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The Best (and Worst) Books for Ages 8 to 12 {September 2021}
October 26, 2021
This post contains affiliate links. Each of the girls is now about 1/4 through her literature-based curriculum, so that means that our fast and furious pace of reading children’s literature continues. Like last month, we read six books in September, three of which made...
This post contains affiliate links. As a Catholic, I’m not familiar with all of the Christian missionaries. However, my daughter and I are reading through YWAM’s Christian Heroes: Then and Now series, so we are learning more. ...
This post contains affiliate links. The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff is loosely based on a true story the author discovered while doing research. The story, set in Europe during World War II, tells...
This post contains affiliate links. If you have a daughter, she may want to read Lottie Moon by Janet & Geoff Benge. Although Lottie died over 100 years ago, she can still inspire girls...
This post contains affiliate links. Since the girls are eaching doing a separate literature-based curriculum this year, we’re reading a lot! In August, we completed six books. Here are the best (and worst) books for ages 8...
This post contains affiliate links. I’m a huge fan of historical fiction, so when I heard someone mention The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington by Charles Rosenberg, I knew I had...
This post contains affiliate links. My oldest child is a senior, and we’re just starting the college search. To learn more about the process, I read Who Gets In and Why by Jeffrey Selingo....
This post contains affiliate links. NOTE: I was getting August’s post ready when I realized I never published July’s. Not sure how that happened! So, here’s July’s, and I’ll publish August’s in a few weeks. We took a...
This post contains affiliate links. I’m a big fan of historical fiction. While history class can be dry and boring with just a few lines devoted to an event, historical fiction brings those events to life and...
This post contains affiliate links. Murder mysteries aren’t my normal genre, but last month, my book club picked The Dry by Jane Harper. While I found it dry at times (see the pun there?!),...