# RAR #238: How Books Make Us Better, Happier Moms

An episode of [Read-Aloud Revival ®](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/870178510), 8 Feb 2024, 38 min.

Audio: https://media.transistor.fm/21a513d2/ee825538.mp3

✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ This year at Read Aloud Revival, we’re focusing on reading for joy. It’s so easy for reading to become another thing on your to-do list, but when we make reading a source of joy, of respite from our busy lives, it’s like running into a clear creek on a hot, dusty hike. Nurturing your reading life nurtures you, which in turn helps us be better moms, better homeschoolers, better parents, better women. Today I’m joined by Jennifer Pepito, creator of The Peaceful Press, which offers fabulous curriculum for homeschoolers, and she is the author of our spring RAR Premium Mama Book Club pick, Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy. In this episode, you’ll hear: • How fiction can teach us as much about parenting our kids as a bevy of parenting manuals • Why connecting with your kids is the heart of homeschooling • Finding the balance between giving your all to mothering and letting go of the outcomes Learn more about Sarah Mackenzie: • Read Aloud Revival • Waxwing Books • Subscribe to the Newsletter Find the rest of the show notes at: readaloudrevival.com/how-books-make-us-better-moms

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