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December 18, 2018

Inkling by Kenneth Oppel

Imagination literally runs wild in Inkling, the latest middle-grade novel from popular novelist Kenneth Oppel. Inkling by Kenneth Oppel,...

by Janie
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December 17, 2018

Christmas Book Flood (or, Betsy’s Family’s Christmas Eve Book...

Traditions Traditions are marvelous things, aren’t they? The best traditions anchor our celebrations, our family and church life, and...

by Betsy
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December 15, 2018

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street: the Love Your Neighbor Book Club Edition

December is such a wildly busy month: Christmas concerts and recitals and school performances and parties. Travel plans and/or...

by Betsy
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December 14, 2018

The Hungry Cities Chronicles by Philip Reeve

  The movie version of Mortal Engines opens this weekend.  Here’s our original review of the series, originally published...

by Janie
comments 5
December 14, 2018

*God Counts by Irene Sun

More than a simple counting book, God Counts sets out to teach numerically inclined kids what God is like—through...

by Janie
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December 14, 2018

Special God by Julie Mililli

Special God sets out to explain biblical theological concepts to young children and those with special needs. Special God...

by Janie
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December 12, 2018

The Year in Books – RR Staff Reflections

Are you the kind of person who asks, “What have you been reading lately?”  Betsy, Megan, Janie, and Hayley...

by Janie
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December 10, 2018

Miss Betsy’s Book Nook, 2018 edition

It’s time for the annual reporting of what books I, as the Redeemed Reader Managing Editor, buy for those...

by Betsy
comments 4
December 7, 2018

Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict

This historical novel for teens speculates on a maid who influenced steel magnate Andrew Carnegie to become a philanthropist....

by Janie
comments 0
December 6, 2018

One-Size-Fits-All: Read Aloud Gift Books for the Whole Family!

Need a book idea you can give as a “whole family” gift? Perhaps you want to take along a...

by Betsy
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December 5, 2018

The Not-So-Boring Letters of Private Nobody by Matt Landis

Oliver realizes he doesn’t yet know everything about the Civil War in this engaging middle grades novel.  The Not-so-Boring...

by Betsy
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December 4, 2018

Knights vs. Dinosaurs by Matt Phelan

Three boastful knights bite off more than they can chew in this legendary tale by a popular graphic novelist....

by Janie
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