Reading 2023
I feel like I’m not a very good reader. I have friends who are always brimming with excitement, talking about the books they’ve read – one or two books every week. I read – but...
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Library Book Displays
I’ve been making book displays for the library, hoping to encourage kids to try some different books than the same-old same-old that are always in circulation. I’ve had pretty good success so far, the kids...
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Christmas Book Lists
Every year since they were born, each child has been given a Christmas Book. The idea is that when they are grown and ready to start their own families, these books will be the start...
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Big River
Last year I read the little lovelies Tom Sawyer. And then a few months ago I found this golden find at the DI – and promptly made the children watch it on our first trip...
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The Book of Mormon
This morning – on the last day of school, three school years after we very first started – we finished reading the Book of Mormon! (Don’t do the math on just how slow that makes...
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Summer Reading
On Saturday a week and a half ago I took the kids to the D.I. to get some new summer reading books. Each kid took home 3 books, and I brought home several more that...
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The One with the Racoon
As I type this (at almost ten thirty p.m.) there is Butt Rock blaring from my hallway ceiling. Wyatt has the clock radio wedged into the attic door, playing music at full volume in hopes...
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It’s True.
Wyatt turned to me the other night and said “You know, I understood you so much better after I watched ‘Winnie the Pooh’.”
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The Thing About Her
The other day Olivia told me she wanted to read me a book. She told me to sit down on the floor, while she sat on the ottoman to her chair. She picked up the...
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Willa Cather
I was driving across Utah this past weekend, and the barren landscape with the low angled winter sun reminded me of one of my favorite authors, Willa Cather. I was first introduced to her passionate...
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The Great Divorce
The Great DivorceBy: C.S. LewisFirst Time I Read It: Summer, 2001Number of Times I’ve Read It: Countless Kenneth Tynan said of Lewis: “How thrilling he makes goodness seem – how tangible and radiant.” That is...
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