Reading aloud is central to our family and our homeschool. It helps form who we are now and who we will become. It also teaches us about others and ourselves and, indeed, the world. After almost 20 years of homeschooling—and a few more of reading aloud—we have a list of family favorites: #1: The Bible. […]
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Review: Home to Chicory Lane by Deborah Raney
Landyn, married less than six months, runs back to her parents’ place with a U-Haul in tow, crashing the opening celebrations of her parents’ new bed and breakfast, Chicory Inn. Her parents, Audrey and Grant, are stretched to the limit financially and emotionally by Audrey’s dream of an inn. Her husband Chase, a fairly new […]
Review: The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
Rejected by society because of his hunchback and crippled arm, artist and bird lover Philip Rhayader buys an abandoned lighthouse and a large portion of the desolate marshes of Essex surrounding it. Here he cares for birds, paints, and sails, all through the 1930’s. One day a little girl, Fritha, braves her fear of this […]
Lily Lapp Books Free and on Sale
The enchanting Lily Lapp books are on sale this week. My little girls LOVE them and read them over and over. These funny, real-life, wholesome stories are for ages 8-13 and appeal to both girls and younger boys 8-11. Life with Lily is free on Kindle from today to the 25th, and the next 3 volumes are […]