We long for the Shining Isle, and we long for the Home that is prepared for us. I hope you will read these books with your children and be inspired, encouraged, and enlivened.
Tag: Children
Poetry: Prelutsky – I met a dragon face to face
I met a dragon face to facethe year when I was ten,I took a trip to outer space,I braved a pirate's den,I wrestled with a wicked troll,and fought a great white shark,I trailed a rabbit down a hole,I hunted for a snark. I stowed aboard a submarine,I opened magic doors,I traveled in a time machine,and …
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Poetry: Stevenson – The Land of Storybooks
Home I return across the sea, And go to bed with backward looks At my dear land of Story-books.
Review: The Prince and the Pauper
I have been going through my classics shelves and reading all the books I missed as a child. I actually began reading this one to my children, but I was so intrigued by the story and so impatient for times between naps or chores that I finished it on my own. I will have to …
Review: Defending Boyhood
Esolen's book states most simply and directly that it is good for boys to be boys that we might raise them into men.
Madelyn Rose Craig 