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Category Archives: Bloggy Randomness
Groundhog Day Read Alouds
This post is from the archives, but I thought I’d post it again, just in case anyone is making a quick trip to the library before Februrary 2. Enjoy! I serendepitously happened upon a few fun books about Groundhog Day last … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday
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a January jaunt
January has been a busy, cold, and wet month for the most part, so we haven’t spent much time outside at all. However, last week I decided that this had to change, so on Monday I threw my plans to … Continue reading
January Carnival of Children’s Literature
January’s Carnival of Children’s Literature has been published at Delightful Children’s Books. I have an entry in this month’s carnival. This is a great place to find even more bookish inspiration, so check it out!
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Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend by Ravi Zacharias
I’m going to do something here that I almost never do: write up my (final?) thoughts about a book I haven’t finished. I picked up Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend, a collection of Christian apologetics articles edited by … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Nonfiction, Books, In Step with the Spirit
Tagged Reading to Know 2012 Book Club
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ALA Youth Media Awards–60 (ish), Amy–6 (ish)
After a night of broken sleep, punctuated by severe weather alerts that rival air raid sirens in their ability to induce panic in us shell-shocked Alabamians, I got up this morning to watch the ALA Youth Media Awards presentation live … Continue reading
Caught Reading (Double Decker Edition)
Lulu’s reading a pictorial abridgement of Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates–just her favorite part, she told me later. (I guess laboring through the unabridged tale was worth it, after all. ) Louise is reading singing (both, really) Sandra … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggy Randomness, Books, Caught Reading, Kid-Speak, Louise, Lulu, The DLM
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Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman (again)
I don’t think I’ve ever done this before (well, except for the times I’ve gone on and on and on about how much my girls love all things Laura Ingalls Wilder), but I’m highlighting a book today that I’ve reviewed … Continue reading
Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
I picked this book up, my first pick of the new year, in a fit of desperation. Life had gotten to me. I had too much on my plate and I wasn’t handling it well. Really, I needed a touch … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Nonfiction, Books, In Step with the Spirit
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Caught Reading
In honor of tonight’s big football game which I care not one whit about (but obviously some denizens of the House of Hope do!) , I give you today’s Caught Reading photograph. Yes, that would be Lulu, a reader to … Continue reading
Thunder Birds: Nature’s Flying Predators by Jim Arnosky
I’ve had Jim Arnosky’s Thunder Birds: Nature’s Flying Predators in my to-be-reviewed stack for a while; in fact, it has gone back to the library once and been re-shelved since I first read it, and I’ve found it and re-checked it … Continue reading
Posted in Armchair Cybils, Books, Cybils, Juvenile Nonfiction, Nature, Picture Books
Tagged Nonfiction Monday
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