Type: long picture bookAges: 5+Author: Kenneth GrahameIllustrator: Michael Hague (varies–many editions) This makes book lists for a reason. It’s a practically perfect fairy tale that is a hoot to read aloud. Get your voices ready for different characters (don’t worry…
Type: chapter bookAges: 8-12Author: Gloria Whelan Elsa typically lives in Detroit, Michigan with her family, but is sent to her grandparents’ cottage by Lake Huron in hopes that her health will improve (spoiler: it does!). It is 1933, during the…
Type: chapter bookAges: 7-10Author: Elizabeth Enright It would be so fun to buy an old house with forgotten treasures inside! My kids and I enjoyed this book much more than the first one, which is rare for a sequel. They laughed frequently, and…
Type: chapter bookAges: 11+ (parent discretion advised)Author: R. Weerstand *CONTENT WARNING: There are many mentions and sometimes vivid descriptions of how Christians were slaughtered in the evil days of Nero’s reign. It ranges from being burned, caged in with wild…
Type: chapter bookAges: 9-14Author: J.A. Myhre The author alludes to a period in her own family’s life that led to the writing of this book and continues it in more detail in the final Acknowledgments (after the story). Perceptive readers…
Type: historical fiction chapter bookAges: 10-15Author: Joanne Williamson Books like these help reduce the temptation to separate biblical history with the histories of other ancient people groups. The story is set in the time of the Judges and adds a…
Type: large “coffee table size” picture bookAges: 5+ Authors: Joel R. Beeke, Stephen McCaskell This book was written more for adults but can certainly be shared with children. I appreciated the beginning pages that expelled some negative myths about Puritans while…
Type: chapter bookAges: 7-10Author: Margery SharpIllustrator: Garth Williams A lesser known sequel! If you have read and enjoyed The Rescuers (see my review here), you might appreciate this continuation of the mice’s adventures. You may notice the age minimum bumped…
Type: non-fiction chapter bookAges: 11+Author: Henry W. Coray The cultural context in which Athanasius lived was riddled with sinful corruption. It’s truly amazing that he wasn’t drawn into it but, rather, remained diligent in both his studies and his faithful…
Type: chapter bookAges: a mature 10 and upAuthor: Douglas Bond *The Christians were murdered in front of crowds in various ways: burned alive on hot iron, stabbed with fire forks, a 7-year-old boy is whipped to death with a cat-of-nine-tails,…
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