¿Qué hace que un buen libro sea bueno? Crítica literaria para los grados intermedios

As a published author of fiction and nonfiction for both children and adults, an artist and a performer, I believe in the cultural power and intellectual benefits of great literature, art and music.  My homeschooling methodology is humanities based with an emphasis on the written word.  Our civilization depends on a citizenry fluent in the great written works of history through which we learn what it means to be human, and how to succeed as a people and a species.