This is Orange provides an interesting history of the color. The post This Is Orange: A Field Trip Through Color by Rachel Poliquin appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

A fictional story remembers a very real place, The Library in the Woods. The post *The Library in the Woods by Calvin Alexander Ramsey appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Rumpelstiltskin is an excellent retelling of an old fairy tale for a new audience. The post Rumpelstiltskin by Mac Barnett appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames begins a fantasy series about a girl with mysterious origins and dragonish features. The post Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames by Jenny Moore appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

I grew up on the Texas plains, a bland background I didn’t appreciate at the time. But one grand view on a clear evening lingers in my memory: the Dallas skyline, blazing up out of low purple ridges against a gaudy sunset. Since then I’ve moved around a lot and developed a taste for geography:… The post The Place of “Place” appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Word Made Fresh is a winsome invitation to explore poetry – along with a defense of why poetry is worth exploring for Christians. The post *Word Made Fresh by Abram Van Engen appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Poems come to life as a comic artist illustrates them in Nature Poems to See By. The post *Nature Poems to See By by Julian Peters appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

El Amor No Esperara (Love Won’t Wait) The Love Dilemma by Tracy Corbett is a beautiful novel about love and family. I absolutely adored it. It’s a most delightful rom-com, and would make a fabulous movie. The two main protagonists put their sibling’s happiness above their own. Their lives have been one long train of […]

Why study Shakespeare? We’re so glad you asked! To quote the chapter on literary retellings in The Redeemed Reader: Cultivating a Child’s Discernment and Imagination Through Truth and Story, God in His wisdom has endowed certain authors with such common grace and insight into human nature that their work has made a deep impression on… The post Shakespeare for Everyone: A Redeemed Reader Booklist appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Coville’s picture book adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays do justice to the stories and serve as excellent introductions. The post Bruce Coville’s Shakespeare Retellings: Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet appeared first on Redeemed Reader.