60 episodes
Bright Wings: Children’s Books to Make the Heart Soar Charity Hill
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- Kids & Family
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5.0 • 30 Ratings
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How do you know a good book when you see it? What books are really worth reading? The purpose of this conversation is to help mothers and fathers identify books that will liberate their children to embrace truth, goodness, and beauty. We’ll be pondering questions of life and lifestyle as we seek to become people who live deeply and read deeply, drawing our children into the adventure of reading and living.
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What ARE Truth, Beauty, and Goodness...and How Do I Find Them In Books?!
We love the words truth, goodness, and beauty...but if someone asked us to explain what these are, maybe we'd be flummoxed? In this episode, Charity puts flesh into these concepts: Charity helps us see truth, identify beauty, and recognize goodness in children's books and gives us concrete examples of these concepts from books we know. After she walks us through her own book discernment process, Charity dispels two common myths that prevent us from being responsible literary guardians.
You can print this amazing LITERATURE DISCERNMENT WORKSHEET
Find quick book recommendations by following Charity on Instagram.
Enjoy essays on the Bright Wings' blog OR find great book lists personally crafted with you in mind! -
HOW Fiction Educates for a Life of Virtue
Why do we read? Two views predominate! Some want children to read (classic works of) fiction because fiction is a useful tool. Fiction illustrates or instructs children in the moral life. Others want children to read because reading is pleasurable--and they resist any attempts to make fiction serve a purpose because reading fiction is not about utility. Yet, there is a third way! Charity leads us to Aristotle, Jesus, and Aquinas, to understand what integrated virtue is. We'll see HOW fiction works in the life of Ignatius of Loyola. And we'll dive into some aesthetics with Charity as she shows us how Beauty in fiction impacts desire and action. Charity shows us how Beauty is the cause of the greatest conversions--from the inside out.
This podcast is based on a breakout session Charity gave at ICLE's National Conference in July 2023.
Find quick book recommendations by following Charity on Instagram.
Enjoy essays on the Bright Wings' blog OR find great book lists personally crafted with you in mind! -
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Charity updates us on how she spent her summer: Where she traveled with her family, what work she's done for Well-Read Mom, and the two talks Charity presented at the national conference for the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education. Then, Charity shares some Big News that may impact Bright Wings: Children's Books.
Find quick book recommendations by following Charity on Instagram.
Enjoy essays on the Bright Wings' blog OR find great book lists personally crafted with you in mind! -
Back to the Bright Before, Interview with Author Katherin Nolte
What do you do when your life comes crashing down around you? Join Charity and author Katherin Nolte, author of Back to Bright Before, as they dig into this and other beautiful questions posed by Katherin's first novel. In this chiaroscuro book, sweetness and tradgedy contend in the life of one young family. Katherin also shares about how to write a book as a homeschooling mother. What is it like to craft a realistic-mystical story that shows that hope is stronger than despair? Discover a new favorite book for your 8-12 year old in Back to the Bright Before! Happy summer reading!
Find quick book recommendations by following Charity on Instagram.
Enjoy essays on the Bright Wings' blog OR find great book lists personally crafted with you in mind! -
Why I Hate Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, has sold more than 2.5 million copies. What's not to love in this landmark survival story? Charity shares our pleasure for all the good parts of Hatchet and asks us to take a closer look at some of the larger claims the book makes--especially to our boys--about identity, competency, hope, and survival.
Check out:
The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick
For Further Reading:
Torn Asunder: Children, the Myth of the Good Divorce, and the Recovery of Origins edited by Margaret Harper McCarthy
Find quick book recommendations by following Charity on Instagram.
Enjoy essays on the Bright Wings' blog OR find great book lists personally crafted with you in mind! -
Stories for Strong Boys With Dr. William Hamant
Everyone is happy to promote "girl power," and we did our own version of that theme in Episode 18: Stories for Strong Girls. But what about our boys? Is there something distinctive about being a boy? What is good about being a boy? Dr. William Hamant joins Charity to discuss what is positive and distinctive about masculinity. He reflects upon what masculinity reveals about what it means to be human. Dr. Hamant supports his insights with literature and poetry and wise experience.
PRINTABLE LIST of Best Books for Boys
Poetry quoted by Dr. William Hamant:
"When Nature Wants a Man" by Angela Morgan
"Man in the Arena" by Theodore Roosevelt OR a print-and-frame version!
"Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
To learn more about what is happening to boys and men:
Honestly podcast, "Why We Must Save Our Boys" Youtube video, "Avoiding School Shootings and The Boy Crisis"Honestly podcast, "Why Men Seek Danger"Find quick book recommendations by following Charity on Instagram.
Enjoy essays on the Bright Wings' blog OR find great book lists personally crafted with you in mind!
Customer Reviews
📚wonderful podcast for busy parents.
These podcasts are so helpful. I enjoy the adult reflections she gives when she reviews a topic or book. The length of her podcasts are also perfect! Her brevity soaks to her ability to be clear and concise. I appreciate this as a busy mom who is often catching a podcast between activities.
I also have enjoyed the interviews. She picks the right topics and is able to pull out questions we all want to know. I appreciate that too!
Picking out books was easy but as my kids have aged i feel I’m playing catch-up. I appreciate the feedback and variety Charity offers. I’m always holding my library app open during her podcasts ready to reserve my next set of books!
So helpful!
My children are voracious readers, and we’re always looking for high quality books for them to read. Its not easy to find the best of the best, especially with books that have come out since I was a child decades ago! Charity’s podcast is helping us find excellent materials to nourish their hearts and souls, things we wouldn’t have been able to find otherwise. Thank you Bright Wings and Charity Hill!
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness
Charity’s insights are peaceful and thought-provoking. Thank you!
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