A Word from Sue I love reading interviews with authors and illustrators. It’s an opportunity to catch an up-close “behind the scenes” peek at the work of talented creators, and I always come away feeling like I’ve learned so much. So, I was excited when I was asked to interview Laura Sassi, children’s book author and … More Author Interview with Laura Sassi by Sue Irwin
By Guest Blogger and upcoming MC teacher, Marianne Hering Before I tell you why a fiction book with a whopping 361 chapters is not a chapter book, let me ramble about myself for a minute. Gauche, I know, but it’s part of the answer. So, I’ve written a few books in my day. I wrote … More So Why Isn’t War and Peace a Chapter Book?
Join us for a review of Kathleen Long Bostrom’s new book, ‘Since the Baby Came’, a story about new siblings, written in 16 poems. … More Book Review & Giveaway: Since the Baby Came
On Monday Deborah DeCiantis reviewed Lori’s third book in her Refresh series, Refresh Your Hope: 60 Devotions for Trusting God With All Your Heart. Today I have a treat for you–one of Lori’s devotions! But first, here are some of her thoughts about the book: You Have Every Reason to Hope How can you hold … More A Peek into Lori Hatcher’s New Devotional: Refresh Your Hope
Tis the Season Tis the season to savor excellent Christmas books! This week you’re in for a treat with a review of MOUSE’S CHIRSTMAS GIFT. To top it off, we have an autographed giveaway copy. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la-la! Review When Parson gets sick, the village’s Christmas Eve service is cancelled. But, one tiny church mouse doesn’t … More Mouse’s Christmas Gift: A Review and Giveaway by Sally Matheny
Behind the Story of Inside the Ten-Foot Line Inside the Ten-Foot Line by Lori Scott broaches issues such as life goals, God’s leading, and relationships, but also deeper relevant subjects like eating disorders, grief, and physical abuse. All these themes grow together to create a riveting and profound narrative cloaked in a setting that’s relatable no … More Inside the Ten-Foot Line by Lori Scott: A Review by Guest Blogger, Amanda Moyer
5 Steps to researching nonfiction texts. … More 5 Steps to Research When You’re Not an Expert by Master Class Teacher, Annette Whipple
REVIEW Pebbles is a wonderful, reflective collection of devotionals with modern-day parables suitable for readers in their mid-teens written by one of our Write2Ignite bloggers, Leah Meahl. Girl readers in particular may be more inclined to draw similarities between their everyday life situations and the parables. It is particularly helpful to Christians who desire to … More PEBBLES: A Book Review by Guest Blogger Ellice Wong
When I first heard about the Baker Mountain series by Joyce Moyer Hostetter, Drive, the fourth book in the series, sounded the most interesting. Drive occurs several years after the previous novel, Comfort, and follows the story of Ida and Ellie Honeycutt, Ann Fay’s younger twin sisters. REVIEW The cover of Drive is stunning; the … More DRIVE: A Book Review by Kathryn Dover (and a Giveaway!)
Comfort, the third book in Joyce Moyer Hostetter’s Bakers Mountain series, picks up almost exactly where the previous novel, Blue, left off. Ann Fay Honeycutt narrates this novel as well. The polio epidemic and World War II have left her family shattered, and Ann Fay must pick up the pieces. The beginning is intriguing, but … More COMFORT: A Book Review by Kathryn Dover (and a Giveaway!)