Mindi is joined by Monica Chilbert, an Orthodox Christian wife, mother, homeschool co-op teacher, and of course, avid reader. Monica and Mindi discuss assessing books for their kids, and the role of monsters in books.

Books mentioned:

The Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel

Stuart Little by E.B. White

The Children of the Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

The Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

The Hug Machine by Scott Campbell

Curious George by H.A. Rey

Hortense and the Shadow by Natalia O'Hara

A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

St. George and the Dragon by Jim Forest

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Fables by Arnold Lobel

The Fire Cat by Esther Averill

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro

Phantastes by George MacDonald

The Secrets of Ormdale by Christina Baehr

Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles