Literature That Lasts with Paige Gowing | Ep 7

About the Episode: The episode explores what makes a book a "classic" and how books shape the moral and idyllic imaginations of young readers. Our guest, Paige Gowing, a librarian at Liberty Common School, shares insights on the value of classic literature and dispels common misconceptions, while broadening the definition of what makes a book timeless and enduring. About Paige Gowing: Paige is a Librarian at Liberty Common School’s Plato Campus.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Concentration in Creative Writing from Colorado State University and has been working at Liberty since graduation. Before becoming an employee of Liberty Common School, Paige was once a student here. She began attending Liberty in 1997, the same year the school opened.  Referenced Books: Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Invisible Man by Ralph Elison A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith Lord of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo Because of Win Dixie by Kate DiCamillo The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin by Tracy Lee Simmons The Republic by Plato Stick Man by Julia Donaldson The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Square by Mac Barnett The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong by William Kilpatrick To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Connect with Liberty Common School: Liberty Common School Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.libertycommon.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/LibertyCommonSchool/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/libertycommonschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/libertycommonschool