Podcast Episodes

RAR #264: How to Read Classics (and Actually Enjoy Them)

Why should we read the classics? 

So many of us want to read and enjoy them, but we don’t want to spend our precious free time feeling like we’re inco…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

RAR #263: Growing in Confidence as a Homeschool Mama with the RAR Team

In this episode, RAR Community Manager Kelsey Murphy and I sat down to tackle some of your listener questions. 

We put our heads together to answer qu…

10 months ago

RAR #262: Every Question Is a Doorway, with Jonathan Auxier

Today, one of my very favorite authors returns to Read-Aloud Revival. 

You know him as the author of Sweep, The Night Gardener, the Peter Nimble serie…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

RAR #261: Why the Modern Myths of Tolkien & Lewis Feel So True

One of my favorite reads of 2024 was The Myth Makers by John Hendrix.

This gorgeous graphic novel tells the story of the remarkable friendship of C. S…

11 months ago

RAR #260: The Woman Behind Narnia’s Iconic Illustrations

What comes to mind when you think of C. S. Lewis’s Narnia and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?

There’s a good chance a lot of us are seeing ver…

11 months, 1 week ago

Best of RAR: How Read-Alouds Inspired the Wingfeather Saga with Andrew Peterson

Today, I’m thrilled to share a peek at the riches inside RAR Premium, our online community that helps you make meaningful and lasting connections wit…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

RAR #259: Books Take You Places

Have you ever read a book and felt like you’d actually been to that place?

Me too. Once, while standing in line at an amusement park, I met a couple w…

1 year ago

Best of RAR: Reading for Fun is More Important than You Think

Lately here at RAR we’ve been talking about reading for refreshment—reading for the pure joy of it—and how our own reading lives can be a source of e…

1 year ago

RAR #258: How Picture Book Illustrations Tell Half the Story with Charles Santoso

Dear Duck, Please Come! is the most fun I’ve ever had writing a book. 

But writing the words is only half the story for a picture book. Which is why t…

1 year, 1 month ago

RAR #257: You Can Be Refreshed by Your Reading Life

At the start of a new year, we are overwhelmed with the phrase “New Year, new you!” And of course, we want to be better wives, better mothers, and be…

1 year, 1 month ago