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BiblioFiles: A CenterForLit Podcast about Great Books, Great Ideas, and the Great Conversation CenterForLit
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In which the CenterForLit staff embarks on a quest to discover the Great Ideas of literature in books of every description: ancient classics to fresh bestsellers; epic poems to bedtime stories. This podcast is a production of The Center for Literary Education and is a reading companion for teachers, homeschoolers, and readers of all stripes.
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Juvenile and YA Fiction: Conclusion
In the final episode of our season on Juvenile and YA Fiction, the entire CenterForLit crew gathers to reminisce about how they got hooked on reading as children. We also discuss how to go about guiding young readers through the current environment of juvenile and YA literature.
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American Adventure Stories for Boys
Forever Island by Patrick D. Smith
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
John Paul Jones by Vincent Brown
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Cat of Bubastes by G.A. Henty
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Mara: Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
The Box Car Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
The Littles by John Peterson
The Complete Brambly Hedge by Jill Barklem
Stuart Little by E.B. White
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
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Juvenile and YA Fiction: John Green
Emily joins Ian in this episode to talk about our first author who writes solely in the YA genre: John Green. They discuss what makes his work so different from others we’ve covered this season and what that means for parents and readers who want to benefit from his rich, literary voice.
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Turtles All the Way Down
Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction by Nick Ripatrazone
Vlog Brothers
Crash Courses
“Has this artist ever seen a baby?”
Heavyweight #37: John Green
The Anthropocene Reviewed
Looking for Alaska
The Fault in our Stars
Paper Towns
An Abundance of Katherines
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
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Juvenile and YA Fiction: Jeanne Birdsall
In this episode, Megan joins Ian to talk about the magic of Jeanne Birdsall’s Penderwicks series. They discuss what it is about this series that appeals so well to audiences of all ages and what that can teach us about good writing for young readers.
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The Penderwicks Boxed Set
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
The Penderwicks in Spring
The Penderwicks at Last
Harry Potter Boxed Set
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
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Juvenile and YA Fiction: Gary D. Schmidt
What can CenterForLit’s favorite children’s author teach us about the difference between juvenile and YA fiction? Adam and Missy sit down with Ian in this episode to talk about what makes the work of Gary D. Schmidt so special.
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BiblioFiles Episode #19: An Interview with Author Gary D. Schmidt
Orbiting Jupiter
Okay for Now
The Labors of Hercules Beal
Straw Into Gold
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
The Wednesday Wars
Just Like That
A Long Road on a Short Day by Elizabeth Stickney and Gary D. Schmidt
Pay Attention, Carter Jones
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Juvenile and YA Fiction: Mystery Novels
The next genre we're discussing this season has a special place in Andrews family lore. By tradition, each new generation is handed a mystery novel as they come of age to encourage a lifetime love of reading. Adam joins Ian in this episode to discuss his own affinity for the genre, and the two reminisce about their first encounters with detective fiction.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Father Brown Mysteries by G.K. Chesterton
Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Hardy Boys Starter Set
Encyclopedia Brown Box Set by Donald J. Sobol
In the Woods by Tana French
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz
Nancy Drew Starter Set
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Juvenile and YA Fiction: Dystopia!
No other genre has been influenced by the emergence of YA fiction quite like dystopian literature. In this episode, Megan and Emily join Ian to compare recent dystopian contributions aimed at young adults like Divergent and The Hunger Games to 20th century classics like 1984 and Lord of the Flies.
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The How to Eat an Elephant podcast
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Mazerunner by James Dashner
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Divergent by Veronica Roth
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Utopia by Sir Thomas More
Plato’s Republic
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Dune by Frank Herbert
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
The Space/Ransom Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
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