How to Conquer Bad Habits This book is like a perfect storm for me. Within the past few years, I began my birding hobby—first with binoculars and now with a camera—so I am fascinated by anything related to our feathered … Continue reading
My parents had this book on their bookshelf for as long as I can remember, and yet I never had any interest in trying it out during my years at home. My reasons were two-fold: first, as a youngster, I … Continue reading
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The Call of the Wild adapted by Mitso Yamamoto — An Illustrated Classics Editions book; original story by Jack London Having just finished reading The Call of the Wild myself, I knew immediately that my children would love to hear … Continue reading
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I had requested this classic novel for my siblings’ 2018 reading list, but as it turns out, I’m the only rube who hadn’t yet read it. That had to change. So after finishing The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky a few … Continue reading
The Complete Guide to Butterfly Gardening, Identification, and Behavior Only within the past year have I gained an interest in natural photography—especially bird, butterfly and moth photography—so this book became an excellent resource for my slow learning process about butterfly … Continue reading
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How to catch, identify, and care for creepy crawlies and other bugs. 24 in all.An illustrated field guide and activity book. I’ve structured my kindergarten classes to follow four weekly sub-themes within each monthly theme, and this week we’re exploring … Continue reading
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Practical Parables for Young People Due to my growing interest in birding, this old hardback caught my eye as it lay in a stack of throw-away books where my mother was clearing out her church library. Likely a book long … Continue reading
How to identify birds using the clues in feathers, habitats, behaviors, and sounds A friend of mine from Australia visited over Thanksgiving and brought with him not only a fancy pair of binoculars, but also a small field guide of … Continue reading
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Fantasy is not my norm, and children’s fantasy even less so. Perhaps the closest I’ve come since having left the anamorph-heavy world of children’s books was Watership Down by Richard Adams. Nevertheless, upon the strong recommendation from my older brother, … Continue reading
Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline Although I have written several children’s books myself and love the genre, I have spent a considerable amount of time away from reading children’s literature due to my seminary courses, full-time job, and all the rest. … Continue reading
