Have you heard people chatting about living books and wondered what they mean? I was introduced to the term several years ago when I first read Charlotte Mason’s first volume, Home Education. Since then, I've been hooked on only reading good, living books with my kids. Thanks to my love of beautiful illustrations and good writing, the picture books I read to them as toddlers were already living books, although I didn't know to call them that at the time. When it came time to start formal …