This holiday is viewed as sacred by some and scorned as an advertising gimmick by others. For me, at least this year, it is a special day because I hope to celebrate the birth of another grandchild whose mother is due any day. Besides being the mother of six myself, I have a lot to… Read More Happy Mother’s Day
1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. It is our year in the twentieth century of history. I have read this book to all my children. This is why: one day, when I closed the book at teatime, my 12-year-old son wistfully said, “I wish we could do that.” I waited. “You know, rescue people,… Read More In April, I read
I am pleased to announce that Home Education, Volume 1 of Charlotte Mason’s Home Education series is now complete on Audio! I will leave the individual installments up until June 30th for those of you who have purchased the book incrementally as it’s become available. After that date, Home Education will only be available to… Read More Volume 1 of Charlotte Mason’s series is Complete!
Anyone who has listened to our podcast knows that I, Emily, am an unabashed Charlotte-Mason-geek. So much so that I have hi-jacked mom’s usual blog post schedule to insert one of my “new” finds. I’ve been looking more deeply into how exactly Charlotte Mason suggested the Bible be studied as a school subject. Since the Bible… Read More An Addition to our Library
“I’d love to hear a post on reading in stressful times.” was a request of a long-time follower of Living Books Library. I understood. I have lived through some stressful times myself. Reading helps. Let me be more exact: reading is a survival technique. Through nearly 40 years of marriage, six children, aging parents, 20… Read More Reading Under Stress
I have heard Pollyanna mocked often enough in my life that I became scornful of her myself. This scornfulness was unjust, being based on lack of knowledge. Of course, I vaguely remember the movie on TV, dim childhood recollections of a girl climbing out of her room into a tree, being spunky. After reading Pollyanna… Read More Are You Glad?
It’s spring and the perfect time to begin planning for next year! To help you, we have updated our sale pages with lots of new offerings: history, biography, science, historical fiction and literature. All purchases support Living Books Library and our local community of readers and homeschoolers. We thank you.
You will note in the list below that half the books I read this past month are children’s books. I read some of them to my children, some of them to investigate for making recommendations or writing reviews for parents, and some of them just because I wanted to. Reading children’s books is pleasurable on… Read More March in Books
A couple of weeks ago we had friends for dinner and my Dad. These friends are great listeners and enjoy a good yarn, so I prompted Dad to tell them some stories from his childhood in rural Georgia. He had us in stitches. They were in awe when I told them that ten years ago,… Read More Telling Family Stories
Recently my youngest child and I finished reading The Return of the King, Tolkien’s last volume in The Lord of the Rings. Three years ago, we began with The Hobbit, then moved into the trilogy, so it has been a long journey, a journey through hundreds of pages. I wonder how many hours of my… Read More Speed Reading