Once upon a time, a little girl grew up to draw pictures.

These pictures would wing their way into millions of hands around the world, maybe even yours.

But who was the woman behind these beloved illustrations?

From Narnia to Middle Earth,

Pauline Baines brought worlds to life with her art.

And now, Waxwing Books presents

Painting Wonder,

how Pauline Baines illustrated the worlds of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.

It's a new picture book biography for the whole family,

written and illustrated by Katie Ray Shone. Pre-order the book now at Waxwingbooks.com or text the word

Narnia to 3377777 and let the wonder begin.

Welcome to the Read Aloud Revival.

I'm your host, Sarah McKenzie.

Right now, around here, we have been talking all about reading for refreshment, reading

for the joy of it, really letting books in our reading lives be a source of energy and

delight in our very busy days as mothers, even in our busiest seasons, in fact, as mothers.

And today I'm excited to revisit a favorite episode that I did a while back called

Reading for Fun is More important than you think.

No, one thing that's particularly fun for me about this episode is that my 19-year-old son

listened to it last summer. He was working at a landscaping company and he would listen to

audiobooks and podcasts while he was mowing.

And after he listened to this one, he texted me to tell me how good it was. He said, I thought I

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