Little Activists Raising Little Fists
Yesterday’s post on Leadership asked the question: “What, exactly, is leadership?” It’s not as easy a definition as it looks, but you might not know …
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The Vanishing American Adult by Ben Sasse
U.S. Senator Ben Sasse diagnoses a serious problem with today’s young adults and writes a prescription for restoring the American spirit. The Vanishing American Adult: …
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A Wrinkle in Time at Fifty Years
A Wrinkle in Time was published 55 years ago and gets the full movie-treatment this month. In this repost from 2012 Janie wonders how well …
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Those Love Stories We Loved
The RedeemedReader ladies recall our favorite “love stories” as teens, and rejoice that we grew out of them! But what do we like now? You …
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Five Red Flags to Watch for in YA Christian Romance Fiction
Christian romance fiction feels “safe,” but it’s not always without pitfalls . . . and it’s not always Christian, either. I remember when Jeanette Oke …
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The 2018 ALAYMA Results: Redeemed Reader Reacts
Hot off the press! The Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scot King Awards and more were announced this morning. We’ve made our predictions, and now Betsy offers …
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Prognosticating the 2018 Newberys
We’re posting our best guesses for the 2018 ALA Youth Media Awards just a half hour before the awards ceremony begins. And then I (Betsy) …
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Newbery Buzz #4: One Last Word and I’m Just No Good at Rhyming
Betsy, Megan, and Janie continue our Newbery Buzz discussions with One Last Word and I’m Just No Good At Rhyming, poetry books that are quite different from …
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2018 Reading Challenge Check-In: January
Reading Challenge Check-In: January Well, readers, we’re a month into year 2018. A month!?! It seems like a good time to take the pulse of …
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Welcome to Lizard Motel by Barbara Feinberg
Barbara Feinberg’s memoir offers a fresh look at realistic children’s fiction and how much literary suffering children should bear. Welcome to Lizard Motel: Children, Stories, …
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