Song of Creation

Song of Creation Paul Goble Eerdmans, 2004 In theory, I love the idea of books of prayers for kids. In practice, I never know how to use them. My daughter likes to sit down and read straight through books, which never quite works with a collection of prayers. But at last I’ve found a book [...]

Thanks and Reminder

Thanks to all of you who have taken our survey so far!  It’s so great to hear your feedback and get to know you a little, so to speak.  If you haven’t done it yet, there’s still time – it will be open through next Tuesday and we will announce the drawing winner on Wednesday [...]

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane…

It’s a survey!  And a giveaway! Sarah and I have been talking, and we’d like to get to know you better. One of the very strange things about blogging is that, even when your site stats page tells you that people are reading what you write, you really have no idea who they are. We [...]

Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper of the Angels’ Den

Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper of the Angels’ Den Janet & Geoff Benge YWAM Publishing, 1998 A few weeks ago Sarah and I visited her daughter’s school library and scoured the shelves for books that we might want to review here.  At one point we strayed from the theology section to the biography section because we’d [...]

Suggestions, Please

I was just thinking about how we didn’t have a food for thought post up today when it dawned on me… I should hijack today’s post and ask for your advice! My daughter is turning the big TWO next month and in preparation of birthday gift buying I’ve been updating her book wish list. I [...]

The Big Picture Story Bible… Now with Audio CDs!

If you’ve been reading here for a while or have perused our archives you already know how much we love The Big Picture Story Bible.  If you aren’t familiar with this wonderful children’s Bible, please go read Sarah’s review of it from last summer. If you don’t already have a copy of The Big Picture [...]

Books as Friends

So, we’ve recently moved. Across the continent, really. (Hence the noticeable absence of posts by me.) It is, as Haley reminds me, only temporary and we already have our return tickets back to Minnesota. But in the meantime, our little family is happily ensconced in an old San Francisco row house – yes, it does [...]

Secretly Do Good Deeds

Secretly Do Good Deeds Melody Carlson & Susan Reagan Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2002 Most kids don’t have to be taught to like being sneaky.  We parents might think that’s an entirely bad thing, but I think it actually might not be… Secretly Do Good Deeds is a short and sweet little book that demonstrates [...]