Andrew Peterson: A Sudden Joyous Turn (Hobbit Read Along Finale, pt 1)
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, pt. 2. Andrew Peterson!! Let’s be honest, it’s a huge honor for us to host such a talented kids’ book author and singer-songwriter on our blog. If you’re looking for…
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Charlotte Mason’s Christmas List: 5 Living Books Library Picks
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 is, though, these women are aficionados when it comes to books from the classic age of kids’ books. And if you’re wondering what Charlotte Mason would recommend as some of…
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Picture Books for Sharing and Giving, Part One
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 it, we’re certain to be bombarded with the latest movie-franchise offering or celebrity vanity-stoker. Better books are doubtless tucked away behind the splashy displays, but time is limited and who…
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A Very LOGOS & Parnassus Christmas, Part One
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 Parnassus Books. I say that partly because they are nestled among other shops, little book nooks among the dry cleaners and donut shops and schools and tall-spired churches that make…
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Hobbit Read Along, Week 5: The One True Myth
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 Joyous Turn, and 7) Finale, pt. 2. One Last Giveaway Can you believe it?! It’s the last week of our read along, and less than two weeks until The Hobbit…
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Bible Reading Challenge, Week 46
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O Come, Emmanuel
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 year, and many of them are good for more than one go-round. As the children grow up, it’s good to look around for new advent books to suit their growing…
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Hobbit Radio Theater Finalists
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 The Hobbit. On the first week of our Hobbit Read Along, we heard from John Erickson, author of the Hank the Cowdog books, and I asked you all to help…
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Sparking Spiritual Imagination: Christmas Books at Desiring Virtue
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 get in the Christmas spirit this week. (As I’ve been singing all morning, “We need a little Christmas, right this very minute!”) Thank you for this fantastic idea, Jessalyn! And…
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Hobbit Read Along, Week 4: How to Make Hobbit Feet and More!
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, 2) Week One, 3) Week Two, and 4) Week Three. It’s been a little heady around here lately, so I thought today we might roll our sleeves up and get…
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