And the Best Bible Translation Is . . . ?

By Janie Cheaney | March 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 spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”  Heb. 4:12 No book has ever outsold it, no avowed readership exceeds it, no text…

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

By Janie Cheaney | March 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 project became a version of The Blob the deeper I waded into it.  Amazon.com has over 100 pages under the heading “Children’s Bibles, medical ” though many of those are…

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Web Newberys, News, and Freebies (Mar 25)

By emily | March 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, Janie will look at some children’s Bibles for us, as well as give some insight on Bible translations for kids.  What she found may surprise you!  Plus, Betsy will survey…

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The Announcement

By Janie Cheaney | March 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 touched up or taken last month–this is actually what it looks like outside my window, today, March 22, 2013.) I know everybody is anxious to hear who won our HUGE…

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Easter Picks from the New Crew

By emily | March 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 them here and here.)  I will qualify this list by saying just because a book is on our list, that doesn’t mean we love everything about it.  In fact, we…

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Meet Our New Redeemedreaders!

By emily | March 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 Betsy Farquhar to our Redeemedreader staff.  Janie mentioned some of the ways they’ll be impacting our site–providing more book lists and social media outlets, for instance.  But these ladies aren’t…

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

By Janie Cheaney | March 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 to share about Redeemed Reader.  First and most significantly, we’re thrilled to welcome Megan Saben and Betsy Farquhar to our staff, or masthead, or whatever you call the contributors to…

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Oz the Great and Powerful: Discussion Questions

By emily | March 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 night for World Magazine–CLICK HERE to read that review.  (Or see my radio review at TW&E.)  I had expected a mediocre movie based on reviews I read beforehand, but I…

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Classics for Kids: The Greek and Romans

By emily | March 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 are perhaps more plentiful than ever.   It may not seem immediately apparent why Christian families would be pleased about this development.  Isn’t it just paganism, repackaged for modern kids?  But…

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Three for Black History Month

By Janie Cheaney | March 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 History Month and we’ll have a chance to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month beginning in mid-September, which overlaps with LGTB History month in October, which is also Filipino American History Month.…

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