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You can pretty much close your eyes and pick any single one of those books and you’ll be in good shape. If your child is at all nebulous about listening to a story without any pictures, give one of these a go and see what he or she says after. Find more about the best

Over the years I've had the opportunity to speak at dozens of homeschooling conventions. Speaking is an honor, of course, but getting to meet homeschooling mamas is the real treat. So often I hear a similar thread from them. It sounds something like this: “This is harder than I thought it would be.”“I can’t manage

Our contributor Lynne got an amazing opportunity to interview Sarah Mackenzie, author of "The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids." She explains the lasting benefits reading aloud to our kids can have.

Spokane author Sarah Mackenzie offers tips on how families can set aside a few minutes each week for continuing to read aloud as a family – well past children’s early years – for benefits such as improved relationships, conversations, and gains from hearing out loud a book’s grammar and rich language.

Let's get a little practical. Most of us take on way too much in our homeschools. Education becomes a series of checkboxes and canned activities in an effort to prove that learning is happening, even when it isn't. We feel turbulent when we try to facilitate this kind of frenzied, quantifiable learning. Oftentimes, we either

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FROM SARAH: An absolutely stunning graphic novel about the friendship between J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. I thought I knew a lot about their friendship going in to this one, but I learned so much! This is John Hendrix at his best, which is saying a lot, because I'm a big fan! Highly recommended. I think teens and adults will enjoy it best, regardless of where they shelve it at your library or bookstore. ;) FROM THE PUBLISHER: Through narrative and comic panels, Hendrix chronicles Lewis…

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FROM SARAH: Set in 1989 Romania, while the Soviet Union is crumbling. This is one of Ruta Sepetys's best. I'd save it for the 16+ crowd. Heads-up for a bit of bad language (though it's appropriately placed), and mature themes. I suggest reading the Redeemed Reader review here.) FROM THE PUBLISHER: Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and…