Do YOU do it too?!
I read this article last night and couldn’t believe it. It was written by a woman I respect and admire and who I know is an amazing reader and fellow bibliophile. http://www.sonlight.com/blog/2012/04/why-i-read-the-end-first.html Here’s what she says: “I usually read the end of a book first. It helps me enjoy the book more.” Aaack! Really?! She [...]
7 Things to Look for in a Great Book for a Child—Part 7
It provides wholesome entertainment. Oh, the joy of sitting on the sofa, snuggled up with one or two warm little bodies aside, laughing together over a silly book. Not every book has to be educational or has to teach a moral lesson. Sometimes it is just fun to laugh. Some books we love are merely [...]
7 Things to Look for in a Great Book for a Child—Part 6
Upholds traditional biblical values and models good character traits. I’ve had many people ask whether our site lists only “Christian” books. The answer is no! There are so many amazing and wonderful books out there that are not considered “Christian”. However, none of our books will, to the best of our knowledge, glorify or [...]
7 Things to Look for in a Great Book for a Child—Part 5
It conveys imaginative and memorable ideas. These are the books that take us to places outside of our own worlds. They may take us to lands faraway, to imaginary worlds, to personally unexplored territories like deep oceans, space, the microscopic world, into the past, or into the world of emotions like joy, intrigue, suspense, compassion, [...]
Book Giveaway: Show Me How!
I had the pleasure of meeting a delightful new friend recently, Vivian Kirkfield. We met at a festival where she was promoting her new book, Show Me How! Build Your Child’s Self Esteem Through Reading, Crafting and Cooking. This book is packed with cooking and craft ideas that correspond to 100 really great children’s books. [...]
7 Things to Look for in a Great Book for a Child—Part 4
This is the fourth post in a series on criteria we use to consider books listed on MomsKidsBooks. It inspires to goodness. Are you familiar with formula books? Books in a series, published rapidly one after another, and all relatively the same? So many of them are either all about “me”, are morally pointless or [...]
7 Things to Look for in a Great Book for a Child—Part 3
This is the third post in a series of posts on the criteria we use to consider books listed on MomsKidsBooks. Teaches something important in an engaging and impactful manner. When I was in high school, my world history teacher would start at one corner of the room and have each student read [...]
The Transforming Power of Story
Update: The link to this video has been removed from Vimeo and the short film is now available for purchase on iTunes–you can find the trailer and link here: http://morrislessmore.com/?p=film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore from Moonbot Studios on YouTube. This is an utterly charming 15-minute film about the power of [...]
7 Things to Look for in a Great Book for a Child—Part 2
This is the second in a series of posts explaining the criteria we use to consider books listed on MomsKidsBooks. Is enhanced with illustrations that reflect artistic beauty Illustrations, if present, reflect artistic beauty and are visually engaging. The artist has clearly taken a personal interest in the story or subject matter and enhances it [...]
Family Reading Journal 1/17/12
What I read this week: Helen’s Temper, a Lamplighter book. We have quite a few on our shelf and I’ve only read one other one (Jessica’s First Prayer) so I thought I should add a couple to my repertoire. Also started The Well Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer. What 9 yo Sweet Pea read: [...]
