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We have some friends serving with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) who recently cleaned out their ministry library of kids’ books, and my kids were the recipients of many. A handful of books from this series by Deborah Morris fell in, … Continue reading
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True Stories of Survival at Sea True stories of survival? Yes, please. In a graphic-novel style? Absolutely. For kids? If I must. I grabbed this little educational tool from the kids’ section in the library while my daughter attended a … Continue reading
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Perhaps the best autobiography style is here in Boy by Roald Dahl (1984). One of my favorites. A Christian review. Continue reading
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The Missionary Who Won a Nation by PrayerIllustrations by Giuseppe Rava Although I’ve been reading whole book series to my kids over the past 3 years, I’ve known all along that I also need to be peppering our nighttime readings … Continue reading
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This short Scholastic biography of Helen Keller is about as simplistic as you can get when it comes to recording the life of an American icon. It’s clearly designed for elementary-aged kids: the conversations and “suspense” are light, the font … Continue reading
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We finally finished the true series! I have been so happy with how much my kids have longed to hear these stories of late-19th-century prairie life each night. We began reading them in March of this year and technically finished … Continue reading
Another great offering by Scholastic for my adventures through the turn-of-the-century, this book answers most of the questions anyone might have about the San Francisco disaster of 1906. Having just completed the Scholastic book I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, … Continue reading
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A cutesy yet informative look at the life of President Theodore Roosevelt—Don’t You Dare Shoot that Bear! by Robert Quackenbush (1984) Continue reading
Wilbur and Orville Wright: The Flight to Adventure by Louis Sabin (1983) I recently read David McCullough’s The Wright Brothers, a thorough version of the Wright boys’ story written for adults. In keeping with my turn-of-the-century readings as of late … Continue reading
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Illustrated by Janice Lee Porter This was an enjoyable, if not tear-jerking, informative story of the life of Clara Brown, freed slave whose persistence, love, and work ethic made her a champion of freed slaves following the Civil War. This … Continue reading
