Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 14, Issue 9

Hi everyone,

In honor of Middle Grade March, we’ve got some great deals on our eBooks all month long. This weekend only, you can get the following titles free:

• The Green Ember
• Ember Falls

And these titles for just 99¢:

• Ember’s End
• Ember Rising

Around the Web

The Passage in The Lord of the Rings Tolkien Couldn’t Read Without Weeping. “What makes that moment so powerful? It’s the sudden awakening of deep hope. A hope not grounded in self or chance or likelihood but in something metaphysical. A cosmic, objective foundation underlying all things. A good and living God is there.”

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Christlike Work in a Burnout Society. “The restoration of work is made possible through Christ’s death and resurrection. On the cross, Jesus took our shame, arrogance, overwork, and laziness so we could be forgiven. Christians receive Christ’s love not because of our performance but because of his. And as recipients of grace, we get to join God in his work of restoring creation.”

Don’t forget to jump in and support our friends Tangerine Games as they Kickstart their tabletop game, Kaelora.

Around the Warren

On Monday we kicked off our month-long celebration of Middle Grade March! Visit the post for all the info, including downloads of middle-grade reading bingo cards. We have some big giveaways planned, too! Don’t miss out.

Wednesday’s post brought us a needed reminder about the Roots and Wings that great stories can offer our kids. “Rather than cast them adrift to fend for themselves, I wanted to give them roots that would anchor them. I wanted them to be planted deeply in the stories, legends, and tales of our family, our culture, and our faith.”

Something to do with your kids

This weekend marks the birthday of author Kenneth Grahame, who blessed us with the children’s classic The Wind in the Willows. Here are some printables to go along with the story (and watch for a Story Warren post about him this Monday!).

Something to watch

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Kelly Keller is the managing editor of Story Warren. She has her BS in Elementary Education from Messiah University and has taught various ages, but her favorite was worldview and literature with high school students. The “gap” in her resume is actually a window of eighteen years of homeschooling, which she recommends as an effective, though demanding, way of expanding one’s home library.

When she’s not behind her laptop, Kelly enjoys live music, baseball, reading great books, and traveling with her husband, David. Kelly hails from beautiful snowy New England, but after nearly two decades in North Carolina, she feels right at home.

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