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Picture Books that Adults Will Love, Too!

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Reading is an important skill. Parents who want to raise an avid reader need to take the time to read lots of stories to their children. It is also a good idea to let your child see you reading. Children often imitate the behaviors they see their parent’s doing. Check out some of these children’s books that adults will love, too! Reading books with your child can be a rewarding experience. It is a nice way to spend time together and share a hobby that you both enjoy. Things can become a bit maddening, however, when a child insists upon … Continue reading →

Free eBooks For Your Kindle – Week of January 19, 2012

The Kindle is an electronic book reader. It is made by Amazon, and is one of the most popular type of eBook readers in existence. If you know where to look, you can find plenty of books that you can legally download for free for your Kindle, (right from the Amazon website). Here is a quick list of what is available for free right now. People who love to read will be able to think of several books that they want to put onto their Kindles. Most of the time, doing this will cost you at least a little bit … Continue reading →

Adding Seasonal Touches to Scrapbooks

One step inside of a scrapbook supply shop during the month of December and you may be buried under an avalanche of Christmas-themed paper and embellishments. From Santa Claus and snowman stickers to candy cane stamps and angel-shaped die cuts, when it comes to finding ways to add holiday cheer to your seasonal scrapbook, you don’t have to look very hard to find merry materials. I am a huge fan of seasonal scrapbook stickers, rub-ons, and other page decorations; however, I also enjoy adding a little something extra to my Christmas layouts. One of the many types of filler I … Continue reading →

Salem Ridge Press Answers the Call for Wholesome Books

Established in 2005, Salem Ridge Press mission is to revive quality wholesome children’s books the entire family can enjoy. Salem Ridge Press is bringing back books from the 1800’s and 1900’s to this generation of young readers. Solid “living books” should never go out of fashion. If you seek to bring your kids great literature you can trust then give these books a chance. Salem Ridge Press offers books in different genres such as historical fiction, allegory, adventure and young readers. They also carry plenty of historical fiction books that focus on church history. A great feature on the site … Continue reading →

Media Week in Review Dec 24th – 30th

The cold temperatures make for good reading and viewing weather. Check out our recommendations from this week in Media Review. We finished out the Christmas season with Paddington Bear and the Christmas Surprise. Tristi interviewed G.G. Vandagriff, author of Cankered Roots, Of Deadly Descent, and Tangled Roots. Vandagriff’s books all feature a genealogist as the main character. Animal lovers will not want to miss the free video podcast Wild Chronicles from National Geographic. Tristi also reviewed Makeover, a new LDS young adult novel by Shannon Guymon, and Reasonable Doubt by LDS author, Marcia Mickelson. If you have a Wii, or … Continue reading →

Week in Review – November 19th – 24th

You can tell we’re in a holiday mood here in Media Reviews! We learned how to make delicious Thanksgiving food with the cookbook “Thanksgiving 101.” There’s no need to feel intimidated by the big meal when you’ve got this handy guide. Then we headed into the Christmas season with a look at the children’s picture book “The Christmas Candle,” about a young man who learned that he needed to turn to his family to find his true happiness. We visited Jeanne-Marie in France and saw how she celebrated her holiday season with “Noel for Jeanne-Marie,” and we read about a … Continue reading →

Media Review: With Eyes Wide Open: A Workbook for Parents Adopting International Children

With Eyes Wide Open is a workbook sometimes used in required pre-adoption preparation courses or given to pre-adoptive parents of international children. It is intended for parents adopting children who are several months old or older. These are children with life experiences, which the authors define as a child who has recognizes caregivers or caregiving patterns such as voices, words, gestures, who has attempted to attach to a caregiver, who is aware of smells, sounds, and sights in the environment. This workbook intends to make you think about your child’s likely past experiences and what is likely to be most … Continue reading →

Media Review: Opposing Viewpoints: Adoption

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The Opposing Viewpoints Series from Greenhaven Press is a series I have long admired as a student, citizen and prospective educator. The series contains over 90 books ranging from Abortion to Welfare Reform. The series has been in existence for 25 years but is frequently updated. Each book organizes itself around four or five main questions relating to a topic. The editors seek out both prominent and lesser-known voices on various sides to give opinions from multiple viewpoints. So what is controversial about adoption? More than you might think. Some essays in the book directly oppose each other. The first … Continue reading →

Author Interview – Lynne Jonell (part three) Reader Feedback and About Her Books

Thank you for joining us for part three of our talk with nationally published children’s book author Lynne Jonell. If you missed part one or two, click here. Lynne, when we left off you were telling us how children have strong emotions and often aren’t able to articulate them. You seek to give children a voice in your books, an empowering and comforting pursuit. Have you heard back from parents about how their children react to your books? Oh, yes. They’re funny books, for one thing, and parents and children love the chance to laugh together about some of these … Continue reading →

Little Women (1994)

I’m sure that somewhere along the line, you figured out that I’m a huge “Little Women” fan. I’ve read the book countless times and seen every film version of it ever made (unless they did a remake of it over in Lithuania that I haven’t heard about.) This version, with Winona Ryder, is hands-down the best. Why, you ask? I will tell you. First, a refresher course on the plot. The March family is very poor, having given most of their material wealth to those more poor than themselves. The Civil War is upon them and their father has gone … Continue reading →