It doesn’t get much cuter than Julie Sawyer Phillips’ “Really Woolly” character illustrations. And coupled with Bible stories set to rhyme in a board book with easy words children can understand, Really Woolly Bible Stories makes the perfect read-aloud with my almost-3-year-old and 1-year-old. Bonnie Rickner Jensen covers the highlights of the Bible, from Creation…
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. …
My recipe book falls open to page 402 every time, the page with our new favorite recipe: potato bread. Homemade bread made with homegrown potatoes—you can’t get much better than that! And we love to make at least one of the loaves each batch into a cinnamon swirl loaf my daughter calls “Cinn’ Bread.” The…
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…
Susette Kelo and I have two things in common: red hair and little pink houses. “Doesn’t the house look great?” Susette asked. The seller looked disgusted. “Pink?” she asked, then insisted it was not right for the period of the house. “That’s not true,” Susette said. “I got the color right off the historic paint…
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.
Here on the farm we are not only attuned to the seasons: we live according to them. The season just past has been one of rest and renewal. As much as I’m not fond of winter weather, I adore the time it gives me with my husband, and he with our girls. I’m already dreading…
The End.
The End.
