Type: chapter bookAges: 8-12Author: Elizabeth Jane Gray This book gives us such a unique view into the past! Gray artfully infuses the story with accurate historical facts and practices. It’s an overall fairly mild read, but there are definitely a…
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Toni BuzzeoIllustrator: Nancy Carpenter The note in the back describes how elements of this story are based on real history, which is neat. I appreciated the realness of the kids’ feelings–there was some worry and sadness–but…
Type: very long picture bookAges: 5+ (listening), 8+ (reading)Author: Marguerite de Angeli Although Quaker theology isn’t fully biblical and there are certainly legalistic issues with their lifestyle, the overall message of the book is still worth the read. Besides seeing…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-6Author: Kelly Paul Briggs A lot of lighthouse books concentrate more on the light management, ships at sea, storms, etc. (and I love them!). But this one focuses on how a little boy ends a particular wintery…
Type: chapter bookAges: 8-14Author: Bertrand R. BrinleyIllustrator: Charles Geer If ever there was a book written for boys, Mr. Brinley here has done it. The club has seven members, all with different talents. When they combine those talents, clever ingenuity…
Type: longer picture book (or storybook)Ages: 5+Author: Cynthia RylantIllustrator: Maggie Kneen Children much younger than 5 can definitely understand the stories, but in considering what age would appreciate it most, I landed on 5+. Just know that’s flexible! The four…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-6Author: Ryan O’Rourke Young children will likely enjoy this gentle adventure. Older children might find some of the holes in the plot, but I don’t think it’s written for them. 🙂
Type: short chapter bookAges: 7-10Author: Kate Willis Kate Willis has, in this one short book, proven to the world that sibling stories CAN be written without bickering or attitudes! It was a refreshingly sweet example of an intact family without…
Type: chapter bookAges: 8-12Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin The book spans several years and is based in Maine. Rebecca is such a unique character to the small town which receives her that she becomes well beloved by many. She’s not the…
Type: chapter bookAges: 7-11Author: Rebecca Rupp *The mother is a mystery novel writer. It is mentioned that “the governess had just been discovered, strangled, in the conservatory.” There is no more allusion to it, and it’s pretty well swallowed up…
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