A Christmas Picture Book Review

I love the Christmas season. The decorations, the songs, the food, the family traditions, and all the Christmas picture books! I keep a little collection of them. The Christmas picture books were one of my favorite things to bring out at Christmas time and read with my kids when they were little. Even though they aren't so little anymore I've [...]

Brave Beauty Review and Giveaway!

A Book Review and Giveaway! *Winner Robin H. –Congratulations! “Lord, I’m looking for something good.” This was my short prayer offered up a few weeks ago. When I came home late that afternoon a little package of something good was there, just like that, waiting on the doorstep. In it was Lynn Cowell’s book Brave Beauty: Finding the Fearless You In recent weeks, our [...]

World Blog Book Tour

Thank you, Elizabeth Van Liere, for inviting me to participate in the World Blog Book Tour. Elizabeth Van Liere is the author of Dare to Live: Devotions for Those Over the Hill, But Not Under It! Elizabeth’s articles, poems, children’s stories and devotions have appeared in periodicals for some sixty years. Dare to Live is her first book. Her second book, Laugh. [...]

The Photograph Keeper

This post is about photographs and a dress and book I recently stumbled across.. The Photographs My Grandma had to clean out her home of more than 50 years to move into a smaller apartment. There were boxes of photographs in the basement and albums on book shelves and photos on the walls. I had a chance to go through some of [...]

Prayers for Children

  A Little Golden Book Prayers for Children Pictures by Eloise Wilkin Western Publishing Company 1974, 1952 Little Golden Book Classic published by Random House, Inc. It's been a tough week for me and my family. One that certainly had us in our own time of prayer. It seemed fitting to share one of my favorite vintage children's books this Thursday. It turns out I [...]

I Can Read

  Little Chick's Story 1978 by Mary DeBall Kwitz illustrated by Cyndy Szekeres Published by Harper & Row I was drawn to Little Chick's Story by the simple soft blue and brown color palette. I love the pencil lines of Cyndy Szekeres through the wash of pale colors and how in places she uses no color at all, only the pencil. It's beautiful how well [...]

What Do You Say?

I found a new favorite picture book on this Throwback Thursday. This might be something I say about all of our picture books. Maybe I'll just say this is my new favorite picture book about manners. What Do You Say, Dear?   1958 By Sesyle Joslin Illustrated by Maurice Sendak Published by Scholastic Book Services 3rd printing October 1965 "single copy price 35¢"   When I found the book, [...]

Personal Typing

This Throwback Thursday book is dedicated to my mom. –Disclaimer: This one isn't a picture book, but it does have fantastic illustrations and I couldn't resist the fun of it when I found it at the thrift store. Personal and Professional Typing S. J. Wanous 1962 South-Western Publishing Company I think I grew up in a strange time of transition, sort of an in an [...]

Chicka Chicka abc

  Chicka Chicka abc by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault Illustrated by Lois Ehlert 1989 Today's Throwback Thursday Picture Book is one of my favorite little board books. This was the first book I received as a baby gift when my son was born. We read this little ABC rhyme book over and over and it seemed quite the perfect first book for [...]