All ages

Made This Way

Book cover: Made This Way
Author(s): 
Leila Miller
Trent Horn

This new book by Leila Miller and Trent Horn is an answer to Christian parents' prayers. Which of us hasn't wondered how to talk to our kids about these difficult moral issues or felt overwhelmed at the thought of figuring out how to do it lovingly and without fear? Especially since these issues weren't even on the radar when we were growing up. As the back cover notes:

Marguerite

Author(s): 
Frances de Chantal

What an unexpected and lovely story! Beautifully written and engaging, this short novel has many elements of real life making it so alive. A little boy who is under cancer treatment, a good and kind doctor, and twin sisters who carry crosses with courage. The mystery is well woven, the suspense done just right. Everything is unraveled in time, and we get to know a lot about a beautiful grotto in Iowa. I enjoyed very much the many Catholic references as well. I highly recommend this short novel!

Will Wilder

Author(s): 
Raymond Arroyo
I am delightfully surprised by this new children's book. The author is talented and the story progresses without you noticing it... Yes, the story grabbed me from the first chapter, and that is a lot to say for this reviewer who is a mother of seven and has read many children's books to her kids. I liked many things about it. Like Frodo and Sam in Lord of The Rings--and all of us ordinary people--Will isn't perfect. He is an ordinary kid called to an important mission. His family and his town are realistic, and the mystery, dangers and mishap well told.

The Story of Job

Author(s): 
Regina Doman
Illustrator(s): 
Ben Hatke
Ben Hatke's illustrations are the icing on the cake of this wonderful little book. Job is famous for his biblical faithfulness over the most unfortunate circumstances. It is a tremendous story for us in our day, and Regina Doman brings it to life for children--and for adults as well! What a tool of hope in the dark days we live in. The final illustration of the happiness of the couple around their pregnancy and children should be made into life-affirming posters everywhere!

Little Britches

Book Cover for "Little Britches"
Author(s): 
Ralph Moody
We are now in the middle of the Little Britches series, written by Ralph Moody. I cannot speak for Ralph Moody's later books, or his fiction. I am referring to his series of books for children which are also his autobiography. The books have all of the elements you would expect in a good story and more! Family love, courage, disappointments and celebrations, birth, death, creativity and adventures galore. Little Britches is what his cowboys friends call the author when he is young, and learns to ride, to become quite the young cowboy.

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