by Laurie Bluedorn | Oct 7, 2012 | Art, Children's Books, Reading Aloud
Penrod by Booth Tarkington (published 1914) Penrod Schofield is twelve and has been volunteered by his mother for “The Pageant of the Table Round” in which he is to play the Child Sir Lancelot du Lake. He gets himself into a mountain of trouble when he...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Oct 1, 2012 | Children's Books, Reading Aloud
Two of my favorite read-alouds — you can get them from the Gundersons at Grace and Truth Books. Nobody’s Boy by Hector Malot Nobody’s Girl by Hector Malot
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 3, 2012 | Children's Books, Reviews
Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant Hoo aboot sich a yarn that’ll bring the tares to the eyes o’ e’en the sternest mon. Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant (copyright 1898) is about: Bob, a bonnie tyke and last of the Gray Dogs of Kenmuir; Davie,...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 28, 2012 | Children's Books, History, Literature
Could you recommend a good read-aloud about the life of Martin Luther? Someone gave us a book about him, but it is more like a textbook, which doesn’t make for interesting read-aloud sessions — for any of us! L.J. Here’s my favorite Martin Luther...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 8, 2012 | Children's Books, Traveling Books
Mr. Pippin finds his real family — David Pippin and his nieces and nephew
by Laurie Bluedorn | Jul 21, 2012 | Children's Books
No, these aren’t my grandchildren — they’re the winners of one of our Trivium Pursuit contests. They seem to be enjoying their prize — Bless the Lord: The 103rd Psalm by Johannah Bluedorn Stanford.
