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Eat, Pray, Read…and Eat Again! Around the World Food Facts with Nive Burris
By emily |
In our trip around the world (see our Summer Reading Challenge), what could be more fun than using food to explore different cultures? Today, Nive ...
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Whalesong: A Review by Nathan Huffstutler
By emily |
Earlier this year, when I first heard the name Robert Siegel doing research for these book reviews last April at World Magazine, I learned Siegel ...
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Sammy and His Shepherd by Susan Hunt and Cory Godbey
By Betsy Farquhar |
Sammy and His Shepherd by Susan Hunt and Cory Godbey. Reformation Trust, 2008. 56 pages. Reading Level: Picture Books, ages 0-8 Geared for slightly younger children ...
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Cassie and Caleb Discover God’s Wonderful Design by Susan Hunt and Richie Hunt
By Betsy Farquhar |
Cassie and Caleb Discover God's Wonderful Design by Susan Hunt and Richie Hunt. Moody, 2013. 96 pages. Reading Level: Devotional, ages 4-8 Susan Hunt and ...
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Short Summer-Length Devotionals for Families
By Betsy Farquhar |
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 ...
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Interview with Judah Ben: Kai’Ro, Christian Rap and the Progress of Urban Pilgrims
By emily |
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 ...
Read More Podcast 29: What’s in Your Local Public Library?
By emily |
Library Tour Introduction It's taken us all week to pull it off, but we finally have it: a conversation with Janie Cheaney (the kids' book ...
Read More Bible Review: NLT Hands-on Bible
By Janie Cheaney |
NLT Hands-on Bible, Tyndale for Kids, 2010, 1440 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 8-10 Bottom Line: Though it leads off ...
Read More *Bible Review: NKJV Early Readers Bible
By Janie Cheaney |
*NKJV Early Readers Bible. Thomas Nelson, 2006, 1664 pages. Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 8-14 and up Bottom Line: This New ...
Read More Bible Review: The One-Year Bible For Children
By Janie Cheaney |
The One-Year Bible for Children by Gilbert Beers. Tyndale, 2001, 432 pages. Reading Level: Chapter Books, ages 6-8 Recommended for: ages 6-8 Bottom Line: Though ...
Read More Bible Review: NIV Faithgirlz! Bible
By Janie Cheaney |
NIV Faithgirlz! Bible. Zonderkidz, 2012, 1504 page. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-12 (especially girls!) Bottom Line: The Faithgirlz! Bible, geared ...
Read More Bible Review: NIV Boys Bible
By Janie Cheaney |
NIV Boys' Bible. Zonderkidz, 2012, 1504 pages. For ages 9-13. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-12 (obviously, boys) Bottom Line: The ...
Read More *Bible Review: ESV Children’s Bible
By Janie Cheaney |
*ESV Children’s Bible. Crossway, 2008, 1648 pages. Reading level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10. Recommended for: ages 6-10 Bottom Line: The ESV contains excellent study helps, ...
Read More *Bible Review: HCSB Illustrated Study Bible for Kids
By Janie Cheaney |
*The HCSB Illustrated Study Bible for Kids. Boardman and Holman, 2007, 1104 pages. Recommended for: ages 7-12. Available in a variety of covers to appeal ...
Read More Bible Review: The Kids’ Devotional Bible NIrV
By Janie Cheaney |
Kids' Devotional Bible, NIrV. Zonderkidz, 2006, 1664 pages. Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 6-10 Bottom Line: The Kids' Devotional Bible is ...
Read More Bible Review: Adventure Bible NIV
By Janie Cheaney |
Adventure Bible, NIV. Zondervan, 2013 (latest edition), 1459 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 6-12 Bottom Line: The Adventure Bible set ...
Read More Cake: Love, Chickens, and a Taste of Peculiar by Joyce Magnin
By Janie Cheaney |
Cake: Love, Chickens and a Taste of Peculiar, by Joyce Magnin. Zonderkidz, 2013, 221 pages. Age/interest level: 8-14. Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 8-10 Recommended ...
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Gabrielle Douglas: Grace, Gold, and (God’s) Glory
By emily |
Into the Spotlight Sixteen-year-old Gabrielle Douglas's jaw-dropping performance in the women's all-around gymnastics competition, just edging out her closest Russian competitor to win gold, was ...
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Audiobooks and Caricatures (Hobbit Read Along Finale, pt. 2)
By emily |
Today is the release date of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit! But you probably already know that if you've been on our Hobbit journey. It's been ...
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Hobbit Read Along, Week 5: The One True Myth
By emily |
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 ...
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O Come, Emmanuel
By Janie Cheaney |
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 ...
Read More The Drowned Vault by N. D. Wilson
By Janie Cheaney |
The Drowned Vault (Ashtown Burials #2) by N. D. Wilson. Random House, 2012, 447 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, 12-15 Recommended for: ages 12 and ...
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The History of Faith: Wiliam Boekestein’s and Simonetta Carr’s New Books for Kids
By emily |
This week in our library month theme, Janie took us back to the 8th century in a review of Hand of Vengeance by Douglas Bond. ...
Read More RR Podcast 21: Douglas Bond and William Boekestein
By emily |
My readers are broken people...children are sinners in need of grace....If I take some other posture to my writing, I'm not going to be authentically ...
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Quiet Time for Kids
By Janie Cheaney |
“Thy word have I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin . . .” (Ps. 119:11) More than anything, Christian parents want ...
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Podcast 20: Sally Lloyd Jones on Kids’ Devotionals
By emily |
The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones is a staple among Christian parents these days who want to help introduce kids to the Bible ...
Read More Running for My Life & Other Hopeful Sports Books
By emily |
A Few Recommendations Last year Janie and I put together a post on football books for kids and young adults, Tim Tebow to Justin Tuck: ...
Read More Christian Books for Burgeoning Readers
By emily |
This summer I've been on a mission to find books with specifically Christian content for my kids. We get plenty of great literature from the ...
Read More Bunk Beds, Backpacks and Bibles
By Janie Cheaney |
Summer- camp stories are a staple in children's literature--we reviewed one worthy example on Tuesday. But for today, let's look at "real life." Do your ...
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Graduation Gifts for Teens
By emily |
We're fast approaching graduation day at many schools, so I thought it might be worth tossing out a few books to brighten your celebrations. 1. ...
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Kingstone Part 2: Interview and Babylon
By emily |
By Redeemed Reader intern Jack Mertens Today I continue my series on Kingstone Comics, begun on Monday with reviews of two of Marvin Olasky's graphic ...
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Kingstone Part 1: 2048 and Echoes of Eden
By emily |
Today's reviewer, Jack Mertens, is a 17 year old high school student living in Louisiana where he is, among other things, an avid reader and ...
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Hungry
By Janie Cheaney |
Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games, Scholastic, 2008, 374 pages. Catching Fire, Scholastic, 2009, 391 pages. Mockingjay, 2010, 387 pages. Age/interest level: 14-up. READER ADVISORY: This ...
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The Poetry of Nature
By emily |
Contest: Do you have a favorite kids' poem? Would you or your kids like to write your own? Post your new or favorite poems in ...
Read More Interview with Kevin Luthardt
By emily |
I was introduced to Kevin Luthardt's work many years ago, when I was but a mere Operations Assistant at Peachtree Publishers. I thought his work ...
Read More POW! The Comic-Book Surge
By Janie Cheaney |
The December 21 opening of The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn, should focus attention not only on the boy from Belgium ...
Read More A More Excellent Way
By Janie Cheaney |
On Friday we looked at some very popular picture books that you just might find under your tree. Some of them are better than others, ...
Read More Make-A-Book: Thanksgiving Edition
By emily |
Readers, this is an older post that was affected in our hack. We have not recovered all the resources yet. Our apologies! While we're on the subject of crafts and ...
Read More Give My Heart: A Christmas Contest
By emily |
GIVE MY HEART Christina Rosetti's poem, In the Bleak Midwinter, isn't my favorite Christmas poem--or hymn. But it does bring home one point that I ...
Read More Thanksgiving! Books For Kids 10 and Under
By emily |
Books To Consider Buying We are participants in the Amazon LLC affiliate program; purchases you make through affiliate links like the one below earn us ...
Read More Dangerous Journey, Part 8
By emily |
Today's Theme: Finishing Well From the clutches of Giant Despair, Christian and Hopeful escape into pleasant places of the Delectable Mountains. We see them refreshing ...
Read More Dangerous Journey, Part 7
By emily |
Today's Theme: The Key of Promise After surviving Vanity Fair and the hill of Lucre, Christian and Hopeful "espied a stile which led into a ...
Read More The Pilgrim’s Progress, Part 4: Home At Last
By Janie Cheaney |
If you're just joining us, here's the Introduction, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. For the Project Gutenberg online version, go here. The worst ...
Read More Dangerous Journey, Part 5
By emily |
CHAPTER FIVE: The Valley of the Shadow Today's Theme: God With Us Today, following on the heels of his fight with Apollyon and his ...
Read More Hall of Heroes
By Janie Cheaney |
Reformation Heroes, by Diana Kleyn with Joel R. Beeke. Reformation Heritage Books, 2009, 250 pages. Age/interest level: 11-up. October 31, 2017 (only six years from ...
Read More Dangerous Journey, Part 2
By emily |
Chapter Two: The Interpreter's House Today's Theme: A Burden Lost, Heaven Gained In this section, Christian comes into the Wicket Gate, is taught by ...
Read More Pilgrim’s Progress: From the City of Destruction to the Cross
By Janie Cheaney |
This is Part One of our read along of The Prilgrim's Progress for high school age and up. Here's the Introduction. The City of Destruction ...
Read More The Pilgrim’s Progress: Introduction
By Janie Cheaney |
John Bunyan was a dissenting pastor of the mid-17th century: “dissenting” meaning that some of his biblical interpretations differed from those of the established (state-supported) ...
Read More Columbus and the Founding of our Nation
By emily |
COLUMBUS The first time I browsed through Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire's biography, Columbus, I purchased it for my kids on the spot based largely ...
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Author Interview: Simonetta Carr on Athanasius
By emily |
Athanasius. By Simonetta Carr. Reformation Heritage Press, sale 2011. 66 pp. Ages 9-12. What makes a good children's book? We've talked a lot the past ...
Read More Podcast 6: Janie and Emily, and a Prayer for Banned Books Week
By emily |
Over at BannedBooksWeek.org, the celebration has begun. And while Janie and I made our objections to Banned Books Week clear last week, we are happy ...
Read More LIGHT YOUR LIBRARY! Win Stuff, Love People, and Think Deeply
By emily |
ME & MY LIBRARY I am not ashamed to say I love my local library. As a conservative, I wish that it could be funded ...
Read More Homelanders Series by Andrew Klavan
By Janie Cheaney |
Homelanders, by Andrew Klavan. Published by Thomas Nelson in four parts: The Last Thing I Remember (2009), The Long Way Home (2010), The Truth of ...
Read More That Hideous Strength 3: Climax
By Janie Cheaney |
Previous posts: Introduction, Part One: Setup, Part Two: Development. Climax? Isn’t it a little early for that? Most of us have the idea that the ...
Read More That Hideous Strength 2: Development
By Janie Cheaney |
Previous Posts: Introduction Part One: Setup Almost all the main characters have been introduced and the potential conflicts are in place. Now development: that phase ...
Read More *The Dragon’s Tooth by N. D. Wilson
By Janie Cheaney |
*The Dragon’s Tooth (Ashtown Burials, Book One), by N. D. Wilson. Random House, 2011, 482 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, ages 12-15 Recommended for: ages ...
Read More That Hideous Strength 1: the Setup
By Janie Cheaney |
Beginning our first-ever Readalong: here's the Introduction. The action takes place at three fictional locations: Edgetow, a university town similar to Cambridge, but smaller; St. ...
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On Eagle’s Wings
By Janie Cheaney |
Book 2 of the epic adventures of the three children who are heirs to a kingdom, sought by the Fangs of Dang, and as normal ...
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In Front of God and Everybody by K. D. McCrite
By Janie Cheaney |
The Confessions of April Grace: In Front of God and Everybody, by K. D. McCrite. Thomas Nelson, 2011, 390 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages ...
Read More Breakpoint’s Youth Reads with Sherry Early
By emily |
Last week, Janie had the privilege of sharing radio waves with Chris Fabry on his national radio show. You can find out more about the ...
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Reflection in a Dragon’s Eye
By Janie Cheaney |
The main problem with Christian fantasy may be, what do you do with Christ? Honestly: can it be "Christian" without him? But it's not easy to ...
Read More What Would You Do Differently?
By emily |
While we are awaiting a post by Dr. Gene Veith later in the week, I thought it would be fun to ask some of our ...
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Beautiful by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma
By Janie Cheaney |
Beautiful: Truth's Found When Beauty's Lost, by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma. Thomas Nelson, 2009, 272 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, ages 12-15 Recommended for: Ages 12-14 and ...
Read More Good Christian Girls
By Janie Cheaney |
I remember when Jeanette Oke and "deliverance" stories were about the only options teenage girls had if they wanted to read some Christian fiction. The ...
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Love Will Keep Us Together by Anne Dayton
By Janie Cheaney |
Love Will Keep Us Together, by Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt. Hatchett: 2010, 287 pages. (Miracle Girls series #4) Reading Level: Young adult, ages 12-15 ...
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Becoming Me by Melody Carlson
By Janie Cheaney |
Becoming Me, by Melody Carlson. Multnomah, 2010. (Diary of a Teenage Girl series #1.) Reading Level: Young Adults, Ages 12-15 Recommended for: Ages 12-14 and up ...
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Motorcycles, Sushi, and One Strange Book by Nancy Rue
By Janie Cheaney |
Motorcycles, Sushi, and One Strange Book, by Nancy Rue. Zondervan, 2010, 211 pages. (Real Life series #1) Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ...
Read More When God Shakes a Nation: Real Relief for Japan
By emily |
I have been praying for Japan over the last few days, as I know many of you have. In particular, I have been praying for ...
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*Sneaky Sheep by Chris Moore
By Janie Cheaney |
Sneaky Sheep is a light-hearted book about two silly sheep who go astray. The illustrations are worth the price of the book. *Sneaky Sheep by Chris ...
Read More The Whole Counsel of God: Complementing Your Story Bible
By emily |
The claim that a story Bible isn’t actually a Bible may seem a bit shocking at first. I mean, it’s got the word "Bible" right ...
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