Honey for a Teen’s Heart

Grown-up book #2 for 2025 “Honey for a Teen’s Heart: Using Books to Communicate with Teens” by Gladys Hunt and Barbara Hampton I’m a huge supporter and proponent of family read aloud time. If you aren’t currently reading aloud with your family, I encourage you to give it a try. This book, and Honey for … Continue reading Honey for a Teen’s Heart

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

Grown-up book #1 for 2025 After I finished reading my last books (Honey for a Child’s Heart) (Practicing the Way), I had a stack of four TBR books that I was jonesing to read. I couldn’t decide which one to read next… so I started each in turn, hoping one would pique my interest most. … Continue reading The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

Countdown to Christmas Picture Books

We have an epic Christmas Picture Book collection. It all started when we lost everything in the Paradise Camp Fire (2018) and at first I had a good excuse to replace the books we had lost. Now I’m just a book hoarder! I find them at thrift stores. The good deals are too hard to … Continue reading Countdown to Christmas Picture Books

Scholastic Winter Reading Challenge 2023

12/2024 I started this post last December (2023). We never finished the challenge so I forgot about posting it. Better late than never. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 12/2023 You can visit http://www.scholastic.com to print the free winter reading challenge from Scholastic. Here’s what we read towards completing this challenge (we did a little double dipping between this challenge … Continue reading Scholastic Winter Reading Challenge 2023

Winter Reading Challenge 2024-2025

We don’t live in Idaho anymore, but I just love the Idaho Falls library reading challenges! The library itself is really beautiful and has an indoor Koi pond. Perhaps the ambience adds to the creativity of the librarians there. Obviously, we can’t get the prizes from the library and we can’t do all of the … Continue reading Winter Reading Challenge 2024-2025