Kid’s Book Advent and Gift Ideas for Everyone

Still looking for ideas on how to countdown to Christmas with your young children? Why not read a book per advent day? The following links give ideas on what books to add to your advent list.

Story Warren Advent
The Denver Housewife Advent
Picklebums Advent

Do you need ideas on gifts for your kid and teen readers? Bona Fide Bookworm is a source for finding clever gifts, and they even list gifts based on classics like Alice in Wonderland, The Chronicles of Narnia, Peter Pan, and more. What kinds of gifts does this site show? It includes jewelry, soaps, bookmarks, tote bags, decor, and even different-flavored teas.

Bona Fide Bookworm

They also list this rug. How cute!

Teacher/Homeschooler Materials

Looking for new Language Arts lessons? My friend K.A. Cummins provides lesson materials for students grades 1 through 12. Available lessons include vocabulary exercises, a lesson on reviewing books, and a four-week Creative Writing lesson plan. She also has book club materials for her book Snow Globe Travelers (grades 3-6).

If you want lessons based on books your students are reading, she has materials on the following books:

The Boy From Earth by Darrell Pitts (grades 3-6)

Spark by J.M. Hackman (grades 7-10)

The Girl Who Could See by Kara Swanson (grades 9-12)

Vincent in Wonderland by C.E. White (grades 4-7)

All her lessons are FREE! Click on the following link to learn more.

KA Cummins Teaching Resources

What to read next? — S. E. M. Ishida

Are you wondering how to create a summer or winter reading list? Author S.E.M. Ishida has ideas that would help in the following article.

“And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” Ecclesiastes 12:12 (KJV) You’ve probably heard it before: To be a good writer, you should read a lot. However, reading can become a distraction. You can’t read everything. Your “to read” pile might never go […]

What to read next? — S. E. M. Ishida

Dragon Book Funded!

Good news! My friend C.E. White has her book When Your Dragon Is Too Big For a Bath fully funded!

You can still get a sneak peek of the book through the Kickstarter link below.

All kids need to be shown how to pray to God when troubles come. And be shown how God answers prayer in unexpected ways. This book shows that, so this would be a great addition to your church library.

Kickstarter

Book Feature: Little Pilgrim’s Progress by Joe Sutphin

Have you heard of Little Pilgrim’s Progress? It’s the children’s version of the John Bunyan classic by Helen L. Taylor. Recently, Joe Sutphin made an illustrated version with animal characters. James D. Witmer, author of The Strange New Dog, has written a review of this book. I haven’t read Sutphin’s version myself, but I like the samples of the book’s illustrations. The rabbit is the perfect choice to play Christian, as the rabbit captures the image of a fearful yet loveable creature. I assume the owl on the book’s cover is supposed to be the Evangelist. If it is, even though the “wise owl” is an overused caricature, the owl is a nice choice as children can relate to this caricature.

The following link leads to Witmer’s review:

Review

Want New Books?

Are you looking for something to fill your time? How about a new book? Lorehaven has a library listing Christian science fiction and fantasy novels for middle graders, teens, and adults. They have summaries for these books, and with some they have reviews and “discernment” sections where they mention violent content and other factors to consider.

Lorehaven Library

Have you ever heard of Realm Makers? It’s a writers’ organization I’m a member of, and they have a bookstore of Christian speculative fiction as well as Christian nonfiction. They also award writers for best fantasy, science fiction, young adult, middle grade, etc. The following link leads to the 2021 winners list, and maybe you’ll find a new read there.

Realm Makers Winners

Almost Fully Funded!

You’ve probably seen in a past post that my fellow author C.E. White has a book on Kickstarter called When Your Dragon Is Too Big for a Bath. It’s almost fully funded! If you haven’t contributed yet, please do. The pictures are adorable, and the story itself illustrates how a child can exercise faith in the midst of trials.

Kickstarter

Wolves and Swans and Unicorns. Oh my!

Are you looking for more books to add to your library? I write book reviews from a Christian perspective for Jennifer Hallmark’s column “Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track.” The following are what’s on her column so far, and there’ll be more on the way.

My Review
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
My Review
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
My Review
Amazon

Dogs in Space and Dragons in Bathtubs

Here is a book review I wrote last year, discussing the book Laika: Astronaut Dog. It tells the story of the dog who rode Sputnik-2, and in my review I discuss whether we should edit history to avoid remembering the unpleasant.

Story Warren

My friend and fellow author C.E. White has written an adorable book called When Your Dragon Is Too Big For a Bath, and now it’s looking for funders on Kickstarter. If your child loves dragons, and if you want to teach your child how to handle problems as big as, well, a dragon, then you’ll love this book. I love how illustrator Bhagya Madanasinghe portrays the dragon. He’s so cute, especially when he’s praying with his human family.

Click on the following link to help fund the book.

Kickstarter