Building Strong Memories Through Shared Bedtime Stories | Episode 284

Today, we are talking about the power of reading together as a family and some practical tips for how you can start to make that change in your family life. Rachel Winchester sits down with her husband Jesse, their family’s main bedtime narrator, to talk about what reading together as a family looks like in their home and to share some of their favorite books with you.

In this episode, you will hear about:

  • How family read-aloud time has grown and changed through different ages and stages
  • The bedtime routine that centers around prayer, gratitude, and reading together
  • Challenges of keeping the habit—and why the rewards outweigh them
  • Favorite children’s authors and books our family has loved through the years
  • Why protecting time for reading aloud builds connection, joy, and family culture

Listen in!

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

By Lois Lenski:

  • “Policeman Small”
  • “Cowboy Small”
  • “The Little Auto”
  • “Little Airplane”
  • “Papa Small”
  • “The Little Sailboat”
  • “Lois Lenski’s Big, Big Book of Mr. Small” (a collection)

By Robert McCloskey:

  • “Burt Dow”
  • “Make Way for Ducklings”
  • “One Morning in Maine”
  • “Lentil”
  • “Blueberries for Sal”
  • “Homer Price”
  • “Centerburg Tales” (mentioned, not yet read)

By Marguerite de Angeli:

  • “Yonie Wondernose”
  • “Thee, Hannah!” (referred to as “The Hannah” in the transcript; context indicates “Thee, Hannah!”)

EB White:

  • “Charlotte’s Web”
  • “The Trumpet of the Swan”

By Roald Dahl:

  • “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”
  • “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator”
  • “James and the Giant Peach”
  • “The Twits”

By Wilson Rawls:

  • “Where the Red Fern Grows”

By Fred Gipson:

  • “Old Yeller”

By C.W. Anderson:

  • The “Billy and Blaze” series, including:
    • “Billy and Blaze”
    • “Blaze and the Forest Fire”
    • “Blaze and Thunderbolt”
    • “Blaze and the Mountain Lion”
    • “Blaze Shows the Way”

By Gary Paulsen:

  • “Hatchet”
  • “The River”

By Patricia MacLachlan:

  • “Sarah, Plain and Tall”
  • “Skylark”
  • “Caleb’s Story”
  • (Two more in the series are mentioned, but not specified by title)

By Elizabeth Yates:

  • “Mountain Born”
  • “A Place for Peter”

By John Bunyan (adapted children’s version):

  • “Dangerous Journey” (a children’s version of “Pilgrim’s Progress”)

By C.S. Lewis:

  • “The Chronicles of Narnia” series (multiple books; not all listed individually)

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