Book Review: A Family Advent
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The Christian tradition of Advent — anticipating the coming of Christmas with a month of reflection — has been observed for centuries. The use of the advent wreath probably...
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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars How do you engage preschoolers in an Advent ceremony? One way is to get this beautiful pop-up book, illustrated in Renaissance style, that tells the story of Jesus’ birth in...
View ArticleBook Review: Christ in Christmas: A Family Advent Celebration
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars In this collection of Advent devotionals, four prominent Christian leaders each contribute a devotional to use for the four Sundays of Advent. On the other days you simply...
View ArticleBook Review: Advent: Remembering How Jesus Came And Will Come Again
Advent Remembering How Jesus Came And Will Come Again by 25 Daily Readings for Families to Share at Christmas Time | Make Your Own Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Emily Campbell, a pastor’s wife at...
View ArticleBook Review: Diary of a Wombat
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars It’s not easy to write a page-turner showing an animal’s ordinary life, in such a way that it conveys a real sense of the animal’s basic characteristics without overly...
View ArticleBook Review: Diary of a Baby Wombat
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Jackie French’s wombat is back, this time with a baby who tells her own story through “diary” entries complemented by visual scenes. These humorously highlight the difference...
View ArticleBook Review: Christmas Wombat
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars This time our imperterbably stubborn wombat takes a flight of fancy — on the back of Santa’s sleigh, where she settles in to nap after shoving the reindeer aside to get their...
View ArticleBook Review: Sleds on Boston Common
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars It’s refreshing to find a piece of historical fiction placed squarely in the middle of important historical events, yet focused on children’s natural interests. It’s even...
View ArticleBook Review: Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars If sly hilarity and perfectly-paced comedic gags are your thing, you’ll love this series. In the introductory volume, the polar bears Irving and Muktuk appear in the Canadian...
View ArticleEssay: How to Avoid Library Fines
The public library knows our name. Our family has about 300 items charged out at any given time, and 50-100 of them rotate in and out of the house every week. One of our children received a library...
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