Type: picture bookAges: 3-8Author: Paulette BourgeoisIllustrator: Brenda Clark Franklin has always been one of my favorite picture book series–but only the originals by Paulette Bourgeois. There are many others created after the tv show, some being quite fun but just…
Type: chapter bookAges: 9-15Author: Patricia St. John *Here’s my most important thought: Don’t learn your theology from Patricia St. John. She is an excellent writer in some cases (this is one of them), but she did not always have a…
Type: fantasy chapter bookAges: 13-18Author: Christine Cohen This book would be a good gateway for young teenagers who are ready for the heavier fantasies. It’s a gentle heaviness with its somber tone, yet invitingly keeps the pages turning. Though there…
Note: To avoid SPOILERS below, make sure you’ve already read Book 1 (see review) and Book 2 (see review). Type: chapter bookAges: 9-14Author: Andrew Peterson Another great installment in this fantastic series! This book picks up a few weeks after…
Type: chapter bookAges: 10-15Author: C.R. Hedgcock Okay, let me first address the main complaint in other reviews and then we’ll go on to the fun stuff… In the initial chapters, I felt the cheesiness others have commented on, but my…
Type: short storyAges: 6+Author: George MacDonald This story is worth a re-read. Why, you ask? Well, first of all, there are definite allegorical themes that can appear more clearly in subsequent readings, but also some of it is simply quite…
Type: long picture book with 6 chaptersAges: 7-10Author: Emily LittleIllustrator: Michael Eagle Most of us have heard of the “Trojans’ Horse,” but do we remember the details surrounding the tale? This is a great summary of it written on a…
Type: short chapter bookAges: 7-10Author: Unknown God’s Word is truly living and active! It is able to penetrate the hardest of hearts and open eyes to the Truth. Though the story is about a young man named Antonio, there is…
Type: chapter bookAges: 4-8Author: Michael Bond Paddington reminds us of a calmer Curious George mixed with a dose of Amelia Bedelia. The disasters that follow him are sure to make little listeners (or early readers) giggle. If I review subsequent…
Type: chapter bookAges: 7-10Author: Elizabeth Enright When two siblings go to stay with their cousins for the summer, the oldest of each family go exploring together. They ultimately befriend two elderly people living in the hidden-away place next to what…
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