TLC 007: How to Cultivate Moral Imagination with Andrew Pudewa – Part 2 of 2

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This is part two of my interview with Andrew Pudewa! We’ll consider how children’s stories and fairy tales can teach virtue and truth.

Highlights from this episode:

• truths learned from fairy tales
• how truths are communicated through literature
• how stories teach virtue
• why wonder and imagination are important for children and adults
• how to navigate through a sometimes-scary library

Fairy Tale Resources Mentioned:

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• Fairy Tales and the Moral Imagination
• The Yellow Fairy Book – edited by Andrew Lang
• The Red Fairy Book – edited by Andrew Lang
• The Blue Fairy Book – edited by Andrew Lang
• The Green Fairy Book – edited by Andrew Lang
• The Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Mysteries of Life in Children’s Literature – Mitchell Kalpakgian
• Tending the Heart of Virtue – Vigen Guroian
• Pinocchio – Carlo Collodi
• Orthodoxy – G. K. Chesterton
• “The Ethics of Elfland“
• Grimm’s Fairy Tales– Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
• The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen – edited by Maria Tatar
• Timeline of Classics: Historical Context for the Good and Great Books – Gail Ledbetter
• Nurturing Competent Communicators
• The Four Language Arts
• However Imperfectly – Andrew Pudewa
• Response to Literature

Other Related Resources:

• TLC006 : How to Cultivate Moral Imagination with Andrew Pudewa – Part 1
• TLC 001a : Teaching Literature in the Classroom with Donna Seidman – Part 1 of 2
• TLC 002 : Teaching Literature in the Classroom with Donna Seidman – Part 2 of 2

That’s it for today! Thanks again to Andrew Pudewa for two fantastic episodes.

Sadly, I confess that I was not a fan of fairy tales UNTIL Andrew convinced me otherwise!

Just curious…what is your feeling about fairy tales? Do you read them in your home or in your classroom?

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