Newbery Buzz #3: Ferris
Betsy and Hayley discuss Ferris by Kate DiCamillo, another new favorite. (See our starred review, here.) Hayley: Betsy, it’s no secret I love Ferris. In fact, I loved it so much I spent one newsletter last fall talking about it! I’m going to unashamedly steal some of what I wrote then and incorporate it into…
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Newbery Buzz #2: One Big Open Sky
Today Betsy, Janie, and Hayley discuss a verse novel we all loved.
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Newbery Buzz #1: Olivetti
Beginning our annual series of discussions on possible Newbery contenders.
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Newbery Roundup #1: Hank Hooperman, Louder Than Hunger, and The Enigma Girls
Beginning our annual coverage of possible contenders for the coveted Newbery Award.
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Jolabokaflod for Megan’s family in 2024
Choosing Jolabokaflod titles for my family every year is a pleasant challenge. What would interest each member that we don’t already have in our collection? As each boy reaches a new stage of maturity and I see their own characteristics developing, I want to find a good fit for their personal libraries. Here’s what I…
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Back Porch Book Chat with Tasha Kazanjian (YA author)
Back Porch Book Chat: a casual conversation about books and writing. Today we’re visiting with Tasha Kazanjian, author of A Trick of Spades. A lover of old books, history, and theology, Tasha writes fantasy inspired by very real places and times. She can’t resist adding a bit of magic to her worlds, but her stories primarily focus…
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Spiders: A Book List for Young Arachnophiles
A few weeks ago I was trying to address the cobwebs on the walls and corners above my desk (possibly some procrasti-cleaning due to a looming book deadline), and strangely found that I couldn’t bear to vacuum up the spiders that were trying to escape, whether they were poised on a freshly-woven web or weakly…
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*Little Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Joe Sutphin
A classic Christmas story of an old sinner who finds redemption through visits from four spirits who convict him of his worldly wretchedness.
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Gifts for Grownups, Round 2
Even though your Redeemed Reader team is reading a plethora of books for children and teens, we do also read grownup books, too! A few years ago, we crowd-sourced an outstanding list of gift suggestions for adult readers. We benefited from that list ourselves. Today, we bring you part 2, based on our own reading…
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📚Amazon Black Friday BOOK Deals (2024)
We resist posting much Christmas content before Thanksgiving, but we also know that *many* of you are watching those Black Friday deals. Side note: since when did “Black FriDAY” become “Black Friday WEEK”? I digress. A gazillion children’s books are currently on sale on amazon right now. Since we’re reading ahead for you, we’re gonna…
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