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Black History Month Books for Kids (and a Few for Me)

February 11, 2020 By Jen Leave a Comment

A short little post today about Black History Month books. Why Black History Month matters: because we are humans on a shared journey. We are brothers and sisters with each other, and it's imperative that we know what others have gone through so that we can come alongside of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: american girl, black history month, books, brad meltzer, childrens books, homeschool, kids books, read alouds

Six Great Book Series For Young Readers

May 30, 2019 By Jen Leave a Comment

Summer vacation is upon us!  We are ready to get out of the house and have some fun.  For many of us, summer break means lots of time on the road.  Ball games, vacations, camping trips, beach bumming, boating, sightseeing, museums – if your family is anything like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Homeschooling Tagged With: book series, books, childrens books, EJ12, ella diaries, homeschool, kids, kingdom of wrenly, read, reading, series, strange museum, usborne, zita the space girl

Cozy Minimalist Home: My Thoughts

February 6, 2019 By Jen 2 Comments

cozy minimalist home the nestere

A few years ago, I read and loved The Nesting Place by Myquillyn Smith.  When I heard she had a new book coming out last year, I knew I'd buy it, just because I loved her first book so much.  Then I heard that the new book was called Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Home Tagged With: book review, cozy, home, house, minimalist

Books to Read and Skip: November 2018

November 30, 2018 By Jen Leave a Comment

books to read and skip

November became the unofficial month for fiction books.  With the exception of one book, everything I read this month was fiction.  This is pretty opposite of my norm.  Usually it's the opposite - lots of nonfiction and one or two fiction books.  It felt good to do some fun, easy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books, books to read, christian, cozy mystery, fiction, historical, nonfiction, read, reading, reviews, skip

Books to Read…and Skip: October 2018

November 1, 2018 By Jen 2 Comments

books to read october 2018

In January, I set a (VERY LOFTY) reading goal on Goodreads to read 100 books this year.  As of now (the end of October), I'm at 72.  Can I read 28 books in two months?!? Gah!  I'm going to do my best.  Next year I'm not going to aim quite so high. ;)  Anyway, I did make a little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books, enneagram, homeschool, natalie goldberg, rethinking school, reviews, sarah ladd, station eleven, susan wise bauer, writing, writing down the bones

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