A Review of The Redeemed Reader: Cultivating a Child’s Discernment and Imagination Through Truth and Story Add The Redeemed Reader to your school supply list this autumn. This helpful resource is a collaborative effort by the book reviewers at RedeemedReader.com, published by Moody Publishers. Janie Cheaney, Betsy Farquhar, Hayley Morell, and Megan Saben consider the…
If you’re looking to start reading poetry regularly in your family, Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses is an excellent place to begin. You may be surprised at how some of the poems are already familiar to you! The following poem is one of our favorites from the collection, and it comes first…
Our kiddos are no strangers to children’s Bibles. I received The Jesus Storybook Bible as a gift for my first baby shower, and it has long been a frequent read-aloud for all five of our children when they were little. We’ve also enjoyed Catherine Vos’ The Child’s Story Bible as they’ve gotten older, and we…
When I think back to the favorite books of my childhood, books whose tang of atmosphere and illustration are still keen in my mind, one of the first I remember is the series of English country tales known as the Brambly Hedge books. These picture books were so intricately illustrated and vividly told that I…
Four sisters and a mysterious fog banshee? Yes, please! I wasn’t sure what to expect when this book arrived in my mailbox, but as I sat down to write my review, I found myself wishing that I had read the book sooner. Miriam Pittman’s first installment in the Ancora series is as intriguing and rewarding…
It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born. My brother and I were born in London…but our descent, our interest and our joy were in the north country. –Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Potter was born July 28, 1866. She…
The title of this review is a small jab at myself. It took me until the end of The Painted Fairytale, a beautiful new book by Lara d’Entremont, to realize that the book was just that, a fairy tale. This realization prompted me to think more about fairy tales and how to define them. And…
“All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world. I guess you can find that in there, if you dig around.” – EB White
On the Blog Curse, chevrons, and beginnings Ages ago, when all of us moms had family blogs and the predominate color schemes were chocolate and teal—and chevrons were on everything—a friend and I had tea together while our combined half-dozen kids scattered Duplos around her house. “Have you ever noticed,” she asked, reflecting on her own…
Frustration with others is a way of life. Our sinful nature always tends towards “me first” and that struggle is no different whether you are one or ninety-one. There are a myriad of articles and advice out there to parents suggesting the best ways to guide children with handling their emotions and this innate selfish…
I love this story. It is woven into my days as beautifully as Ruth’s life was woven together with Boaz’s.
With all that previous exposure, this retelling is my favorite time reading it yet.
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