Common Knowledge

Literature That Lasts with Paige Gowing | Ep 7

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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


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