by Jane Green | Aug 22, 2022
Lauren Wolk is a great, modern day storyteller for middle graders. This book is a sequel to her Newbery Honor Winner, Wolf Hollow. Although I absolutely loved Wolf Hollow, I would be cautious to recommend it due to the brutality of the bully in that book. I would...
by Jane Green | Aug 15, 2022
Do you spend your days wishing for miracles? Are miracles rare in your life? Today, I would like to recommend a book, Miracles On Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen. This book was published in 1956 and received the Newberry Award in 1957. It is written for children,...
by Jane Green | Aug 8, 2022
In my last post I mentioned that I had only read excerpts from John Bunyan’s book, The Pilgrim’s Progress. The reason is that it was so hard for me to understand, and although I tried reading it several times, I could never keep up with the allegorical...
by Jane Green | Jul 18, 2022
In our family we consider the Jurassic Park movie to be great summer fun. There’s nothing better than swimming, then coming in for snacks and a scary dinosaur movie. Of course there are many more “Jurassic” movies since Jurassic Park was made but the...
by Jane Green | Dec 20, 2021
Since this is the beginning of the week of Christmas, I wanted to review a book that would be fun to read to your children, or grandchildren this week. Hint: it’s a fun book for the adults as well. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Robinson,...
by Jane Green | Nov 15, 2021
FEVER 1793, is a young adult, fictionalized account, of the yellow fever pandemic written by Laurie Halse Anderson and published in 2002. This copy was borrowed from my daughter’s extensive library. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down. This is a...
