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Kindling Imagination for Kingdom Anticipation

The Warren & The World Vol 13, Issue 19

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Thank you! With your help, we were able to meet and surpass our goal for the Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb book and video game! Don’t worry—even if you didn’t back the project, you’ll get to enjoyt he products when they come. We can wait to get these into your hands.

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2025 Reader’s Choice + Books of the Year

Our friends at Redeemed Reader have created an excellent list of books.

  • The Redeemed Reader team has long wanted to launch our own Book of the Year Award. Why? First, we wanted to acknowledge the many excellent books written from both Christian and secular sources. Many good book awards exist for each of those spheres, but it is rare to see them both included.
    Second, we have each served on book award committees before, and they are very rewarding (and challenging). Third, we know our audience best, and we wanted to acknowledge books that are the best in their category for our audience.
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Rest and Renewal in Christ

Maria Currey reminds us of where true rest is.

  • Summer is upon us and with it comes vacations and times to get away. What speaks rest and renewal to you? Soothing surf-sounds and sand in your toes? Cruising to your dream destination with vacation days sprawling ahead? Manis and pedis at the spa? While rest and renewal may imply luxurious escape, there is a much deeper, eternally lavish rest and renewal offered in Christ.
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When You Need Soft Words for Hard Days

Aundi Kolber offers us soft words.

  • Sometimes I’ve wished for different story, but there is no gentle way to say this:
    For most of my life, I was terrified of my dad.
    Truth be told, I had reason to be. For decades I fantasized about what it might be like to have a dad who embodied the God I have come to know and love and give my life to. But my reality was so very different.
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Meeting the Master Artists: Paul Cezanne Unit Study

Emily at Table Life Blog has curriculum for studying one of the greats.

Want to add the life and art of Paul Cezanne to your homeschool lineup? Here’s a great collection of resources to help you customize a Paul Cezanne Unit Study to enjoy with your students.
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Reading with Remmy: A Review

Erica Robertson reviews a new picture book by Gina Gallagher.

  • Between mouthfuls of oatmeal, my daughter handed me a book. “Can you read this to
    me?” she said, “It’s my favorite book!” It was Gina Gallagher’s sweet book, Reading with
    Remmy.
    Three things I should tell you about our family before I continue:
    We love children.
    We love dogs.
    We love to read.
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Summer Reading… from Chore to Adventure

Sarah Dixon Young reframes summer reading.

  • When someone mentions a summer reading list, I think of the year I switched schools. It was before fifth grade, and I had never heard of a summer reading list.
    I felt the full impact of that terrible list. The books were hard. They were boring. They were long.
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Something to Do with Your Kids

If you love Nemo, then this clownfish craft is for you!

Something to Watch

Who loves a doughnut? Josh and Ollie do.

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side. 

–The Story Warren Team

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