S5E65: Building a Home Library with Jeannette Tulis and Sherry Early
As for Literature–to introduce children to literature is to install them in a very rich and glorious kingdom, to bring a continual holiday to their doors, to lay before them a feast exquisitely served. But they must learn to know literature by being familiar with it from the very first. A child’s intercourse must always be with good books, the best that we can find.
Charlotte Mason, Vol. 6, Philosophy of Education, p. 51
Show Summary:
- Our guests on The New Mason Jar podcast today are Jeannette Tulis and Sherry Early
- How Sherry first heard about Charlotte Mason
- How Jeannette started her own home library that then turned into a lending library
- How did Sherry and Jeannette learn what books to collect and what not to bring home?
- Where are the best, budget-friendly places to look for good books to buy?
- How Sherry and Jeannette run their lending libraries
- What are a few of our guests’ favorite books?
Listen Now:
Books and Links Mentioned:
Episode 12: Charlotte Mason Study Groups with Jeannette Tulis
Thrift Store Shopping Without Leaving Your House – Bibioguides
Private Lending Libraries List – Biblioguides
The Card Catalogue – Plumfield and Paideia
Jeannette’s Books About Books List
Jeannette’s Favorite Books by Category List
Jeannette’s Favorite Picture Book Authors List
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Let the Authors Speak by Carolyn Hatcher
All Through the Ages by Christine Miller
Who Should We Then Read, Vols. 1 & 2 by Jan Bloom
Anatole Series by Eve Titus
Henry the Explorer from Purple House Press
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
Obadiah Trio by Brinton Turkle
Deep in the Forest by Brinton Turkle
Little Bear Books by Else Holmelund Minarik
Frog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel
Animals Do the Strangest Things by Arthur and Leonora Hornblow
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Brisley
Sugar Creek Gang Original Series by Paul Hutchens
Clementine Books by Sarah Pennypacker
The Cobble Street Cousins by Cynthia Rylant
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Mothering by the Book by Jennifer Pepito
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble
Find Cindy and Sherry:
Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
Sherry Early’s Blog, Semicolon
When I get a little money, I buy books, and if any is left, I buy food. My luggage is my library. My home is where my books are.
Erasmus
