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Poetry Anthologies

By Megan Saben | Apr 10, 2013

A good poetry anthology is like going to a friend's house with a basket, and being told, "Oh, you must read this one, and this one, and ...

Waxing Poetic: a pop quiz and some homework from the teacher

By Betsy Farquhar | Apr 8, 2013

It's National Poetry Month! Who cares, right? Well, YOU should care. Not because it's "National Poetry Month," per se, but because poetry is worth enjoying ...

Poetry Contest and Challenge for National Poetry Month!

By Betsy Farquhar | Apr 6, 2013

April is National Poetry Month, and we here at Redeemed Reader love to be in on any literary action. Therefore, Megan and I are sponsoring ...

Church Literacy, Part One: Interview with Mom of a Dyslexic Child

By emily | Apr 4, 2013

How Is Your Church Affected by Literacy Challenges? How many words do you read in your church worship service? 500 or more? Don't forget to ...

Sorting Out the Children’s Bible Market

By Janie Cheaney | Apr 3, 2013

Yesterday’s post addressed the general subject of children’s Bibles and how to evaluate them for the particular needs of each child and family. But all ...

Choosing Your Child’s First REAL Bible: Some Considerations

By Janie Cheaney | Apr 2, 2013

Last Tuesday we looked at a range of new Bible storybooks and early reader “Bibles.” On Friday, we picked our way through the field of ...

Proverbs, Tricksters and Fools

By Megan Saben | Apr 1, 2013

The book of Proverbs is full of instructions for the simple to obtain wisdom and avoid disaster. Stories about tricksters demonstrate common-grace examples of using ...

By Janie Cheaney | Mar 29, 2013

Warning: Long post, no pictures. Deal! The word is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of ...

Toddling into the Word: First Bible Storybooks and Early-Reader Bibles

By Janie Cheaney | Mar 26, 2013

What could be more appropriate for Holy Week than a survey of children’s Bibles and Bible storybooks? That’s what I foolishly thought, treatment but this ...

Web Newberys, News, and Freebies (Mar 25)

By emily | Mar 25, 2013

News It's the last week of March, and RR is gearing up for some spring-a-licious posts this week. With Easter only a few days away, ...

The Announcement

By Janie Cheaney | Mar 22, 2013

Good morning! It's a beautiful day in the Ozarks: Spring is officially here, and Easter is just around the corner! (No, the picture was not ...

Easter Picks from the New Crew

By emily | Mar 21, 2013

We thought we'd kick off our new partnership with Megan and Betsy with a few Easter book recommendations. (If you missed their introduction, read about ...

Meet Our New Redeemedreaders!

By emily | Mar 19, 2013

As Janie announced yesterday in this post, we've got some big changes afoot here at Redeemedreader. We have the honor of welcoming Megan Saben and ...

Spring Break, Big Changes, and One Huge Book Giveaway!

By Janie Cheaney | Mar 18, 2013

****THIS BOOK GIVEAWAY IS OVER. BUT THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED! **** As Emily promised a couple of weeks ago, we have some exciting news ...

Oz the Great and Powerful: Discussion Questions

By emily | Mar 14, 2013

Introduction Last week I had the happy opportunity of watching Disney's new Oz the Great and Powerful. I had to turn around a review that ...

Classics for Kids: The Greek and Romans

By emily | Mar 7, 2013

Introduction With the popularity of Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series , kids' books containing themes and allusions to Greek and Roman mythology and culture ...

Three for Black History Month

By Janie Cheaney | Mar 1, 2013

I know—Black History month just ended. I’m not a fan of segregated “histories”: in case you haven’t noticed, this is the first day of Women’s ...

Home Mission: Letter to the Helpless Mom

By emily | Feb 22, 2013

Today some of my dear friends in the blogging world stop to honor and encourage a beautiful and brave woman of God. Our sweet sister-in-Christ, ...

The Real George Washington

By Janie Cheaney | Feb 21, 2013

When did history get so complicated? Not too long ago, “The father of his country” was a monumental figure deserving nothing but praise. Now, depending ...

Words and Pictures: a Talk with Doug TenNapel

By Janie Cheaney | Feb 20, 2013

Yesterday we reviewed two graphic novels by a rising star in the world of "comics" who also happens to be a Christian and a homeschooling ...

Metaphysics, Graphics-Style

By Janie Cheaney | Feb 19, 2013

For some folks, graphic novels are actually a discipline to be learned—their eyes don’t know where to go first and they tend to jump from ...

What is Virtuous Romance? A Discussion with Gina Dalfonzo and Rea Berg

By emily | Feb 13, 2013

What is Virtuous Romance? Tonight at dinner, my husband, two daughters and I had our first conversation about...boys. They had curled up with daddy on ...

Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln

By Janie Cheaney | Feb 12, 2013

I’ve heard that aside from William Shakespeare, more books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than any other historical figure. That makes it difficult to ...

Web Newberys (Feb 11)

By emily | Feb 11, 2013

Alas, it is Monday and I have a cold (again). On the upside, though, it's Valentine's Day week! And that means I get to talk ...

For Beginners: ALA Geisel Award Winners

By Janie Cheaney | Feb 8, 2013

The Theodore Seuss Geisel Medal (featuring a bas-relief of Dr. Seuss himself) is given by the American Library Association every year for outstanding books for ...

Wholehearted Romance: Living Book Library Picks

By emily | Feb 7, 2013

Many of you may remember our interview last fall with Liz and Emily, proprietors of the Living Books Library website. They were kind enough to ...

Web Newberys and News (Feb. 4, 2013)

By emily | Feb 4, 2013

Hope you guys survived the Super Bowl! It's a new month, and we're looking forward to some great new books at Redeemedreader. Leading up to ...

Unseduced and Unshaken: An Interview w/ Rosalie De Rosset

By emily | Jan 30, 2013

AN INTRODUCTION Last week, we ran a book giveaway of this book, Unseduced and Unshaken: The Place of Dignity in a Young Woman's Choices by ...

The 2013 ALA Youth Media Awards: It’s the Bomb!

By Janie Cheaney | Jan 29, 2013

Only total kidlit geeks would do this: click the live webcast link on the American Library Association website and watch an hour of book geeks ...

Valentine Books for Little Ones

By emily | Jan 28, 2013

VALENTINE'S DAY PRESENTS With Valentine's Day creeping up on us, I thought I'd throw out a few of my favorite Valentine books for the little ...

By emily | Jan 28, 2013

CONTEST WINNERS Last week, we put three books up for grabs. After giving it some prayer and assigning each entrant a number, I pulled three ...

Web Newberys and RR News (Plus Giveaway!)

By emily | Jan 21, 2013

It feels wrong to merely skip over Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, especially with President Obama's inauguration today, and yet with Black History month coming ...

Web Newberys and News

By emily | Jan 14, 2013

Technically it's mid-January, I know. But we're finally running again on all cylinders after the holidays--or at least I am! After traveling and dealing with ...

By emily | Jan 14, 2013

THE CHURCH: On to Glory! This is our last part of the yearly study! For those of you who make it this far, congratulations, and ...

By emily | Jan 7, 2013

With four great finalists to choose from, I hope you guys got a lot of entertainment value out of this contest. It was very close, ...

Kids–Try This at Home

By Janie Cheaney | Jan 4, 2013

Got a novel idea? It’s easier than ever to get published, but if the imprint on the spine of your masterwork is Xlibris or iUniverse, ...

By emily | Jan 3, 2013

I'm so excited to share our 2012 Writing Contest Short Story finalists with you all today! First, though, I'd like to say thanks to our ...

2012 Writing Contest: Book Review Winner

By emily | Jan 2, 2013

Last fall, we invited students of any age to submit original works in two categories: 1) book reviews and 2) short stories. The deadline for ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 48

By emily | Dec 31, 2012

THE CHURCH: It’s hard for most of us to think of the church as a “real” family. But it is! And this week we'll read ...

By emily | Dec 28, 2012

In our last post, we looked at our Top Ten Interviews for the year. Today, it's the top ten all-around posts, aside from the interviews. ...

By emily | Dec 27, 2012

While we're finishing off the Christmas cookies and figgy pudding (does anyone really eat figgy pudding? what is it anyway?!), Janie and I thought we'd ...

Les Misérables: A Movie Review

By emily | Dec 25, 2012

Merry Christmas! Les Miz opens todays in theaters, so I thought I'd share a few thoughts from the screening I attended a while back.... When ...

Our Best Christmas Posts

By emily | Dec 20, 2012

Hey guys! How's that shopping and cooking and cleaning going? I'm pretty far behind, but I did get most of my grocery shopping done yesterday. ...

A Very LOGOS and Parnassus Christmas, Part Two

By emily | Dec 17, 2012

If you missed it, Part One of this series detailed my trip to a fantastic Nashville bookstore, Logos Bookstore. Today, I follow up that Christian ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 47

By emily | Dec 16, 2012

THE CHURCH: By Faith Alone If the long history of mankind's failure to keep God's law, from Adam to us, were not enough to prove ...

Picture Books for Sharing and Giving, Part Two

By Janie Cheaney | Dec 15, 2012

The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau, by Michelle Markel, Illustrated by Amanda Hall. Eardmanns, 2012, 32 pages. Age/interest level: 4-8 “Henri Rousseau wants to be ...

Audiobooks and Caricatures (Hobbit Read Along Finale, pt. 2)

By emily | Dec 13, 2012

Today is the release date of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit! But you probably already know that if you've been on our Hobbit journey. It's been ...

Andrew Peterson: A Sudden Joyous Turn (Hobbit Read Along Finale, pt 1)

By emily | Dec 12, 2012

Other Hobbit Read Along posts: 1) Introduction, 2) Week One, 2) Week Two, 3) Week Three, 4) Week Four, 5) Week 5, and 6) Finale, ...

Charlotte Mason’s Christmas List: 5 Living Books Library Picks

By emily | Dec 10, 2012

What is a living book library? Check out our interview with Emily and Liz Cottrill of Livingbookslibrary.com from November if you haven't already. The upshot ...

Picture Books for Sharing and Giving, Part One

By Janie Cheaney | Dec 10, 2012

A post for grandmas out there: when we go to the bookstore at this time of year to pick out something with no plastic in ...

A Very LOGOS & Parnassus Christmas, Part One

By emily | Dec 6, 2012

One Hip Town. Two Bookstores. And Lots of Great Books for Kids! Here in Nashville, we have at least two exceptional bookstores: Logos Bookstore and ...

Hobbit Read Along, Week 5: The One True Myth

By emily | Dec 3, 2012

Other Hobbit Read Along posts: 1) Introduction, 2) Week One, 2) Week Two, 3) Week Three, 4) Week Four, 6) Finale, pt 1: Andrew Peterson's ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 46

By emily | Dec 3, 2012

THE CHURCH: Christ the Center We've moved now from Acts to the Epistles, and this week we'll talk about how Paul, Peter and the other ...

O Come, Emmanuel

By Janie Cheaney | Nov 30, 2012

Every year advent takes me by surprise--otherwise I would have posted this last week! Family advent readers come down from the shelves this time of ...

Hobbit Radio Theater Finalists

By emily | Nov 29, 2012

The entries are in! As you probably know, we're running a contest in which kids were invited to record themselves reading a few pages of ...

Sparking Spiritual Imagination: Christmas Books at Desiring Virtue

By emily | Nov 28, 2012

We've been a little preoccupied with our Hobbit Read Along recently, so I was thrilled when Jessalyn Hutto of Desiring Virtue agreed to help us ...

Hobbit Read Along, Week 4: How to Make Hobbit Feet and More!

By emily | Nov 26, 2012

Now that the turkey feathers have settled, it's time to get back to The Hobbit! In case you're running behind, here's a recap: 1) Introduction, ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 45

By emily | Nov 26, 2012

THE CHURCH: To the uttermost ends of the earth Again, the gospel finds fertile ground as it spread through all the earth! Study Guides: pdf. ...

By emily | Nov 23, 2012

We've reviewed a lot of books over the year. Here are some of our favorites to give to the little ones on your list. And ...

Are You Turkey Worthy?

By emily | Nov 22, 2012

I was sick this week, so I gave myself permission to veg on the couch watching TV, even before the kids went to bed. Surprisingly, ...

Hobbit Read Along, Week 3: Finding God in Tolkien’s Heroes

By emily | Nov 19, 2012

Welcome to Week 3 of our Hobbit Read Along! If you're just joining us (and it's not too late!), you should probably check out the ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 44

By emily | Nov 19, 2012

THE CHURCH: To the Gentiles The gospel, now spreading out of Jerusalem and into Samaria, is now extended even further--from Jews to Gentiles. Great news ...

The Twilight Effect: RR Podcast 25 with Megan Basham and Thomas Purifoy

By emily | Nov 15, 2012

Has the sun finally set on Twilight? When Stephanie Meyer published The Twilight Saga in 2005, I expect most people were taken aback at the ...

Hobbit Read Along, Week 2: Finding God in Tolkien’s Villains

By emily | Nov 12, 2012

Welcome to Week 2 of our Hobbit Read Along! (If you missed it, here's Week One.) How's the reading going at your house (or school ...

By emily | Nov 12, 2012

THE CHURCH: From Jerusalem to Samaria Now that the Holy Spirit is directing their hearts and minds, early Christians spread the gospel from Jerusalem and ...

By emily | Nov 7, 2012

Question #1 Winner (Annie and Snowball and the Thankful Friends): Maggie Dolch Question #2 Winner (Simonetta Carr’s The Weight of a Flame and Lady Jane ...

5 Bookshelf Giveaway Books You’ll Want

By emily | Nov 5, 2012

Sometimes, I get great books in the mail from relatively unknown authors. Sometimes I get more copies of well-known authors' books than I can give ...

Hobbit Read Along, Week 1: How to Read For an Audience

By emily | Nov 5, 2012

Are you interested in joining our Hobbit Read Along? Sign up to receive weekly emails during the event either below or in the comments of ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 42

By emily | Nov 4, 2012

THE CHURCH: Resurrection and Pentecost Study Guides: pdf. download, Sorry guys...this will return next week! pdf. download, Ages 9-13, Week 42 Make-Your-Own-Story-Bible Resources: .pdf download: ...

Lit! – An Interview with Tony Reinke

By Janie Cheaney | Oct 31, 2012

Most of the readers of this blog would accept the title of bibliophile. But have you ever thought about your bibliophilosophy—why it exists, what it ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 41

By emily | Oct 28, 2012

MESSIAH: The Lamb of God ?By the end of the week, the worst thing that they could ever imagine had happened. And they were right: ...

Quiet Time For Kids – Part Two

By Janie Cheaney | Oct 26, 2012

Last week’s post ran so long I had to cut it short in order to attend to other business. But close readers may remember a ...

By emily | Oct 24, 2012

My readers are broken people...children are sinners in need of grace....If I take some other posture to my writing, I'm not going to be authentically ...

Hobbits, Hot Chocolate, & The Bookshelf Giveaway

By emily | Oct 22, 2012

The Hobbit Read Along Two weeks from today on Monday, November 5th, our Great Hobbit Read Along Adventure begins! We'll cover two or three chapters ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 40

By emily | Oct 21, 2012

MESSIAH: The Last Week ?During Jesus's last week, His enemies finally get the upper hand. It's a week of sorrow and suffering for Jesus--a week ...

Quiet Time for Kids

By Janie Cheaney | Oct 19, 2012

“Thy word have I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin . . .” (Ps. 119:11) More than anything, Christian parents want ...

Shopping for Bible Storybooks

By Janie Cheaney | Oct 17, 2012

In keeping with our home library emphasis this month, most of our readers would probably agree that the first items on our list would be ...

Podcast 20: Sally Lloyd Jones on Kids’ Devotionals

By emily | Oct 16, 2012

The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones is a staple among Christian parents these days who want to help introduce kids to the Bible ...

Web Newberys (Oct. 15)

By emily | Oct 15, 2012

Such an exciting week ahead! Tomorrow we'll post our interview with Sally Lloyd Jones, and she'll tell us her thoughts on kids' devotionals as well ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 39

By emily | Oct 14, 2012

MESSIAH: The Road to Jerusalem ?Life is good for the disciples and the people following Jesus this week. Christ is healing the sick, online raising ...

The Librarian Trilogy: Interview with Jennifer Ball

By emily | Oct 13, 2012

This week, we heard from two librarians, including Betsy of Literaritea and Emily Cottrill of Livingbookslibrary.com. I thought we would round out the week with ...

Charlotte Mason and Living Libraries: An Invitation

By emily | Oct 11, 2012

On Monday, we posted a list of book and library resources from Christian librarians Betsy and Megan at . Today, however, I'd like you to ...

Web Newberys & Tea (Literaritea, that is!)

By emily | Oct 8, 2012

Today, instead of writing our Web Newberys, I've decided to drink green tea and memorize Greek vocabulary words with my kids. Well, I'm going to ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 38

By emily | Oct 7, 2012

MESSIAH: Signs and Wonders When Jesus brought the Kingdom of Heaven near, he did more than teach. He healed the sick and raised the dead. ...

By emily | Oct 1, 2012

Last year around this time, we spent a week discussing libraries. In fact, we ended that week with a slue of recommendations by Christian leaders ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 37

By emily | Sep 30, 2012

MESSIAH: The Kingdom of Heaven ?What is the kingdom of heaven? And what did Christ teach us about it during His earthly ministry? We'll learn ...

Interview with Jonathan Rogers: Flannery O’Connor, Violence, and Mercy

By emily | Sep 25, 2012

MEET THE AUTHORS Jonathan Rogers is not only one of the most talented Christian writers for kids' today (see our review of The Charlatan's Boy), ...

Flannery O’Connor Week & Web Newberys

By emily | Sep 24, 2012

It's Flannery O'Connor Week here at RR! We're very excited to be talking about Jonathan Rogers' new biography of her, The Terrible Speed of Mercy. ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 36

By emily | Sep 23, 2012

THE PROPHETS: Messiah–Jesus’ Baptism and Temptation ?Why was Jesus baptized if he didn't need to be born again? And why did the Devil bother tempting ...

By emily | Sep 22, 2012

Sign up and find out more HERE. This is just a quick note to say, we're doing lots of behind the scenes work these days ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 35

By emily | Sep 16, 2012

THE PROPHETS: Messiah–Jesus' Birth and Childhood The Messiah is here! Study Guides: pdf. download, use the older version this week for Ages 4-8 (I'm out ...

Just Because: a Roundup of New Picture Books

By Janie Cheaney | Sep 11, 2012

The picture book is alive and well, to judge by the way the publishing industry keeps pumping them out. Here are some of the more ...

Web Newberys (Sept. 10)

By emily | Sep 10, 2012

Fun, surprising, and brilliant web posts about books in the last few weeks, particularly those for kids: Notes from the Horn Book: If you love ...

By emily | Sep 8, 2012

THE PROPHETS: Messiah--The Forerunner In Malachi's book of prophecy, God has fulfilled another promise. He's brought His people back out of Babylonian captivity and into ...

Kids and 9/11

By Janie Cheaney | Sep 7, 2012

To our children it’s already history, but to us it seems like “only yesterday.” Too soon, really, to come to an informed conclusion about what ...

By emily | Aug 26, 2012

THE PROPHETS: Daniel Daniel is the prophet among kings. Rather than speaking to God's people primarily, God sends Daniel to witness to the pagan kings ...

By emily | Aug 23, 2012

The Intro When I graduated from Ole Miss back in 2000 with my B.A. in English Literature, I was shocked to actually find a job ...

By emily | Aug 22, 2012

Once again, this week Janie and I have the honor of hosting Evan Hughes as our artist-in-residence. We’ve been covering the scope of the entire ...

By emily | Aug 20, 2012

More noteworthy posts on kids' books and culture: 1. Soccer Star Signs Middle-Grade Contract: If you're daughter loves soccer, especially Olympic soccer star Alex Morgan, ...

By emily | Aug 15, 2012

As a former editor, believe it or not, I like critiquing manuscripts. While I'm no C.S. Lewis, I have learned a few things about analyzing ...

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