Posts Tagged ‘reading’
Top 10 Books to Warm Your Heart
Winter has a bleak coldness to it. It embodies the feeling that life is over and may not come back again. Our hearts can grow cold when life seems too hard can’t it? Sometimes in the bleakness, the desire to quit is overwhelming. A simple story can warm a heart unlike any other. When you…
Read MoreThere Was an Old Dragon who Swallowed a Knight
I’m celebrating Picture Book Month all of November as I participate in a fun blog hop highlighting great picture books and crafts to go along with them. If you missed my post about Mo Willems yesterday, you should go check it out! Today I am featuring an author that has taken a classic children’s…
Read MoreMo Willems’s Pigeon Books: Who Doesn’t Love a Pigeon Craft?
Only Mo Willems can make a Pigeon endearing and hilarious in a children’s book. I first met the Pigeon and the Duckling at a friend’s house. Her son was cracking up over this crazy duo and the way Mo Willems brings their interactions to life. I found a great selection of these Pigeon books at…
Read MoreNIV Bible for Teen Girls – Giveaway!
One of my dad’s absolute favorite things to do was give away Bibles. He would go away on a business trip and come back with the address of the guy he sat next to on the plane that he was going to mail a Bible. Even in his Sixth Grade Sunday School class, the big…
Read MoreWhere do I find good books to read aloud?
If you’ve got your kids sitting still and you’ve figured out a time for read alouds, so the next big question is, “Where can I find good books to read?” Nothing can kill read aloud time like finding a book that no one wants to listen to, much less a book that is filled with poor…
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