I love participating in Read Aloud Thursday when I find books that DD likes. She (we?) is very picky about what she likes. Any old books just will not do. She LOVES sing along books, though. SKIP TO MY LOU – This little gem was inherited from some friends and has tickled the fancy […] Read more…
Book Review – May Crowning, Mass & Merton (and Other Reasons I Love Being Catholic)
May Crowning, Mass & Merton: 50 Reasons I Love Being Catholic is another great book by Liz Kelly. Kelly divides her reasons into several sections including Objects with Meaning, Those Who Journey with Us, Devotion in Practice and Rhythms of the Faith. I’ve read books about favorite things about being Catholic before and what I […] Read more…
Whats On Your Nightstand? – Sept. 09
I did get to these books on my list from last month: Fearless by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson) Read & Share Toddler Bible (Thomas Nelson) Dawn’s Prelude by Tracie Peterson (Bethany House) I added these (to review): May Crowing, Mass & Merton (Loyola Press) Dancing With My Daughter (Loyola Press) Amish Peace I also finally […] Read more…
Book Review – Dancing With My Daughter
Dancing with my Daughter: Poems of Love, Wisdom & Dreams is a lovely gift book published by Loyola Press. In this book, Jayne Jaudon Ferrer, divides each chapter into a different dance and shares poems about the exhaustion, joy and fear of raising daughters. I’m not normally a person who enjoys these types of books, […] Read more…
Read-Aloud Thursday – Wakey Wakey!
This week, my daughter’s new favorite set of board books was one we got from the Children’s Book of the Month Club. These books have wonderful little illustrations and feature the same characters in all 4 books. They are great interactive books! The first one in the set is called What Shall We Do Today?. Each […] Read more…
BBAW – Reading Meme
You may have noticed that I have a button for Book Bloggers Appreciation Week in my sidebar. One of the events for BBAW is a a Reading Meme. Without further ado, here is my contribution: Do you snack while you read? YES. Not so good for my diet, but I always have. If so, favorite […] Read more…
Book Review – Dawn’s Prelude by Tracie Peterson
I was so excited to get an advance reading copy of Dawn’s Prelude by Tracie Peterson from Bethany House Publishers. This is the first book in Tracie’s new series Song of Alaska. Lydia is a young widow in a power struggle with her (significantly older) abusive husband’s children over her inheritance of all the marital […] Read more…
Book Review – Fearless by Max Lucado
Thomas Nelson sent me a pre-release copy of Fearless by Max Lucado. I’ve heard a lot about him but have never read one of his books (unless you count children’s books). In this book, Max addresses various commonly held fears such as not mattering, worst-case scenarios, the coming lean times, and global calamity among others. […] Read more…
Read-Aloud Thusday: More Animals!
I had a blast participating in this last week and we picked up some great books at TJ Maxx last week that Lil’ Bit LOVES so I thought I’d share. First, I picked up Numbers on the Farm. It is a really big padded board book. The illustrations are awesome and show farm and farm […] Read more…
Book Review – Read & Share Toddler Bible by Gwen Ellis
The Read and Share Toddler Bible is a beautiful book that would be a perfect gift for a little one for Baptism, Christmas or Easter. It’s small size (appox. 7 x 6) is great for little hands to hold and the pages are thick and sturdy. It’s probably not suitable for VERY small children, but […] Read more…