What Makes a Book a Classic?

Show Notes Lisa discusses whether audio listening is cheating and if it counts as reading. There are many teachers, experts, and psychologists with a wide range of opinions on this topic.   Though, most experts agree listening to a book counts as reading. In Readers...

How Green Was My Valley

Show Notes Lisa and Heather Lipe, owner of Woodchuck Arts, discuss How Green Was My Valley by Richard  Llewellyn.   There is great debate about the book because years after Llewellyn’s death, it was discovered that he was not from Wales, according to this story...

The Love Hypothesis

Show Notes Lisa and Heather Lipe, owner of Woodchuck Arts, discuss How Green Was My Valley by Richard  Llewellyn.   There is great debate about the book because years after Llewellyn’s death, it was discovered that he was not from Wales, according to this story...

West with Giraffes

Show Notes Lisa discusses West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge, who wrote a historical fiction book based on the true story of two giraffes being transported from New Jersey to San Diego in 1938 after a horrible hurricane hit their boat.   On Rutledge’s...

Five Books I Can’t Wait to Read

Show Notes Lisa discusses the five books she’s looking most forward to reading this year. Lisa thanked readers for listening.  Five Books she can’t wait to read:  1.     Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 2.     Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 3.     The Measure by Nikki...