Ep27. Children’s Literature | The Sacramental Imagination w/ Brittany Inzeo
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Episode Description
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” JonMarc and Teresa are joined by Brittany Inzeo, a “3rd generation book lover” from “Good Books for Catholic Kids: A Catholic Parent's Guide to Worthwhile Literature”. She is devoted to helping parents fill their homes with what is true, good, and beautiful.
Notes
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” JonMarc and Teresa are joined by Brittany Inzeo, a “3rd generation book lover” from “Good Books for Catholic Kids: A Catholic Parent's Guide to Worthwhile Literature”. She is devoted to helping parents fill their homes with what is true, good, and beautiful.
Check out Brittany’s work and BOOK LIST at GoodBooksForCatholicKids.Com.
CS Lewis quote: “Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What they give the child is his first clear idea of the defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.”
Books
CS Lewis Space Trilogy - READ IT!!!!!!! Don’t let another day go by!!!! We suggest the audio version for your first read through: https://www.audible.com/series/Ransom-Trilogy-Audiobooks/B007FF5S4Q
Book: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/cs-lewis/197235/
Elsa Besko: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/elsa-beskow/257338/
Shirley Hughes: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/shirley-hughes/264572/
Jan Brett: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/jan-brett/200842/
Ruth Sanderson: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/ruth-sanderson/215724/
Andrew Lang “fairy” books: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/andrew-lang/204952/
Flower Fairy series: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/cicely-mary-barker/217860/
Jonathan Bean: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/jonathan-bean/263908/
CS Lewis The Great Divorce (purgatory): https://ourladyofgracebookstore.com/great-divorce
Life of Fred Math series (JonMarc and Teresa cannot recommend these enough!!): https://www.lifeoffred.uniquemath.com (perhaps start with Life of Fred Apples, ordered from your inter-library loan).
CS Lewis “Narnia” sereis: https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/the-chronicles-of-narnia-chronological-order/37221/
Beatrix Potter auidobook (our favorite version): https://www.audible.com/pd/Timeless-Tales-of-Beatrix-Potter-Audiobook/B00IZMHQSE
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Timestamps
11:55 - Why are children’s stories important to the development of the mind and empathy.
23:23 - What does a home full of books look like?
26:15 - How to BEGIN reading more books (or how to begin reading books to your KIDS)
30:30 - What makes “classic” literature?
32:51 - IT’S OKAY TO HAVE SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!
36:15 - Why are modern children’s material unbearably dumb to adults?!
