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Bible Reading Challenge, Week 20
By emily |
THE NATION: Saul The people wanted a king, so God let them have their way. Saul is crowned, and everything is coming up roses for ...
Read More In Memory – Picture Books For Memorial Day
By Janie Cheaney |
Memorial Day, like Veterans Day, is one of those overlooked observances that to government, library, and bank employees means a chance to catch up or ...
Read More Posts for Laid-Back Parent Wanna-bes
By emily |
With summer approaching, I'm frantically trying to piece together a summer "curriculum" for my kids, as well as researching what we'll study next fall. Exciting ...
Read More Thriving at College: An Interview with Alex Chediak
By emily |
A handbook of practical wisdom for the would-be college student. Essential summer read for every incoming freshman.--Dr. Gene Veith, provost of Patrick Henry College About ...
Read More Bible Reading Challenge, Week 19
By emily |
THE NATION: Samuel First and Second Samuel represent a transition period from the time of the judges to the first earthly king of Israel. Before ...
Read More Saturday Review: Among the Fairies
By Janie Cheaney |
Tagging along after yesterday's post, here are two relatively new (and one older) titles in that perennial genre, the fairy tale: Small Persons with Wings, ...
Read More “Do you believe in fairies?”
By Janie Cheaney |
The Fairy Ring, or Elsie and Frances Fool the World, by Mary Losure. Candlewick, 2012, 168 pages. Age/interest level: 10-14 When Frances Griffith arrived in ...
Read More American Girls: Meet Rebecca
By emily |
Meet Rebecca (American Girls Collection: Rebecca 1914). by Jacqueline Green. American Girl, 2009. 96 pgs. Ages 8-up. Candlelight for Rebecca (American Girl) by Jacqueline Green. ...
Read More The Secret Lives of Animals
By Janie Cheaney |
The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate. HarperCollins, 2012, 304 pages. Age/interest level: 8-up. Last week, a little bluebird appeared in our wood stove. ...
Read More Thinking Different(ly)
By Janie Cheaney |
I'm way behind on my Saturday reviews, so it's time to catch up—with a Tuesday review tagging off of last Friday's Steve Jobs post. Jobs ...
Read More Bible Reading Challenge – Week 18
By Janie Cheaney |
THE NATION: RUTH Happy Mother's Day! This week's Bible Reading Challenge is actually appropriate for the Mother's Day--as long as we include mothers-in-law. How do ...
Read More Mother’s Day: Our Interview with Susan Hunt
By emily |
Last Thanksgiving, Janie and I had the privilege of speaking with Susan Hunt on the subject of encouraging thankfulness in kids...and in ourselves! We thought ...
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