Top 5 Posts of 2011
It’s been an exciting year. We launched Redeemedreader back in February of 2011, and since then we’ve been sprinting to keep up. So most of this week, Janie and I are convalescencing. In my case, I’m visiting with family and trying not to fall asleep on the couch. Not a bad way to spend a…
Read MoreDystopian Download
Yesterday on our site, we offered a review of both book and movie, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. But of course, it’s not the first time Janie and I have written about dark fiction that appeals to teenagers. There is my review of A Clockwork Orange as part of my autobiography-in-books series, Janie’s post…
Read MoreA Poem for Christmas Morning
ADVENT II The year the tree fell: Little bits of brittle angels all over the floor, bent up boxes, and torn paper. I cut myself a dozen times on sparkly slivers of broken balls. * * * The year the tree falls: No pastoral night nativities No gentle carpenter hung on boards. This…
Read MoreWinter Audiobooks (and More) for Kids
Ah, winter…Christmas parties, New Years resolutions, dashing through the snow to Grandma’s house with a minivan full of sugar-crazed kids. What better time for a family audio book?! Free Audiobooks Swan Lake by Storynory. Some odd titles and story versions on this site (their Nutcracker doesn’t even include the Land of Sweets, the only part…
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The Word of God for Kids
ESV Seek and Find Bible. Crossway Bibles, 2010. 1, 888 pps. Ages 5-up. The Action Bible. David C. Cook, New edition 2010. Illustrated by Sergio Cariello. 752 pps. Ages 9-up. Some of you already know that my mother recently went to be with the Lord. It was a process that, though excruciating for her and…
Read MoreGive My Heart Finale: Crafts, Contest Winners, etc.
I had been praying about how to use my creative gifts and last Christmas instead of pulling our decorations out of storage I would try to make some with materials I already had. I grabbed an old hymnal and began cutting….and then moved on to create designs using my favorite books. As an avid reader,…
Read MoreHoliday Book Fair 2011
Janie and I have reviewed a lot of books this year. Thanks to the ingenuity of folks at Amazon.com, we can now offer them to you in an e-bookstore format! Just click on the link below…or “Holiday Book Fair” on the black menu, and you can scroll our top picks from the year all on…
Read MoreWhat Are Your Kids Getting Under the Tree?
Janie has offered lots of kids’ book gift suggestions on the site this week. And I’m hoping to chime in next week, too. For those of you who aren’t done buying gifts, you’ll want to check back next week (maybe Tuesday?) for our Holiday Book Fair….over thirty gift recommendations in one spot! In the meantime,…
Read MoreRecommendations for Teens
As reported by the L.A. Times only a week ago, “Young adult continues to be the literary world’s fastest-growing genre.” There are a lot of reasons for that, some discussed here, but one big reason is that, after fifty or so years of pretentious, plotless literary fiction, adults are lining up for good stories. At…
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