classics Archives - Redeemed Reader https://redeemedreader.com/tag/classics/ Kids' Books. Culture. Christ. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:53:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redeemedreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-favicon-32x32.png classics Archives - Redeemed Reader https://redeemedreader.com/tag/classics/ 32 32 Retro Reads: The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss https://redeemedreader.com/the-sneetches-and-other-stories-by-dr-seuss/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-sneetches-and-other-stories-by-dr-seuss/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=16729 The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss is an excellent allegory about loving your neighbor, followed by other thought-provoing tales. The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss. Random House, 1961. 72 pages. Reading Level: Picture Books, Ages 4-8Recommended For: Ages 4-8 Dr. Seuss wrote some excellent collections of short stories that offer brilliant…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-sneetches-and-other-stories-by-dr-seuss/feed/ 0 Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton https://redeemedreader.com/katy-and-the-big-snow-by-virginia-lee-burton/ https://redeemedreader.com/katy-and-the-big-snow-by-virginia-lee-burton/#respond Sat, 14 Dec 2024 20:36:15 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=13620 Katy and the Big Snow is pitch perfect as a kindergarten/early elementary age read aloud.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/katy-and-the-big-snow-by-virginia-lee-burton/feed/ 0 *Little Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Joe Sutphin https://redeemedreader.com/little-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens-illustrated-by-joe-sutphin/ https://redeemedreader.com/little-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens-illustrated-by-joe-sutphin/#respond Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:24:05 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=41905 A classic Christmas story of an old sinner who finds redemption through visits from four spirits who convict him of his worldly wretchedness.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/little-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens-illustrated-by-joe-sutphin/feed/ 0 Kentucky Derby Book List: Books for Young Horse Lovers https://redeemedreader.com/kentucky-derby-book-list-a-bakers-dozen/ https://redeemedreader.com/kentucky-derby-book-list-a-bakers-dozen/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:49:16 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=21811 Books about horses for horse lovers of all ages, boys and girls, just in time for the Kentucky Derby events this weekend.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/kentucky-derby-book-list-a-bakers-dozen/feed/ 3 The Hiding Place, A Christmas Carol, Hinds Feet on High Places, and Les Miserables: An Engaging Visual Journey https://redeemedreader.com/the-hiding-place-a-christmas-carol-hinds-feet-on-high-places-and-les-miserables-an-engaging-visual-journey/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-hiding-place-a-christmas-carol-hinds-feet-on-high-places-and-les-miserables-an-engaging-visual-journey/#respond Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:26:00 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=39658 The four books in the Engaging Visual Journey series provide beautiful, dignified forms to stories that are dearly loved spiritual classics. The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom with Elizabeth and John Sherrill, illustrated by Jill DeHaan, Daniel Strange, and Nicola Evans. Tyndale, 2022. 150 pages. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Jill…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-hiding-place-a-christmas-carol-hinds-feet-on-high-places-and-les-miserables-an-engaging-visual-journey/feed/ 0 Gladys Hunt on Re-issues: Good, Bad, and Ugly https://redeemedreader.com/gladys-hunt-on-re-issues-good-bad-and-ugly/ https://redeemedreader.com/gladys-hunt-on-re-issues-good-bad-and-ugly/#comments Fri, 21 Jul 2023 08:38:49 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=38714 Some re-issues actually improve on the original. Others, not so much . . .

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/gladys-hunt-on-re-issues-good-bad-and-ugly/feed/ 2 Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (Awesomely Austen Series) https://redeemedreader.com/jane-austens-pride-and-prejudice-awesomely-austen-series/ https://redeemedreader.com/jane-austens-pride-and-prejudice-awesomely-austen-series/#respond Thu, 03 Jun 2021 12:47:00 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=31592 The "Awesomely Austen" series makes Jane Austen accessible to elementary-age readers.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/jane-austens-pride-and-prejudice-awesomely-austen-series/feed/ 0 The Great Gatsby in Graphic Novel Form https://redeemedreader.com/the-great-gatsby-in-graphic-novel-form/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-great-gatsby-in-graphic-novel-form/#comments Wed, 26 May 2021 10:46:00 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=31540 Hayley and Betsy discuss the excellent, new graphic novel adaptation of The Great Gatsby adapted by K. Woodman-Maynard (Candlewick, 2021). First Impressions of The Great Gatsby Graphic Novel by K. Woodman-Maynard Betsy: Hayley, you and I both read one of the new graphic novel adaptations of The Great Gatsby this spring. The Great Gatsby hit…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-great-gatsby-in-graphic-novel-form/feed/ 2 Picture-book Roundup: The Floating Field, *Hugo and the Impossible Thing, Yes & No https://redeemedreader.com/picture-book-roundup-the-floating-field-hugo-and-the-impossible-thing-yes-no/ https://redeemedreader.com/picture-book-roundup-the-floating-field-hugo-and-the-impossible-thing-yes-no/#respond Fri, 21 May 2021 11:18:00 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=31436 Three outstanding new picture books demonstrate how life is better when we work together

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/picture-book-roundup-the-floating-field-hugo-and-the-impossible-thing-yes-no/feed/ 0 Running Wild: Awesome Animals in Motion by Galadriel Watson https://redeemedreader.com/running-wild-awesome-animals-in-motion-by-galadriel-watson/ https://redeemedreader.com/running-wild-awesome-animals-in-motion-by-galadriel-watson/#respond Sat, 29 Aug 2020 11:41:22 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=28881 Running Wild gives readers ages 6-10 new appreciation for the immense variety and careful design evidenced in animal motion.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/running-wild-awesome-animals-in-motion-by-galadriel-watson/feed/ 0 Lois Lenski https://redeemedreader.com/lois-lenski/ https://redeemedreader.com/lois-lenski/#comments Thu, 07 May 2020 11:35:00 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=27731 Who was Lois Lenski? Lois Lenski was a prolific author who lived from the end of the 19th-century long into the 20th. She was a Midwesterner, daughter of R.C.H. Lenski (a Lutheran minister whose commentaries were regularly mentioned from the pulpit by my non-Lutheran pastor), and a Newbery-award winner whose line drawings enhanced all of…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/lois-lenski/feed/ 11 The Enduring Appeal of Little Women https://redeemedreader.com/the-enduring-appeal-of-little-women/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-enduring-appeal-of-little-women/#respond Sat, 21 Dec 2019 21:23:54 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=25763 With the eighth major film adaptation opening on Christmas Day, I thought I’d share a few thoughts on this classic. I read it at the urging of my mother at the age of 13 or thereabouts, and found it boring. I read it again around the age of 27, and couldn’t put it down. Word…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-enduring-appeal-of-little-women/feed/ 0 The Light Princess by George MacDonald {Rabbit Room edition} https://redeemedreader.com/the-light-princess-by-george-macdonald-rabbit-room-edition/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-light-princess-by-george-macdonald-rabbit-room-edition/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:32:23 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=25534 A beautiful new edition of The Light Princess complete with foreword by Jennifer Trafton, afterword by Andrew Peterson, and illustrated by Ned Bustard. The Light Princess by George MacDonald. Rabbit Room Press, 2019. 102 pages. Reading Level: Ages 10-12 Recommended For: EVERYONE The story of The Light Princess is familiar to many: a king and…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-light-princess-by-george-macdonald-rabbit-room-edition/feed/ 0 The Odyssey: a Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds https://redeemedreader.com/the-odyssey-a-graphic-novel-by-gareth-hinds/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-odyssey-a-graphic-novel-by-gareth-hinds/#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 21:48:40 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=24931 This graphic-novel adaptation of The Odyssey has some beautiful panels and a few problems.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-odyssey-a-graphic-novel-by-gareth-hinds/feed/ 0 The Iliad: a Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds https://redeemedreader.com/gareth-hinds-adaptation-of-the-iliad-is-an-excellent-introduction-to-homers-classic-for-middle-graders-and-teens/ https://redeemedreader.com/gareth-hinds-adaptation-of-the-iliad-is-an-excellent-introduction-to-homers-classic-for-middle-graders-and-teens/#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 11:32:36 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=24929 Gareth Hinds' adaptation of The Iliad is an excellent introduction to Homer's classic for middle-graders and teens.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/gareth-hinds-adaptation-of-the-iliad-is-an-excellent-introduction-to-homers-classic-for-middle-graders-and-teens/feed/ 0 The Pilgrim Travels on: Literary References to The Pilgrim’s Progress https://redeemedreader.com/the-pilgrim-travels-on-literary-references-to-the-pilgrims-progress/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-pilgrim-travels-on-literary-references-to-the-pilgrims-progress/#respond Thu, 16 May 2019 16:22:55 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=24916 Few works of literature have had the cultural reach of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress.  That’s pretty amazing—who would have thought an adventure story that pauses every few pages for long discussions of Christian theology would have such a grip on the Western world’s imagination? Clearly Bunyan tapped something deep in the human spirit. The…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-pilgrim-travels-on-literary-references-to-the-pilgrims-progress/feed/ 0 The Pilgrim’s Progress Movie https://redeemedreader.com/the-pilgrims-progress-movie/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-pilgrims-progress-movie/#comments Wed, 01 May 2019 11:31:18 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=24879 The movie version of Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, which included some creative liberties, was faithful to the themes of the classic allegory and fueled a delightful family discussion about the differences between the book and the movie. Can a movie measure up? It can be difficult for me to watch a film version of a well-loved…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-pilgrims-progress-movie/feed/ 9 *Into the Jungle by Katherine Rundell https://redeemedreader.com/into-the-jungle-by-katherine-rundell/ https://redeemedreader.com/into-the-jungle-by-katherine-rundell/#respond Thu, 07 Feb 2019 14:32:01 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=24275 In these four tales inspired by Kipling's Jungle Book, Mowgli the man-cub learns the backstories of his fellow creatures.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/into-the-jungle-by-katherine-rundell/feed/ 0 House of Dreams: the Life of L.M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg https://redeemedreader.com/house-of-dreams-the-life-of-l-m-montgomery-by-liz-rosenberg/ https://redeemedreader.com/house-of-dreams-the-life-of-l-m-montgomery-by-liz-rosenberg/#respond Fri, 03 Aug 2018 11:58:45 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=22869 L.M. Montgomery’s life was overshadowed by sadness, but this biography shows how she was able to give the world one of its most beloved literary figures.  Ages 16-up House of Dreams: the Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg, with illustrations by Julie Morstad.  Candlewick, 3028, 338 pages, including bibliography and index. Reading Level:…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/house-of-dreams-the-life-of-l-m-montgomery-by-liz-rosenberg/feed/ 0 Classic Reads: The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit https://redeemedreader.com/classic-reads-the-treasure-seekers-by-e-nesbit/ https://redeemedreader.com/classic-reads-the-treasure-seekers-by-e-nesbit/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:58:22 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=22516 This often-overlooked classic by the beloved fantasy writer introduces six children with lively imaginations and not much prudence.  Ages 10-14 The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit.  Puffin Books, 1986 (originally published 1899), 208 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 8-14 or 6-12 as a read-aloud There are some…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/classic-reads-the-treasure-seekers-by-e-nesbit/feed/ 1 Littler Women by Laura Schaeffer https://redeemedreader.com/littler-women-laura-schaeffer/ https://redeemedreader.com/littler-women-laura-schaeffer/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:04:30 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=22445 Littler Women pictures the four March girls as 9-to-13-year-olds growing up in a tight-knit family in modern-day Massachusetts. Littler Women: a Modern Retelling by Laura Schaeffer.  Simon & Schuster, 2017, 215 pages. Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for ages 8-12, especially girls The March girls live in a large, drafty old house in…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/littler-women-laura-schaeffer/feed/ 0 Historical Racism in Children’s Books–What do we do? https://redeemedreader.com/historical-racism-childrens-books/ https://redeemedreader.com/historical-racism-childrens-books/#comments Wed, 10 May 2017 16:20:24 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=21838 The website Reading While White dedicates itself to issues involving the dreaded “-isms” in children’s literature: racism, anti-Semitism, ableism, classism, sexism, and more.  A post called “Alongside, Not Despite: Talking about Race and Settler Colonialism in a Children’s Literature Graduate Course,” suggests to me another –ism they might want to take a look at: Presentism.…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/historical-racism-childrens-books/feed/ 7 40 Books for Dads to Read to Their Kids https://redeemedreader.com/10-chapter-books-for-dads-to-read-to-their-kids-printable/ https://redeemedreader.com/10-chapter-books-for-dads-to-read-to-their-kids-printable/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2016 17:01:01 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=14935 Strong father figures, adventures, humor, and general fun await! 40 books for DADS to read to their kids: fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction. Humor, adventure, coming-of-age, thought-provoking, silly…. there’s a little something for every dad on this list. This list represents some of the Redeemed Reader team’s favorite books for dads to read to their…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/10-chapter-books-for-dads-to-read-to-their-kids-printable/feed/ 26 Natalie Babbitt, 1932-2016, and The Search for Delicious https://redeemedreader.com/natalie-babbitt-1932-2016-and-the-search-for-delicious/ https://redeemedreader.com/natalie-babbitt-1932-2016-and-the-search-for-delicious/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:30:36 +0000 http://redeemedreader.wpengine.com/?p=21255 Somewhere amid the news of the last two weeks (pretty intense news cycle, I understand) came word that Natalie Babbitt had died of lung cancer at the age of 84.  For someone whose career spanned about 45 years, her output was relatively small: nineteen novels and picture books (as writer) and four picture books as…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/natalie-babbitt-1932-2016-and-the-search-for-delicious/feed/ 1 Kid Beowulf by Alexis Fajarda https://redeemedreader.com/kid-beowulf-by-alexis-fajarda/ https://redeemedreader.com/kid-beowulf-by-alexis-fajarda/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:35:59 +0000 http://redeemedreader.wpengine.com/?p=20788 A venerable legend gets a total makeover with this new graphic-novel series that does for early Europe what the Astrix series did for Rome. Kid Beowulf, Vol. 1: The Blood-Bound Oath by Alexis E. Fajarda.  Andrews McMeel, 2016, 223 pages Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14 The last few years have…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/kid-beowulf-by-alexis-fajarda/feed/ 0 The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick https://redeemedreader.com/the-mother-daughter-book-club-by-heather-vogel-frederick/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-mother-daughter-book-club-by-heather-vogel-frederick/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:00:10 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=19432 In this series opener, four sixth-grade girls discover that reading the classics can change contemporary attitudes.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-mother-daughter-book-club-by-heather-vogel-frederick/feed/ 1 What Makes a GREAT Novel? https://redeemedreader.com/what-makes-a-great-novel/ https://redeemedreader.com/what-makes-a-great-novel/#respond Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:55:33 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=16734 When was “The Novel” as a literary form invented? The answer is, it wasn’t. The type of long-form fiction we call a novel was not invented but developed over time with many steps along the way. Epic poetry like Homer’s, satires like Ovid’s, and royal romances like The Tale of Genji (from Japan) have been…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/what-makes-a-great-novel/feed/ 0 *Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss https://redeemedreader.com/dbartholomew-and-the-oobleck-by-dr-seuss/ https://redeemedreader.com/dbartholomew-and-the-oobleck-by-dr-seuss/#respond Sun, 06 Dec 2015 14:00:52 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=16725 *Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss. Random House, 1949. 56 pages. Reading Level: Picture Books, Ages 4-8 Recommended For: Ages 4-8 Bartholomew and the Oobleck is a brilliant example of Theodore Seuss Geisel’s delightful use of language with a clear moral that is not heavy handed. Bartholomew (first introduced in The 500 Hats of…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/dbartholomew-and-the-oobleck-by-dr-seuss/feed/ 0 Is Petunia Ready for Social Security? Picture Books and Retirement https://redeemedreader.com/is-petunia-ready-for-social-security-picture-books-and-retirement/ https://redeemedreader.com/is-petunia-ready-for-social-security-picture-books-and-retirement/#respond Mon, 02 Nov 2015 14:59:43 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=16572 Do Picture Books Retire? Petunia, that silly goose, is turning the ripe old age of 65 this year, the same age as my father-in-law who is retiring this fall from his long-standing position as nurse anesthetist. The Carrot Seed at 70 is the same age as my father who semi-retired this summer. And Harold and his trusty…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/is-petunia-ready-for-social-security-picture-books-and-retirement/feed/ 0 *The Father Brown Reader: Stories from Chesterton adapted by Nancy Carpentier Brown https://redeemedreader.com/d-the-father-brown-reader-stories-from-chesterton-adapted-by-nancy-carpentier-brown/ https://redeemedreader.com/d-the-father-brown-reader-stories-from-chesterton-adapted-by-nancy-carpentier-brown/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:31:20 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=15293 *The Father Brown Reader: Stories from Chesterton adapted by Nancy Carpentier Brown, illustrated by Ted Schluenderfritz. Hillside Education, 2007. 147 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-12 Recommended for: Ages 8-12 Bottom Line: This well-done adaptation of four famous Father Brown stories preserves the original lively spirit of Chesterton’s famous sleuth. The Father Brown Reader is a collection…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/d-the-father-brown-reader-stories-from-chesterton-adapted-by-nancy-carpentier-brown/feed/ 2 *Faerie Gold edited by Kathryn Lindskoog and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker https://redeemedreader.com/faerie-gold-edited-by-kathryn-lindskoog-and-ranelda-mack-hunsicker/ https://redeemedreader.com/faerie-gold-edited-by-kathryn-lindskoog-and-ranelda-mack-hunsicker/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:00:13 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=14754 *Faerie Gold: Treasures from the Lands of Enchantment edited by Kathryn Lindskoog and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker. P&R, 2005. 304 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10, ages 10-12 Recommended For: all Bottom Line: An excellent collection of literary fairy tales by classic writers, tales that are rich with Truth and the best kind of storytelling.…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/faerie-gold-edited-by-kathryn-lindskoog-and-ranelda-mack-hunsicker/feed/ 1 *Pioneer Girl: the Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder https://redeemedreader.com/pioneer-girl-the-annotated-autobiography-by-laura-ingalls-wilder/ https://redeemedreader.com/pioneer-girl-the-annotated-autobiography-by-laura-ingalls-wilder/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:00:31 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=14591 *Pioneer Girl: the Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder (edited by Pamela Smith Hill). University of South Dakota Press, sale 2014. 400 pages. Reading Level: Adults, ages 16-up Recommended for: ages 12-15, 16-up Bottom Line: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s own account of her growing-up years shows how life became art and is a must for fans…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/pioneer-girl-the-annotated-autobiography-by-laura-ingalls-wilder/feed/ 3 *Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink https://redeemedreader.com/caddie-woodlawn-by-carol-ryrie-brink/ https://redeemedreader.com/caddie-woodlawn-by-carol-ryrie-brink/#respond Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:00:21 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=14521 Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. Aladdin, 2006 (reprint; originally published 1935). 288 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-12Recommended for: ages 8-12, especially girls Bottom Line: Caddie Woodlawn, one of America’s favorite pioneer girls, turns 80 this year; her adventurous story of growing up on the frontier continues to delight young readers. Based on Carol…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/caddie-woodlawn-by-carol-ryrie-brink/feed/ 0 *Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton https://redeemedreader.com/mike-mulligan-and-his-steam-shovel-by-virginia-lee-burton/ https://redeemedreader.com/mike-mulligan-and-his-steam-shovel-by-virginia-lee-burton/#respond Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:38:01 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=13617 Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (named Mary Anne) are just as beloved by today's generation of children as they were in the 1930s!

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/mike-mulligan-and-his-steam-shovel-by-virginia-lee-burton/feed/ 0 *Choo Choo by Virgina Lee Burton https://redeemedreader.com/choo-choo-the-story-of-a-little-engine-who-ran-away-by-virgina-lee-burton/ https://redeemedreader.com/choo-choo-the-story-of-a-little-engine-who-ran-away-by-virgina-lee-burton/#respond Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:09:29 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=13848 This book is a “Best of the Best” pick from ourWinter Book Fair. CLICK HERE to see more gift ideas! *Choo Choo: The Story of a Little Engine Who Ran Away by Virgina Lee Burton. Houghton Mifflin, 1964. 48 pages. Reading Level: Picture Books, ages 4-8Maturity Level: 1, 2 (ages 0-8) With striking charcoal illustrations so appropriate to…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/choo-choo-the-story-of-a-little-engine-who-ran-away-by-virgina-lee-burton/feed/ 0 *The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton https://redeemedreader.com/the-little-house-by-virginia-lee-burton/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-little-house-by-virginia-lee-burton/#respond Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:02:47 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=13845 *The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton. Houghton Mifflin, 1969. 44 pages. Reading Level: Picture Books, Ages 4-8Recommended for: Ages 4-8 A little house living out in the country is curious about life in the big city. She observes the seasons, the playing of children, and the passage of life going on around her. Little does she…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-little-house-by-virginia-lee-burton/feed/ 0 Celebrating Virginia Lee Burton’s Classic Favorites https://redeemedreader.com/celebrating-virginia-lee-burtons-classic-favorites/ https://redeemedreader.com/celebrating-virginia-lee-burtons-classic-favorites/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:00:01 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=13824 Once upon a time there was a little boy whose mother regularly took him and his siblings to the library. Every time he went, he either borrowed or returned a wonderful book about a train that ran away. The most vivid picture was of a train leaping over a drawbridge that was partway open, and…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/celebrating-virginia-lee-burtons-classic-favorites/feed/ 1 The Young Carthaginian by G.A. Henty, read by Jim Weiss https://redeemedreader.com/the-young-carthaginian-by-g-a-henty-read-by-jim-weiss/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-young-carthaginian-by-g-a-henty-read-by-jim-weiss/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:00:31 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=13297 The Young Carthaginian by G.A. Henty. Audiobook read by Jim Weiss. Greathall Productions, 2004.  Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8 and upMaturity Level: 4 (ages 11-12) and up You would think that G.A. Henty, the prolific Victorian writer of vivid historical fiction, was an eyewitness to Hannibal’s campaign to conquer Rome by taking his army along…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-young-carthaginian-by-g-a-henty-read-by-jim-weiss/feed/ 0 *Carry on Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham. Audiobook read by Jim Weiss. https://redeemedreader.com/carry-on-mr-bowditch-by-jean-lee-latham-audiobook-read-by-jim-weiss/ https://redeemedreader.com/carry-on-mr-bowditch-by-jean-lee-latham-audiobook-read-by-jim-weiss/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:00:24 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=12982 *Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham. Audiobook read by Jim Weiss, Greathall Productions, 2009. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-12 Maturity Level: Levels 3-5 (ages 8-14) Nathaniel Bowditch is blessed with a remarkably mathematical mind, but his dreams of attending Harvard are dashed when he is indentured at a young age. Instead of being…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/carry-on-mr-bowditch-by-jean-lee-latham-audiobook-read-by-jim-weiss/feed/ 1 *Homer Price by Robert McCloskey https://redeemedreader.com/homer-price-by-robert-mccloskey/ https://redeemedreader.com/homer-price-by-robert-mccloskey/#respond Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:40:55 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=12515 *Homer Price by Robert McCloskey. Viking, 1943. 149 pages. McCloskey has transformed his picture book hero, Lentil, into a slightly more grown-up Homer Price. Homer lives outside the town of Centerberg and experiences small town America in all its glory. Folks know each other around town, Homer has the kind of independence Beaver had in Leave…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/homer-price-by-robert-mccloskey/feed/ 0 Robert McCloskey: 100th Anniversary of His Birth https://redeemedreader.com/robert-mccloskey-100th-anniversary-of-his-birth/ https://redeemedreader.com/robert-mccloskey-100th-anniversary-of-his-birth/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:00:31 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=12495 Today marks the 100th anniversary of Robert McCloskey’s birth. McCloskey is the author/illustrator of such familiar American children’s books as Make Way for Ducklings, Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Time of Wonder. His first picture book was Lentil, which idealized his own boyhood in small-town America. This month’s issue of Horn Book Magazine features an essay on McCloskey by children’s…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/robert-mccloskey-100th-anniversary-of-his-birth/feed/ 3 Lentil by Robert McCloskey https://redeemedreader.com/lentil-by-robert-mccloskey/ https://redeemedreader.com/lentil-by-robert-mccloskey/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:29:52 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=12512 Lentil by Robert McCloskey. First published by Viking, 1940. Reading Level: Picture Books, 4-8 Recommended for: Ages 4-8 Lentil, McCloskey’s first picture book, is now 74 years old. Readers will recognize McCloskey’s familiar style from his more well-known picture books (such as Blueberries for Sal or Make Way for Ducklings). Lentil is a young boy from the town…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/lentil-by-robert-mccloskey/feed/ 1 Retro Reads: The Sword in the Stone https://redeemedreader.com/retro-reads-the-sword-in-the-stone/ https://redeemedreader.com/retro-reads-the-sword-in-the-stone/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:32:50 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=11112 This week we begin a series of occasional posts called Retro Reads: those modern-day classics you may have missed in your teen years or before you were even on the radar screen.  We’ll do this mostly by author: Beverly Cleary, E. L. Konigsburg, Elizabeth Speare, Natalie Babbitt—and any favorites you’d like to suggest?  We launch…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/retro-reads-the-sword-in-the-stone/feed/ 1 Pilgrim’s Progress adapted by Anna Trimiew https://redeemedreader.com/pilgrims-progress-revisited-two-versions-and-a-giveaway/ https://redeemedreader.com/pilgrims-progress-revisited-two-versions-and-a-giveaway/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:35:13 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=10496 Pilgrim’s Progress: John Bunyan’s Classic Story Adapted for Children, by Anna Trimiew, illustrated by Drew Rose.  Great Commissions Press, 2013, 109 pages, including glossary and index.  Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14 Bottom Line: This adaptation of Pilgrim’s Progress from Great Commissions Press can serve as a readable introduction to Bunyan’s…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/pilgrims-progress-revisited-two-versions-and-a-giveaway/feed/ 40 *Pilgrim’s Progress: a Retelling by Gary Schmidt https://redeemedreader.com/pilgrims-progress-a-retelling-by-gary-schmidt/ https://redeemedreader.com/pilgrims-progress-a-retelling-by-gary-schmidt/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:07:15 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=16188 Pilgrim’s Progress: a Retelling, by Gary Schmidt, illustrated by Barry Moser. Eerdmans, 1994, 96 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, Ages 12-15 Recommended for: ages 12 and up Bottom Line: Gary Schmidt brings to this retelling a novelist’s sense of plot and character development, ably abetted by Barry Moser’s watercolor illustrations. A “retelling” usually involves taking…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/pilgrims-progress-a-retelling-by-gary-schmidt/feed/ 2 *Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline https://redeemedreader.com/winter-tales/ https://redeemedreader.com/winter-tales/#comments Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:46:56 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=10481 The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Anderson, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline.  Harpers, 2013, 34 pages.  Reading level: Middle Grades, 10-12 Maturity Level: All Bottom line: The Bagram Ibatoulline illustrations make this version of Anderson’s The Snow Queen a family read-aloud treasure. Frozen, one of the most popular Disney features of all time, is supposed to…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/winter-tales/feed/ 2 Classics in Comics: Romeo and Juliet, the Graphic Novel https://redeemedreader.com/classics-in-comics/ https://redeemedreader.com/classics-in-comics/#comments Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:02:16 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=10447 This graphic novel is a great introduction to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet for teen readers.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/classics-in-comics/feed/ 2 Summer Reading Challenge, Week 3: Mr. Popper’s Penguins https://redeemedreader.com/summer-reading-challenge-week-3-mr-poppers-penguins/ https://redeemedreader.com/summer-reading-challenge-week-3-mr-poppers-penguins/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:10:54 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=9091 Introduction We’ve added a Summer Reading Challenge tab at the top of our website, to help you keep up with the posts as the summer goes on.  Here’s a link if you’d like to check it out! This week in our trip Around the World in 60 Days, we’re staying in the U.S. for a…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/summer-reading-challenge-week-3-mr-poppers-penguins/feed/ 3 The Adventures of Achilles by Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden https://redeemedreader.com/the-adventures-of-achilles-by-hugh-lupton-and-daniel-morden/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-adventures-of-achilles-by-hugh-lupton-and-daniel-morden/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:20:35 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=13566 The Adventures of Achilles, by Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden, illustrated by Carole Henaff.  Barefoot Books, 2012, 96 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages10-12 Maturity Level: 3 (10-12) and up Bottom line: This retelling of The Iliad, illustrated in the classic style. serves as an effective introduction to the story for middle graders,  in spite…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-adventures-of-achilles-by-hugh-lupton-and-daniel-morden/feed/ 0 What is Virtuous Romance? A Discussion with Gina Dalfonzo and Rea Berg https://redeemedreader.com/what-is-virtuous-romance-a-discussion-with-gina-dalfonzo-and-rea-berg/ https://redeemedreader.com/what-is-virtuous-romance-a-discussion-with-gina-dalfonzo-and-rea-berg/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:09:48 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=7832 What is Virtuous Romance? Tonight at dinner, my husband, two daughters and I had our first conversation about…boys.  They had curled up with daddy on the couch Sunday to watch a western with John Wayne, and for the first time, they were smitten with one of the young gunslingers.  It didn’t seem to matter when…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/what-is-virtuous-romance-a-discussion-with-gina-dalfonzo-and-rea-berg/feed/ 5 Wholehearted Romance: Living Book Library Picks https://redeemedreader.com/wholehearted-romance-living-book-library-picks/ https://redeemedreader.com/wholehearted-romance-living-book-library-picks/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:06:13 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=7793 Many of you may remember our interview last fall with Liz and Emily, proprietors of the Living Books Library website.  They were kind enough to do a Christmas list for us a few months ago, and it was so popular that we thought we’d tap them for some classic Valentine’s Day recommendations for the young…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/wholehearted-romance-living-book-library-picks/feed/ 3 Grace and Law and Two Silver Candlesticks https://redeemedreader.com/grace-and-law-and-two-silver-candlesticks/ https://redeemedreader.com/grace-and-law-and-two-silver-candlesticks/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:56:58 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=7426 I love musicals—always have, ever since my sister and I sang along to original cast recordings and movie soundtracks for Rogers & Hammerstein and Lerner & Lowe.  The classic age of Broadway is considered to be roughly from Oklahoma! to Fiddler on the Roof, but the 1980s brought a cornucopia of all-out, lavishly-staged West End…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/grace-and-law-and-two-silver-candlesticks/feed/ 2 The Giver Concludes https://redeemedreader.com/the-giver-concludes/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-giver-concludes/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:27:25 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=7132 Son, by Lois Lowry.  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012, 393 pages. Age/interest level: 12-up. Lois Lowry’s The Giver, published in 1993, has become an iconic title in the kidlit pantheon.  Winner of the Newbery medal and countless other honors, devoured in community reads across the country, debated by 7th-graders nationwide, The Giver was dystopian before dystopian…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-giver-concludes/feed/ 2 What Flannery O’Connor Can Tell Us About Teaching Literature https://redeemedreader.com/what-flannery-oconnor-can-tell-us-about-teaching-literature/ https://redeemedreader.com/what-flannery-oconnor-can-tell-us-about-teaching-literature/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:04:52 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=6532 Near the beginning of her essay, “The Teaching of Literature” (in Mystery and Manners), Flannery O’Connor writes that fiction has no dearth of critics, because everyone considers himself an authority on fiction’s central subject.  That is, life.  So readers tend to be looking for something in particular when they pick up a novel, “and if…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/what-flannery-oconnor-can-tell-us-about-teaching-literature/feed/ 2 Happy Birthday, Mr. Dickens! https://redeemedreader.com/happy-birthday-mr-dickens/ https://redeemedreader.com/happy-birthday-mr-dickens/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:54:20 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=3469 Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, which makes this coming Tuesday his bicentennial.  They’ve been making a big deal of it for some time in the U.K., no surprise (here’s the Bicentennial Website), but we like him over here, too.  Charles Dickens was one of the most successful authors who ever lived, both…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/happy-birthday-mr-dickens/feed/ 8 The Pilgrim’s Progress: Introduction https://redeemedreader.com/the-pilgrims-progress-introduction/ https://redeemedreader.com/the-pilgrims-progress-introduction/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:33:50 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=2197 John Bunyan was a dissenting pastor of the mid-17th century: “dissenting” meaning that some of his biblical interpretations differed from those of the established (state-supported) Church of England.  His views were not so different that they were something other than Christianity; he was most definitely a Christian.  Where he differed from the established church was…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/the-pilgrims-progress-introduction/feed/ 6 Free Classic ebooks https://redeemedreader.com/free-classic-ebooks/ https://redeemedreader.com/free-classic-ebooks/#respond Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:32:20 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=664 As many of you know–particularly those who’ve read our newsletter this week (and if you haven’t signed up already, why not take a moment and sign up in the top, right-hand sidebar?!)–tomorrow I’ll be posting an interview with Michael of Malechi Tech about ereaders and kids’ safety.  If that topic seems like a stretch, by…

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