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The Wilderking Trilogy: A Fresh Take on the Life of David

The Wilderking Trilogy: A Fresh Take on the Life of David

by Carolyn | Adventure, Bible, Boys, Character Training, Fantasy, Imagination, Juvenile Fiction, Middle-grade, Read Alouds, Recommendations

The Wilderking Trilogy by Jonathan Rogers is a delightful middle-grade fantasy series. It’s based loosely on the life of King David from his shepherd days to his coronation. I had previously read the first book, The Bark of the Bog Owl, and recommended it on the...
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again

After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again

by Carolyn | Character Training, Imagination, Picture Books, Preschool, Read Alouds, Recommendations

After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again… We all know the nursery rhyme: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, and all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couln’t put Humpty together again. But what if...
Tumble and Blue: On Friendship and Fate

Tumble and Blue: On Friendship and Fate

by Carolyn | Adventure, Fantasy, Imagination, Juvenile Fiction, Magical Realism, Middle School, Middle-grade, Scary Stories

Do you get super excited when one of your favorite authors comes out with a new book? Me too! (I’m assuming you said yes, right?) I loved Cassie Beasly’s debut middle-grade novel, Circus Mirandus, so when her new novel, Tumble & Blue, arrived in the...
Cilla Lee-Jenkins Future Author Extraordinaire 

Cilla Lee-Jenkins Future Author Extraordinaire 

by Carolyn | Autobiography, Chapter Books, Cultural Diversity, Girls, Imagination, Juvenile Fiction, Older Elementary, Read Alouds

Let me introduce you to a modern-day Ramona. I have totally fallen for the quirky, honest, ambitious Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire by Susan Tan. The Story Cilla Lee-Jenkins is certain that she is destined for literary greatness. What she’s not...
Orphan Island: Journey from Childhood to Adolescence

Orphan Island: Journey from Childhood to Adolescence

by Carolyn | Adventure, Fantasy, Girls, Imagination, Juvenile Fiction, Magical Realism, Middle School, Middle-grade, Parenting

Orphan Island is a beautiful, poignant story for kids on the verge of leaving childhood. My older two kids are about the same age my brother and I were when we started sharing book recommendations back and forth (which we still do to this day). So it’s no...
Hilarious Picture Books with Dragons

Hilarious Picture Books with Dragons

by Carolyn | Animal books, Book Lists, Fantasy, For fun, Imagination, Picture Books, Poetry, Read Alouds, Recommendations

I don’t know how it started, but there has been a surplus of funny picture books with dragons published in the last few years. And when I say funny, I mean hilarious. I literally can’t read some of these without laughing out loud. If you have a child who...
The Door Before–N.D. Wilson’s New Prequel

The Door Before–N.D. Wilson’s New Prequel

by Carolyn | Adventure, Boys, Character Training, Fantasy, Girls, Imagination, Juvenile Fiction, Magical Realism, Middle School, Middle-grade, Scary Stories

Sometimes, when you have been anticipating a new book in a series, it won’t measure up. Well, I’m happy to say that’s not the case with The Door Before. It was stunning. The Door Before surprised me in multiple ways. First of all, it’s not just...
Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

by Carolyn | Adventure, Cultural Diversity, Fantasy, Imagination, Juvenile Fiction, Middle School, Middle-grade

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi is one of the most fascinatingly beautiful books I have read in recent memory. I finished it (the audiobook version) in less than a day. The Story In a fantastical land where color and magic are intimately connected, Alice is born...
Henry and the Chalk Dragon: For the Artist Within Us All

Henry and the Chalk Dragon: For the Artist Within Us All

by Carolyn | Adventure, Boys, Chapter Books, Fantasy, Imagination, Juvenile Fiction, Middle-grade, Older Elementary, Read Alouds

One of the first things that struck me when I began reading Henry and the Chalk Dragon is that Jennifer Trafton’s prose sings. This book will make a great read-aloud. The second thing that struck me is that his book is hilarious. It reminded me of the Scholastic...
Big Friends: A Book About Friendship

Big Friends: A Book About Friendship

by Carolyn | Character Training, Imagination, Older Elementary, Parenting, Picture Books, Preschool, Recommendations

I adore picture books, but it’s rare for me to run across one and think, I have to dedicate a whole post to this book. But Big Friends by Linda Sarah is one of those rare books. It’s a book about friendship. Big Friends asks the question, can a twosome...
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Readers have asked me for more adventurous books t Readers have asked me for more adventurous books that boys would like, and I think the Lost Art Mysteries series by Deron R. Hicks fits the bill. Boys and girls alike will be pulled into these fast-paced novels that read like a spy thrillers. They'll be so engaged they won't mind learning a little bit about art along the way. Maybe they'll even ask to visit an art museum after reading these! (Let me know if they do!)⁠⁠
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It's been a wild week, y'all! Would you blame this It's been a wild week, y'all! Would you blame this still-thawing Texan for not having scheduled some book content for this week?⁠⁠
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It may be back up to the 70's now, but we're still dealing with a boil water notice in my area. ⁠⁠
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I've got so much to be thankful for. Our power never went out. Our pipes didn't burst. We got to enjoy the company of my brother-in-law and sister-in-law and their two-year-old who didn't have power to heat their home. And we had enough food and bottled water that we didn't have to venture out on icy roads to face the bare shelves at the grocery store.⁠⁠
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Still, with trying to feed nine people and boil snow, I didn't do much reading (other than Hippos Go Berserk to my niece) or writing (other than a few descriptions of snow). The snow was magical, but so is running water.⁠⁠
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All that to say, I've got more bookish posts coming soon.
Are your kids re-readers?⁠ ⁠ When I first came Are your kids re-readers?⁠
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When I first came across this quote from C.S. Lewis, I realized I had been missing out on something. I wasn't a re-reader as a kid, but I've certainly seen the benefits in my own children and have learned to enjoy it myself. ⁠
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When readers contact me saying they can't keep their kids in books, encouraging re-reading is one of my first recommendations. Help your kids to see favorite books as old friends. Not only will they never have the nothing to read excuse again, they'll get more out of those favorites with each re-reading.⁠
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What is a good you or your kids have enjoyed re-reading?⁠
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#kidlit #rereading #readagain #housefullofbookworms #readaloudrevival #readaloudfamily #booksforkids #bookquotes #cslewis
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