. :)
The 4 books that make up Pooh’s Library include: Winnie the Pooh, the House at Pooh’s Corner, When We Were Very Young, and Now We are Six. Sarah has the image above — 2nd row, 2nd image from the left.
The other book is The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Tales-Winnie—Pooh/dp/0525457232/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1427336727&sr=1-1&keywords=winnie+the+pooh
Years ago, we bought these a la carte (not the boxed set shown above) and it would seem to me that the Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh is a larger book than just the Winnie the Pooh book in the Pooh Library set. So the Winnie the Pooh in the collection must not hold all of Milne’s stories. Hope that makes sense — and if anyone else believes the contrary, they are free to chime in!
Carole’s point about Beatrix Potter was to try to find the ‘little’ handheld version of her books, because BP wanted children to be able to hold them in their hands. I haven’t ever been able to find them anywhere, as they are now mostly collectibles (as far as I know). You can have a good start with the little board books, in my opinion. But from the interview, it sounds like Carole has her own copy of one of the collectible sets with the original green cloth covers.
The book she read to her son was “Farmer Boy” which is actually part of the Little House on the Prairie collection (the growing up account of Almanzo).
Thank you, Allison! My oldest is 3, so we are just starting to look beyond picture books. I’ve been starting some book lists for later, and this episode was great – though a little confusing and overwhelming – for me! I appreciate the clarification.
I was confused about this too. I have The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh that you mentioned (not the 4 book set) and I just looked in the table of contents and it looks like it includes two of the books in the 4 book set, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House At Pooh Corner. So I am not sure what she is referencing when she says 18 stories. Anyone else know?
I have both. The Complete Tales is indeed Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, together. The only real difference is that the Complete Tales is worth having for the large, colored Sheppard illustrations rather than the small black and white ones. I would recommend the Complete Tales for this reason, and because the print is large and easy to read when you have a pile of children on top of you. But then, if you need to be able to hold the book open with one hand, the compact version is the one for you, and of course the illustrations are still the Sheppard ones.
I do have to say that Winnie-the-Pooh is not “for older kids”, it is indeed universal in its appeal. Milne was one of those brilliant authors who wrote just as well for the 3-4 year old as for the adult, and his works bring only more delight as a child gets older and understands more. So if you have a two year old with a long attention span, go ahead and read them Winnie-the-Pooh. It’s not a book you’ll read aloud only once, so you don’t need to find the “perfect age”. The only danger is that you may find yourself reading one story a day for the next year, as I did. (There are 10 stories in each book, so you’ll be starting over every 20 days.) But you won’t mind, because those bits of witty prose are just so lovely to read as an adult.
Carole meant to say “the complete set of Beatrix Potter.” Those are the 18 books she speaks of. Consequently, that’s why just a few minutes later she refers to A.A. Milne and the Pooh books separately.
great podcast! I just finished reading “Thee Hannah” with my 7 year old. she told me that every time she feels a stop in her mind she knows now she should evaluate whether what she is about to do is good or should be avoided. I love reading good books! it was a lesson she could learn best from a book! I also love hearing all of caroles refrences (living in pennsylvania close to all the historical books she talks of!)
What a fabulous episode! So many good suggestions for classic children’s literature! I’m excited to check out the authors I’m unfamiliar with.
Also, just a quick question–do you know about how far out you are on Let the Kids Speak? My kids left messages a couple of months ago, and I’m not in a hurry for them to be on, but I just thought I’d ask in case something went wrong when we recorded them and they didn’t actually get sent to you. Thanks!
I just checked. :) One of your kiddos will be up in the next episode and the other two will be in the one after that. :)
Between the books that you recommend and the ones elizabeth foss recommends, I have been spending a lot of time tracking down books. Our libraries here in Cleveland do not carry a lot of these books. Is there a “catholic” lending library or Christian lending library? Many of these books do not seem to be available in public libraries. Others that are no longer in print are running $100 for a board book about stations of the cross. Do you have any recommendations about where to borrow or buy more cheaply? Thanks so much. Karen
Try amazon. I have had much success finding books for as low as 1 cent plus shipping. Also try Half-Price Books. If they don’t have in store, they will usually search for you. eBay is another good source.
Thanks Amy. And I hope I didn’t sound critical of our host or elizabeth foss. I love their work and suggestions. I was just hoping there was a borrowing resource that I had not thought of.
I’ll keep my eyes open for more affordable places to buy OOP books or to borrow from a lending library- I can’t think of any off the top of my head. It’s hard to get out of print books, isn’t it?
(p.s. you didn’t sound critical at all!) :)
Try abebooks.com. I have been able to find some out of print there rather cheap. I got a great copy of A Little Princess and The Secret Garden for $13 and $6 respectively. Some offer free shipping and some are $3.99 or so. You can search by new, or used and then by condition, etc.
Sarah, I loved this episode. Carole has SO many great book ideas. I have three kids, ages 5, 3 and 2. I’ve been doing the RAR for a few months now, but I have just been going to the library and picking out whatever I thought “looked good.” So many of them have been duds that I had just about decided I need to start only working from a booklist. Then I heard this episode. I’m so excited to reserve some of these books and get started. :)
This was just delightful! I feel the same way as Carol–sometimes children’s literature just *does it* for me more than ‘adult’ literature does. You should see my bookshelves for proof….and they just keep getting more packed and sagging! ;)
While I was listening I tried checking out my two library systems and so many of these aren’t available in either! I will be able to keep these author names in my head, though, because I’m a big thrifter. Blessings to both of you!
Sarah M