by Jane Green | Jan 2, 2023
Today I am reviewing a historical fiction story set in 1910. Words By Heart, by author Ouida Sebestyen, follows the story of Lena, a twelve-year-old black girl living in the west with her family in a town with no other black people. The book was first copyrighted in...
by Jane Green | Dec 26, 2022
So— Christmas is past, and a New Year approaches. I find myself facing each New Year with surprise that I made it through the last year and that God has left me on this earth to once more attempt to find His Will and Path for my life. As many of you do, at this time...
by Jane Green | Dec 19, 2022
Amy M. O’Quinn has written a very interesting book about the life of Beatrix Potter—Becoming Beatrix The Life of Beatrix Potter and the World of Peter Rabbit. Beatrix Potter was born into a very wealthy family on July 28, 1866 in London. (p. 1) Because of their...
by Jane Green | Dec 12, 2022
Sometimes you just have to take a sick day. Life catches up with you and a common cold knocks you off your feet. I say common cold— but… There’s nothing common about colds anymore. Colds seem to be harsher now than when I was a little girl. Pre-twenties, I...
by Jane Green | Dec 5, 2022
In between reading the Blue Zone book by Dan Buettner, I also managed to slip in this book over the last few weeks. Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. This is a great book for middle grade boys, but I think anyone of any age would enjoy it. It kept me on the edge of my seat,...
