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Read-Aloud Revival ®

RAR #85: Reading “Messy” Books About Hard Topics with Kids

Read-Aloud Revival ®

Sarah Mackenzie

Education, Reading, Read-aloud, Parenting, Books, How To, Kids & Family, Teaching From Rest, Homeschool

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Do you get nervous when reading books about hard topics with your kids? You're not alone. Today, we're digging in to how to do it well.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, hey, Sarah McKenzie here popping into ask, have you seen the updates we've recently

0:10.4

made to our booklists at readaloudrevival.com?

0:14.6

You can now filter our booklists by the ages of your kids, by formats like picture books,

0:20.5

audiobooks, graphic novels, by topics, and by times of year.

0:25.5

Our booklists are sort of what we're known for.

0:29.4

They're highly curated, we've read every book on them, and I've selected books on each

0:34.9

list because I think they're darn near a guaranteed win for a readaloud for your family.

0:42.1

Head to readaloudrevival.com and click booklists in the top menu bar, or you can just text

0:49.6

the word books to the number 33777 and I'll send the booklist right to your phone.

0:56.9

If you're not sure what to read next, there's an RAR booklist for that.

1:02.2

Happy reading!

1:19.6

You're listening to the Readaloudrevival podcast.

1:27.3

This is the podcast that helps you make meaningful and lasting connections with your kids through

1:32.2

books.

1:34.8

Hey there, Sarah McKenzie here.

1:43.1

This is Episode 85 of the Readaloudrevival podcast and thank you as always for joining

1:48.6

me for today's show.

1:50.9

First things first, if you are anywhere near Greenville, South Carolina, Fort Worth, Texas,

1:57.2

Cincinnati, Ohio, Ontario, California, or St. Louis, Missouri, then I want you to know

2:02.7

that I'm headed your way.

2:04.6

I'm speaking at the Great Home School Commensions in all five of those cities in the upcoming

2:09.5

months.

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