100 Great Adventure Books for Kids: Summer Read Along Book Lists are Here!
***To read the next post in this series, see our Summer Reading Challenge, Week 1: Around the World by Matt Phelan.*** Summer Reading Challenge June has arrived, and so has our Summer Reading Challenge! We hope you’re ready for a global literary adventure this summer. It’s not too late to join us in the read…
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Around the World in 60 Days: Summer Reading Challenge for Kids
***The Book Giveaway below is over (click here to see who won), but the reading adventure is just beginning! Feel free to enter your name in the comments to receive the read along newsletter. We have also added a section at the beginning where we will link to all the Summer Reading Challenge posts. Hopefully…
Read MoreSummer Fun: Interns Needed
***This internship opportunity has been filled. See here for the winners.*** If you are a high school or college student, love literature and movies, and would like to impact the world for Christ, find then we’re looking for you. Redeemedreader is putting together a reading program for kids for the summer, and this fall, we’ll…
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Steaming into Sunset: an Interview with Sherri Rinker
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site (see our review here) hurled Sherri Rinker’s star into the picture-book firmament. Accepted by the first publisher she submitted it to, the cheerful tale of five construction vehicles settling down for the night went on to become one of the top-selling picture books of 2011. Now the same talented team (Sherri…
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Web Newberys, News and Freebies
News Booklists, sick a Summer Reading Challenge, and one of the funniest interviewees I’ve ever met…all coming up soon on Redeemedreader! But for now, here are some of our favorite links this week. Freebies Spring Cleaning Paperback Book Giveaway: I can’t vouch for all these titles, but several are worth having, including Pibbin the Small…
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Gifts for Grads: Our Picks
For a parent, there’s nothing scarier than sending a high school graduate out into the world—and in fact, the world looks pretty scary these days. Not to mention confusing, even in matters that used to be taken for granted. Up until about ten years ago, for instance, it was a given that high-school grads eyeing…
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And the winners are…
Volunteering to judge a poetry contest is simultaneously one of the best and the worst jobs I could have asked for. The best, because it is exciting to read so many wonderful entries from so many talented poets! The worst because, well, although we really want to encourage everyone, we finally had to select winners. We…
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Short Summer-Length Devotionals for Families
Summer’s Just Around the Corner! My family’s summer schedule is quite different from our school year schedule. What with travel, fun in the sun, and other diversions, it’s easy to get completely out of our normal routine. I find myself steering away from big “commitments.” Part of the charm of these two devotional guides by…
Read MorePoetry Contest Update!
Poetry Contest Closed and Winners Announced Soon! Our Poetry Contest is officially closed–many thanks to all the contestants! We received some fantastic entries, more than 50 total. We are putting our heads together and plan to announce the winners this coming week. This will be a tough decision; there are some talented young poets among…
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Interview with Judah Ben: Kai’Ro, Christian Rap and the Progress of Urban Pilgrims
Introduction There are very few modern books that I see as really significant. But I see the Kai’ Ro series–an urban interpretation of Pilgrim’s Progress–by youth minister, Judah Ben, as one of those series that may actually help change the landscape of Christian publishing. How you ask? His book brings the Christian rap movement–a kind…
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