Common Knowledge27 Tammi 2025

Literature That Lasts with Paige Gowing | Ep 7

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

Connect with Liberty Common School:

Liberty Common School Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.libertycommon.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/libertycommonschool

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