Title: Rascal Author: Sterling North File Under: Read-Aloud, Chapter Book, Coming of Age Age Group*: 8-12 Keeping the theme of books for boys (if you can call my not posting in the Library Project for quite a while “keeping a theme”), I would love to remind you of Rascal. Really good children’s books express… Read More »
This and that: A winner! And a bit more about The Kitchen Madonna.
{The winner of the giveaway of the book is announced at the end of this post! Thanks for leaving your sweet comments!} I was so excited about the ideas of the prayer corner and the Liturgy of the Hours in a couple of Rumer Godden’s books that I lightly skipped over The Kitchen… Read More »
Rumer Godden in the Library Project and the Little Oratory
Title: China Court: The Hours of a Country House Author: Rumer Godden File Under: Fiction for adults, Book club selection Age Group*: Older teenage to adult — mostly will appeal to women There is a certain kind of novel that I find necessary to my existence. It’s not that I have to have… Read More »
E. Nesbit in the Library Project! And a movie for the family!
Title: The Story of the Treasure Seekers; The Railway Children; and others! Author: E. Nesbit File Under: Read-Aloud, Chapter Book, Kid’s Problems My inclination is to post about the Chronicles of Narnia for every Library Project entry. I consider them the perfect childhood reading. Realizing that that wouldn’t be practical or informative, I will… Read More »
C. S. Lewis and the Hierarchical Vision of Life ~ The Library Project
Title: The Complete Chronicles of Narnia Author: C. S. Lewis File Under: Read-Aloud, Chapter Book, All-Round Greatness As far as I am concerned, I owe C. S. Lewis my interior life. So don’t expect me to be less than exuberantly enthusiastic about Narnia. Please give your children the gift of imagination, adventure, wit, and wisdom.… Read More »