This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by her mom, Susie Butterworth who shares her suggested PG books for sensitive readers.
All of the books discussed in this episode can be purchased at The Bookshelf:
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

Anne of Green Gables by by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy

Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Henry

Educated by Tara Westover

The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey

Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain

The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

Stand All the Way Up by Sophie Hudson

Little House on the Prairie collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Betsy-Tacy Treasury collection by Maud Hart Lovelace

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland

Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

All-of-a-Kind Family Book Series by Sydney Taylor

We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Mother to Son by Jasmine L. Holmes

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor

The Crosswicks Journal Series by Madeline L’’Engle

A Rhythm of Prayer by Sarah Bessey

Miracles and Other Reasonable Things by Sarah Bessey


From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 
Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 
This week Annie is reading Tiny Imperfections by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans and Susie is reading Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin.
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