In this episode, Diane and Sara talk with the Father-Son writing team, Sam and Josiah Smith about their brand new book, Jack Zulu and the Waylander's Key. Fans of The Green Ember series will love knowing that Josiah has been helping his father with that series for years. This time, however, the tables are turned and this book is Josiah's concept that he shared with his dad. Listen in as we talk about how this book is different from the Green Ember in style, how it reminds Sara of N. D. Wilson, and how it surprised Diane. 

S. D. & J. D. Smith

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This brand new book is available for pre-order on Tuesday, October 4th. You can find out more about the pre-orders here: https://jackzulu.com 

A review of Mark Twain's River Memoir.

Join us for our October Plumfield Reads Book Club: Mark Twain's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc! Thanks to the incredible generosity of Biblioguides, you can listen to this podcast and then join us over at their Mighty Networks community space and join in the discussion! If you know the basics of the life and death of Joan of Arc, you won't find any real spoilers in this episode. 

This book is such a departure from what we expect from Mark Twain that he had it published anonymously so readers would judge the book without prejudice.

I like Joan of Arc best of all my books, and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others needed no preparation and got none.

You can teach your children to read and spell! Read more here: http://plumfieldandpaideia.com/on-teaching-spelling/ 

In this week's episode of Plumfield In Person, Diane and Sara talk with Charlotte Mason homeschooler Kathy Seeger about her journey into becoming a living books librarian and building a lending library in her home. 

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This episode is the third in the Mistmantle Chronicles series. 

This marvelous and funny series opener is a delight! You can read our web review here: http://plumfieldandpaideia.com/all-creatures-jim-herriot/ 

We are glad to welcome Tim Feldhausen back to Plumfield in Person to discuss Tim & Sara's Tuesday Night Classics Club. This time, however, we also welcome Sara's dear friend, Fr. Brad VandenBranden, O. Praem, a priest of St. Nortbert Abbey in DePere, Wisconsin as we discuss their recent book club discussion of Dr. King's Letter From Birmingham Jail. 

If you wish to read this powerful American text, you can find it at Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3IWMqsk 

If you want to hear Dr. King read this letter himself, you can listen at Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATPSht6318o&t=1565s