OUT OF THE BEST BOOKS

My mother-in-law shared this book with me. She had read it to my husband when he was little, and recently when his parents were downsizing...

If you have not yet read Gary Schmidt, I highly recommend his books to parents and young adult readers alike. (You will have to decide if ...

My daughter brought home this sweet story about a little boy who loves to "zoom" around with his mother in her wheelchair. T...

My 12-year old daughter, Rebecca, gives this synopsis of a marvelous biography she finished today: Gladys Aylward wanted to be a Chris...

I love to read aloud to children, at home and in their school classrooms, and I especially have a fondness for sharing the poetry that ...

Have you ever had a nap at Grandma's house? If so, I bet it wasn't like this one! Husband-wife illustrator-author team Don and Audr...

Here is another great introduction to poetry in a gentle, simple style. Pullitzer-prize winning Updike has written a poem for each month of...

Amber on the Mountain has such wonderful, warm, peaceful paintings as the illustrations that it is a visual treat as well as inspiring. Ambe...

I love historical fiction! Did you that in Venice there was an ospedalo , or orphanage, where people would drop off their infant daughters? ...

FLAG: We thought this book was a great read-aloud book, but there were some words/phrases/parts that I edited as I read. Better to read i...

This book is a favorite of our bedtime readings through the years. One of my children was always asking which child I loved the best. Th...

I just finished this incredibly sweet story by a boy about his father. It is a love story, hands down, just a different kind of love than w...