Books about books. Books about letters. Books with letters about books. For this bibliophile who loves letters, you can’t get much better than those combinations! All of which are found in two titles I just discovered: 84, Charing Cross Road and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. They have books and wartime in common. …
I’ve placed plenty of orders from online bookstores. Amazon.com, Half.com, even a purchase or two from Barnes and Noble and Abe Books. But last month was the first online book order I’d ever received of which each book was wrapped carefully in brown paper and tied with a string. It’s amazing we didn’t drool all…
I almost didn’t buy The Wednesday Letters at the book sale the other day. But it was about letters. And the summary on the back looked promising.
I’ve listened to his voice over the airwaves for hundreds of hours. I was homeschooled because of one of his radio broadcasts. But when I sat down to read his latest book, I realized I’d never read any one of his more than thirty books from cover to cover. Of course, I still haven’t. Because…
When my grandmother came to visit last month, we took her to our favorite little bookstore, and she told me to pick out some books for the girls. I had fun browsing, and ended up with two titles I’d heard about on the radio. I’ve long been fascinated with the idea of using catechism to…
You’ve heard about Patty Reed’s Doll. You’ve read of Hitty. And of course everyone knows Raggedy Ann. But have you ever read The Story of Delicia? It was my grandmother’s book. I grew up reading a photocopy of the precious original, that was enclosed with pink construction paper to match the pink board cover of…
Whenever I feel all mixed up, unsure of what to do, please show me what the right path is and help me follow you. -This Little Prayer of Mine I like the words, my 2-year-old daughter loves the pictures. Just how a children’s story book should be. But This Little Prayer of Mine is more…
A Promise Kept. Such a simple phrase. In a short little book. With a lifetime of meaning. My husband’s grandfather already had Alzheimer’s when I met him. I only saw Grandpa twice. I only saw a shadow of the personality that was his. But Grandpa’s military photo from the 1940’s? That smile is the same…
Ralph Moody’s Little Britches series is like the book Farmer Boy, times eight, but with biblical principles held high and important life lessons passed on from father to son.
The photos I shared in the March of Books bookshelves photo gallery over at ylcf.org were realistic—they showed the bookshelves of our little pink house as they appear right now. But I was thinking back to all the different ways we’ve arranged our books through the past four years, and had to share a few…
Eloise Wilkin has always been my favorite children’s book illustrator. In fact, she’s probably my very favorite illustrator ever (excepting my husband’s drawings of classic cars and my daughter’s “pictures,” of course!). I grew up with my parents reading me the Golden Sturdy Shape Book versions of My Good Morning Book and My Good Night…
Sometimes I have to laugh at the varied reading material we have sitting on our coffee table. Hot Rod magazine right next to the latest issue of No Greater Joy. The Ezzo’s Childwise beneath Ginger Plowman’s Don’t Make Me Count to Three on heart-oriented discipline (coming more from the same perspective than you might guess). …
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