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The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
G--appropriate for all This review contains an affiliate link. Jonathan has been told all his life that there are no bears on Hemlock...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20211 min read
 
 
 


So You Want to Study the Middle Ages?
This post contains #affiliatelinks. I may earn a small commission from purchases you make via these links. My 6th grade son and I are...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20214 min read
 
 
 


Stoneheart by Charlie Fletcher
(Book 1 in the Stoneheart trilogy) PG-13 (language and violence) When George breaks off a stone dragon's head, he finds himself in an...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20211 min read
 
 
 


Grandpa's Box by Starr Meade
G--appropriate for all This is such a unique book. I have read fictionalized retellings of Bible stories, and I've read allegories of the...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20211 min read
 
 
 


A Triumph for Falvius by Caroline Dale Snedeker
G--appropriate for all This is a thin volume, not really long enough to be considered a novel. But it is a complete story about the...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20211 min read
 
 
 


Lights! Camera! Alice!: The Thrilling True Adventures of the First Woman Filmmaker by Mara Rockliff
G (appropriate for all) Biography picture book Alice Guy-Blanche lived during the late 19th century in France. When her family's business...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20211 min read
 
 
 


The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
(book 2 in the Chronicles of Narnia series) PG (fantasy creatures including a witch, violence related to war, mild expletives) As someone...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20212 min read
 
 
 


A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems by Deborah Ruddell
G (appropriate for all) This such a delightful read! The poems are whimsical, and though they follow the somewhat trite rhyme schemes and...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20211 min read
 
 
 


Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise by Kate DiCamillo
(book 4 in the Mercy Watson series) G (appropriate for all ages) There isn't a Mercy Watson book we don't love! My son is older now, but...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20211 min read
 
 
 


Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
​(book 2 in the Chronicles of Narnia series) PG (fantasy creatures including a witch and a werewolf, violence related to war, mild...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20211 min read
 
 
 


Good Night, Bat! Good Morning, Squirrel! by Paul Meisel
G (appropriate for all) When Bat finds himself homeless right before winter, he knows he must find a new home and quickly. He discovers a...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20211 min read
 
 
 


The Green Glasshouse by Kate Milford
PG-10 (ghosts, smugglers, thieving, role playing games--not D & D) This story has held my son's attention three different times! We...

Aimee Fuhrman
Oct 28, 20212 min read
 
 
 
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