Books
Christian Books
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Christmas In Winter Hill by Melody Carlson
All That Is Good Christmas In Winter Hill by Melody Carlson is a delightful Christmas book that will leave you smiling. Every year Melody Carlson releases a Christmas book and I look forward to reading it, and this year’s offering does not disappoint. Christmas is a time for love and family but if you have […]
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
God Bless Us Every One A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a classic tale that I have never read until now – and it did not disappoint. Charles Dickens draws Scrooge perfectly as a bad tempered mean old miser. “No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.” There seems nothing to recommend him. […]
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The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer
While Artemis Fowl speeds toward Mars, the Fowl Twins step to starring roles in their own adventures in this page-turning series opener. The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer. Disney/Hyperion, 2019, 368 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-15 When we last took our leave of teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, he had laid down his life for his friends and taken it up again. Now, he speeding toward Mars in a space vehicle of his own design, leaving his family and fairy friends on earth. Family consists of father, mother, and twin brothers Myles and Beckett, now eleven years old. Though very similar in face and…
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I’ll Be Home For Christmas by Abbey Clancy
There’s No Place Like Home I’ll Be Home For Christmas by Abbey Clancy is a fun-filled contemporary novel that will delight the reader from the start. The story concerns the world of show biz. It all looks very glamourous but underneath it is hard work and difficult being apart from loved ones. Temptations lie all […]
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The Vanished Bride by Bella Ellis
Perfect For Bronte Fans The Vanished Bride by Bella Ellis is a cleverly thought out historical mystery and the first book in The Bronte Mysteries series. As the name suggests the action revolves around the Bronte sisters. As fact meets fiction, the reader is in for a real treat. I am a huge Bronte fan […]
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A Time Of Green by Eleanor Watkins
Across The Years A Time Of Green by Eleanor Watkins is a delightful Christian dual timeline novel that will warm the reader’s heart. The action is set in present day America and rural Wales in the 1940’s. The story is told from two alternating points of view – a great grandmother and her great […]
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*John Ronald’s Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien by Caroline McAlister
Lovely illustrations and beautiful narrative prose tell the story of Tolkien, from boyhood to The Hobbit. *John Ronald’s Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien by Caroline McAlister, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler. Roaring Brook, 2017, 48 pages. Reading Level: Picture Book, ages 4-8 Recommended for: all ages, especially Tolkien fans Once upon a time there was a boy who loved words. He loved stories too, first stories read by his mother and later stories read at school. Dragons featured in some of his favorite stories. But once he grew up, the boy would create a dragon of his own who is remembered to this day. For the boy is J.…
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*Finding Narnia by Caroline McAlister
Finding Narnia takes us into the lives of two brothers whose childhood inspired one of the world’s greatest fantasy series. *Finding Narnia: the Story of C. S. Lewis and His Brother by Caroline McAlister, illustrated by Jessica Lanan. Roaring Brook, 2019, 39 pages. Reading Level: Picture Book, ages 4-8 Recommended for: all ages, especially Narnia fans Jack and Warnie weren’t just brothers; they were best friends. But they were very different. From the beginning, it was Jack who dreamed up stories of other worlds. Warren Hamilton Lewis, three years older, had the practical, analytical mind. From childhood he was obsessed with railway lines, ships, and schedules. Clive Staples Lewis (Jack)…
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Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys by Mike Unwin
Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys features well-known migration patterns as well as surprising facts, in a readable picture-book format. Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys by Mike Unwin, illustrated by Jenni Desmond. Bloomsbury, 2019, 47 pages. Reading Level: Picture Book, ages 8-10 Recommended for: Ages 6-12 Migration is one of the great mysteries of science: we know why most animals migrate but can’t fully explain the instinct that guides them unerringly to their destination. This book doesn’t attempt to explain, but it calls attention to the wonder—as all good science books should. Each double-page spread summons an outstanding example of migration. We’ve seen many of them before, such as the epic flights of…
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Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island by Jennifer Thermes
This oversize, intricately-illustrated picture book relates the story of Manhattan in a series of maps. Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island by Jennifer Thermes. Abrams, 2019, 64 pages Reading Level: Picture Book, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 8-14 The story begins “millions of years ago” (give or take a few million) at the end of the Ice Age, when a glacier slowly melted over the Northeastern coast. In time people we call the Lanape settled on an island they called Manhanna, meaning “many hills.” A few hundred years later the Dutch staked a claim on it, and the history of New Amsterdam, later New York, began. If you love…
