Gladys Hunt on the Magical Tool of Language

By Janie Cheaney | June 9, 2023

Stop and think for a minute about the immense power you wield every day.

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Gladys Hunt on an Exaggerated Demise

By Janie Cheaney | June 3, 2023

Back in 2009, experts were predicting physical books and libraries would soon be outdated. Gladys Hunt begged to differ . . .

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Gladys Hunt on Diversity

By Janie Cheaney | May 26, 2023

Does multicultural reading require multicultural authors?

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Gladys Hunt on Disappearing Mothers

By Janie Cheaney | May 19, 2023

Could a fictional mother send the protagonist off to fight the dragon–without his overcoat?

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Back Porch Book Chat: Josiah Pettit (Director of Westminster Books)

By Betsy Farquhar | May 12, 2023

Back Porch Book Chat: A casual conversation about books. Our guest today is Josiah Pettit (Director of Westminster Books)

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Gladys Hunt: In Praise of Mothers

By Janie Cheaney | May 12, 2023

For all you mothers out there . . .

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Gladys Hunt on “Improving” the Classics

By Janie Cheaney | May 5, 2023

14 years ago, A.A. Milne’s estate sanctioned a new book of Winnie-the-Pooh adventures. Was this a good idea?

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Gladys Hunt on Getting Them to Sleep

By Janie Cheaney | April 29, 2023

Gladys Hunt shares two of her favorite go-to-sleep books.

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Practical Graduation Gifts: A Book List

By Betsy Farquhar | April 25, 2023

We have a robust list of book recommendations for graduation gifts. Why another? This book list is all about practical graduation gifts: books that offer some down-to-earth advice for starting off on one’s own (with some philosophy and Christian wisdom thrown in!).Note: If you haven’t seen our other graduation gift lists, see Janie’s post on…

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Gladys Hunt on Developing a Sympathetic Heart

By Janie Cheaney | April 24, 2023

How good stories can be good teachers

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