I have to tell you this is a positively gorgeous book. I am including lots of pictures so that you can see for yourself. The book is like a gorgeous, advanced picture book with pull out minibooks, lift the flaps, books within books, and beautiful illustrations. Gorgeous really. Can you tell I loved Dragons: Legends and Lore of Dinosaurs? I truly did and it is receiving my highest Continue Reading >>
Book Review: Destination Moon by James Irwin
The beautiful color photographs on the thick pages of this hardcover 25th anniversary edition of Destination Moon by astronaut James Irwin are the icing on the cake. With amazing storytelling craft, James Irwin recounts his physical and spiritual journey to the moon and back. I was hooked from the first line of the prologue: "When you lean far back and look up, you can see the Earth like a Continue Reading >>
Book Review: Exploring The World Of Biology by John Hudson Tiner
I started reading this biology text yesterday in the car, and I could not put it down! My ten year old has been using it as a Science text now in our homeschool for about six weeks, and he tells me he really likes this book and loves biology. I can see why after reading four chapters straight through. Mr. Tiner makes the subject of biology come alive and shares so much fascinating information Continue Reading >>
Book Review: The Life Of John Knox by Attic Books
From cover to cover, I finished this book in just two hours yesterday. A short, old-fashioned biography originally published in 1833 by the American Sunday School Union, The Life of John Knox is a fascinating glimpse into an era I knew nothing about -- the age of the Scottish Reformation. John Knox was a powerful and well-spoken man who was committed to God and had audience with Mary Queen of Continue Reading >>
Book Review: 50 People Every Christian Should Know by Warren Wiersbe
If you could choose 50 role models for your children, whom would you choose? You could not do much better then Warren Wiersbe in his book 50 People Every Christian Should Know. The book is actually a collection of essays which were originally published in a series of magazines. I read many essays and found each to be inspiring. These men and women were committed to daily study, evangelism, Continue Reading >>
Encouragement to Praise in the midst of Adversity
Last night I was really, really discouraged. We are on week six of ten weeks without my husband. I am tired. I started home from ballet, only to have yet another vomit incident in my car. This makes the seventh time in 3 months that someone has vomited in my car. Not from car sickness, but because my family keeps going through this type of sickness over and over. Nearly all six children are Continue Reading >>
Book Review: Defiant Joy (G.K.Chesterton Bio) by Kevin Belmonte
I would like to preface this review by saying that I did enjoy reading this book. I really did. It is not what I expected.... This book is incredibly difficult to read. I kept finding myself putting it down after three pages and trying to digest what I read. I kept finding myself in need of a dictionary. That doesn't happen very often to me! The book contains an innumerable number of Continue Reading >>
Product Review: Hero Tales from American History recorded by Hal Young
I have been trying so hard to discipline myself and write all of my reviews in the order I receive them, but I just can't help myself. You see, I've been listening to Hero Tales from American History by Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt as recorded by Hal Young. And, I have to tell you about them. First of all, did you notice that a former President of the United States is one of the Continue Reading >>
Getting Ready for a Move: Using Freecycle
Sorting through your stuff to get rid of everything you do not need before you move is a huge blessing on the other side as you unpack. I keep coming back to this because it is a big deal! It might sound like a daunting task, but it is much better to get it done before the movers pack your stuff. Nothing is worse then finding six year old nasty spices stuffed into a box when you are unpacking on Continue Reading >>
Preparing for a Big Move: Deciding What to Keep
Today was prep the toy room day. Actually, we had to start yesterday by actually putting away all the toys. Today, I started going through toy bins one by one and actually sorting stuff. I threw out about one trash bag full today, but I am not finished. Each of my bins is supposedly sorted by category and after today that is finally true again. It's been a while. I had to go through each bin Continue Reading >>