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Book Thoughts: The Other Kitten (St. John)

Type: beginner chapter bookAges: 5-8Author: Patricia St. John *Gran is faithful to tell the children a biblical story each night and pray with them. It appears to be their first exposure to the Bible; however, she simplifies things too much–to…

Book Thoughts: The Lighthouse Dog (Waterton)

Type: picture bookAges: 3-8Author: Betty WatertonIllustrator: Dean Griffiths Another charming lighthouse story! Many young readers will appreciate the excitement of picking out a new puppy as well as the uniqueness that surrounds life at a lighthouse (i.e., taking the rowboat…

Book Thoughts: Mooses with Bazookas (Smith)

Type: chapter bookAges: 5*-10Author: S.D. SmithIllustrator: Joe Hox *This age (five) could definitely handle hearing the book read aloud, but he wouldn’t get a lot of the jokes. It’s a good thing Smith established himself as an excellent writer before…

Book Thoughts: Nugget & the Refiner (Tittle)

Type: biblical picture bookAges: 4+Author: Kerry TittleIllustrator: Jim McMurry Who hasn’t asked the questions, “Why do bad things always happen to me?” or “How could God let this happen?” Certainly many of us will empathize with Nugget in this story.…

Book Thoughts: The Moffats (Estes)

Type: chapter bookAges: 5-8Author: Eleanor EstesIllustrator: Louis Slobodkin *Regarding the hypnotism, the main girl pretends to be Houdini, hypnotizing people. She chants in “sepulchral tones” and says things like, “The spell is bound” all to scare a nearby girl. One…

Book Thoughts: Henry’s Big Mistake (Whitman)

Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Lauren WhitmanIllustrator: Joe Hox Have you read any of this series before? We love the “Good News for Little Hearts” books and hope to collect them all one day. Henry is a big brother who deals…

Book Thoughts: The Unbreakable Code (Hunter)

Type: biographical picture bookAges: 8+Author: Sara Hoagland HunterIllustrator: Julia Miner *A man speaks of almost drowning, how a clear creek was soon blood, and how he had to run past fallen soldiers and keep going in his code job. Later…

Book Thoughts: Ocean-Born Mary (Lenski)

Type: chapter bookAges: 9-14**Author: Lois Lenski *Superstitions were brief and infrequent. The main one to be pointed out is regarding the Lord’s Prayer as “a holy charm before which will flee all unholy ghosts, goblins and even the Old Gentleman…

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