Chapter House

We made books built to outlast us. Cloth bound with smyth-sewn bindings, printed in the United States. Twelve children's classics across four box sets, Æsop to Shakespeare. Chapter House is open for pre-order. Our first limited print run will ship in June. chapter.house

@BhagArjunBhag @SoulCultivated Alfred Church’s The Story of the Odyssey is exactly this chapter.house/products/chapt…

@SoulCultivated is there any which is written like a generic novel?

There are more than 60 English translations of The Odyssey. So which one should you read? Here’s how six major translations differ. 1. Robert Fagles Reads like a novel. A common classroom choice. 2. Richmond Lattimore The scholar's translation. Closest to the Greek. 3. Robert Fitzgerald The most literary. Formal, musical, and long a standard in American classrooms. 4. Stanley Lombardo Closer to how the poem would be read aloud. Popular for performance and teaching. 5. Emily Wilson Plain and direct. Written in iambic pentameter. 6. Alexander Pope The great historical translation. Written in heroic couplets, ornate, elevated, and far less literal than the others. Which translation would you choose?

Imagine a society where people dress like grown-ups again.

@hannahcenters Time to clean the nest

My 7 year old had a great time with these sentences. Can anyone spot why?

Today’s reading

Enter to win copies of Chapter I and Chapter II!

@JDVance @SharylAttkisson We would be honored to send Alec a set of books! @SLOTUS

@RolandGunnTN Just turn your home into a library.

@CatImperator Not yet

@ChHouseBooks hmm, there is no way to buy separate books - for instance, Illiad and Odyssey?

We made books built to outlast us. Cloth bound with smyth-sewn bindings, printed in the United States. Twelve children's classics across four box sets, Æsop to Shakespeare. Chapter House is open for pre-order. Our first limited print run will ship in June. chapter.house

@TheWorthyHouse @jcenters Thank you, they look great!

Library posting: new additions to the Children’s Library, from Chapter House, @ChHouseBooks and @jcenters!

@brubarian We are glad you love them!

My girls (2 & 4) love this book from @ChHouseBooks - and so do I. The art attracts their attention. And the simple but elegant language conveys moral lessons in short stories that help me as an adult view the world. Can’t give high enough praise.

@BridgetPhetasy @bethanyshondark @TheMomWars ❤️

@bethanyshondark @ChHouseBooks @TheMomWars The best

I had a wonderful conversation with @ChHouseBooks this week on my @TheMomWars podcast. Check the show notes for a chance to win the first two volumes! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mom…

"How can you not be inspired to be brave when you hear about Beowulf showing up and saying 'You got a problem? I'll solve it.' No heading that says 'Today's lesson is about courage.' No worksheet at the end." @jcenters & @hannahcenters on living books vs dead textbooks.

You have all these great ideas, all these great things you want to do, but you don't have the tenacity. You don't have the courage to go out and try. You end up just drifting through life." @jcenters & @hannahcenters on what education gets wrong.

In other kid adventures, my daughter tore off a bunch of paper towels, put them on her head, and told us she was George Washington.

This was an absolute pleasure. @jcenters and @hannahcenters are doing God’s work at @ChHouseBooks. Read old books aloud to your children. Stay away from fiat books.

@MartyBent @jcenters @hannahcenters Thank you, Marty!

We cannot stand to listen to ourselves, so please let us know how we did! Thanks so much to @MartyBent for inviting us on!