Type: chapter bookAges: 8+ (9+ for more sensitive readers)Author: Daniel J. AtkinsIllustrator: Aedan Peterson This story will capture your attention from page one! I’m so pleased when new authors emerge onto the kid lit scene with creative stories. Out of…
Type: chapter bookAges: 10-14Author: Robin Kolb It’s not very often you find a story set in Montana–at least not in the few hundred chapter books I read each year! Kolb skillfully works horse terminology into the prose and somehow provides…
Type: chapter bookAges: 8+ (possibly lower if read aloud by parent)Author: Katy Morgan I am blown away by Katy’s ability to tell a story we know so well, capture our interest, and still remain true to Scripture. She adds details,…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Elizabeth GuilfoileIllustrator: Mary Stevens This is a quick read full of excitement. Your young ones will probably love it as they try to guess what is so important to tell people about. Is it dangerous? Is…
Type: chapter book / storybookAges: 8+ listeners, 10+ readersAuthors: Charles & Mary Lamb The 20 plays abridged by the Lambs are as follows: Let’s get right to the point: Shakespeare is a contentious topic in the world of juvenile literature,…
Raise your hand if your child loves pets and everything animal-related! Bryan Davis has given younger readers a jolly adventure in this dog-focused series. Humans and pets are learning to communicate as people study “dog” or “cat” like a foreign…
Type: historical fiction chapter bookAges: 12+Author: Irene Hunt The tension grips readers right from the start. All the unknowns about a potential war have our main family on alert. To their disappointment, war is indeed declared, and it clearly is…
Type: chapter bookAges: 9+ (younger okay if listening to a parent read)Author: Carrie BrownellIllustrator: Joe Hox I purposely kept my bullet points above to be a little vague, because there are delicious twists I wouldn’t want to give away! If…
Type: chapter bookAges: 9-12 (10+ for more sensitive readers)Authors: Ted Dekker, Kara Dekker If you have read any of Dekker’s Circle series (and its offshoots), you will encounter several familiar elements in Theo’s story here, from creatures to the very…
Type: chapter bookAges: 5+ (listeners), 7+ (readers)Author: Evelyn Sibley LampmanIllustrator: Honoré Valintcourt How fascinating to imagine changing sizes! Cousins Craig and Jill suddenly find themselves in a jungle, which turns out to be the backyard where they had just been…
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