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Book Thoughts: Finding Narnia (McAlister)

Type: biographical picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Caroline McAlisterIllustrator: Jessica Lanan There are no spoilers in this book if your child has not had the privilege of hearing Narnia stories yet. It will simply mention a few characters and induce excited anticipation…

Book Thoughts: Tales of Ancient Egypt (Green)

Type: chapter bookAges: 8+Author: Roger Lancelyn Green If you are familiar with the Bible, you’ll find a few of these tales are interesting parallels to stories in Scripture. For one example, “Khnemu of the Nile” (chapter 4) tells of seven…

Book Thoughts: Chimp and Zee (Anholt)

Type: picture bookAges: 3-6Authors: Catherine Anholt, Laurence Anholt It can be somewhat difficult to find a copy of this, but secondhand shops sometimes have them, as well as openlibrary.org. If your child loves monkeys, add this one to your list.…

Book Thoughts: Mornings with Monet (Rosenstock)

Type: biographical picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Barb RosenstockIllustrator: Mary GrandprĂ© This would be particularly interesting to children who love to paint. Monet sets a fun yet hard-working example with all that goes into the making of art. The text wasn’t always…

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