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Oct 28, 20214 min

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...

Oct 28, 20211 min

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...

Oct 28, 20211 min

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski

G-appropriate for all This is my all-time favorite Christmas picture book. If you don't already own it, this is the ONE Christmas book...

Oct 28, 20211 min

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...

Oct 28, 20212 min

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...

Oct 28, 20214 min

My Top 5 Favorite Fiction Books for Each Age Group

Asking me to pick my favorite book is excruciating for my brain. I have so MANY books that I love, and for different reasons. Of course, new