One Saturday in March, my husband and I attended a young couples meeting and the preacher made a question towards the audience. If you are given something to look after, can we not take extra care to ensure it is kept safe until the owner returns? Psalm 127:3 says children are a gift/ blessing from […]
REVIEW: Someday by Alison McGhee
BOOK: SOMEDAY AUTHOR: ALISON MCGHEE ILLUSTRATOR: PETER.H.REYNOLDS PUBLISHER: SIMON & SCHUSTER PAGES: 40 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Someday is more of a story for the mother or the father than a child. It’s an emotional book which foresees how a child grows from birth to having themselves new generation. In the blink of an eye, they […]
REVIEW: The Easter Fix by Steph Williams
BOOK: THE EASTER FIX AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: STEPH WILLIAMS PUBLISHER: THE GOOD BOOK COMPANY PAGES: 24 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ I wanted to explain to Nathan the real meaning of Easter. I don’t want him just to know Jesus died and rose up again. So this book was so simple, yet solved the ultimate purpose. We […]
REVIEW: A Lost Star Named Stella by Jackie Perucki
BOOK: A LOST STAR NAMED STELLA AUTHOR: JACKIE PERUCKI ILLUSTRATOR: LARISA IVANKOVIC PUBLISHER: STAR KEEPER PUBLISHING PAGES: 15 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ Off late during bedtime, Nathan is not getting enough of his bedtime stories. We have glow-in-the-dark stickers in our room and one night he asked me a question: does a star have a name. […]
REVIEW: The Very Helpful Hedgehog By Rosie Wellesley
BOOK: THE VERY HELPFUL HEDGEHOG AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: ROSIE WELLESLEY PUBLISHER: PAVILION CHILDREN’S PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ Isaac is a hedgehog who spends all his time alone and likes it that way. One day, an apple falls from a tree and is stuck on his prickly back. No matter how hard Isaac tries, he […]
REVIEW: The Garden The Curtain and The Cross By Carl Laferton
BOOK: THE GARDEN THE CURTAIN AND THE CROSS AUTHOR: CARL LAFERTON ILLUSTRATOR: CATALINA ECHEVERRI PUBLISHER: THE GOOD BOOK COMPANY PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Easter is more than the Easter Bunny. The legend may say Easter Bunny paints eggs, but the whole Easter is about Christ’s resurrection. Christmas is often jinxed more than Easter, but […]
REVIEW: Beegu By Alexis Deacon
BOOK: BEEGU AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: ALEXIS DEACON PUBLISHER: REDFOX PAGES: 40 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ “Earth creatures were mostly big and unfriendly, but there were some small ones who seemed hopeful’ The above line from the book triggered my memory back to 2015. I was doing my MBA, got placed on campus and the company called […]
REVIEW: The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
BOOK: THE KISSING HAND AUTHOR: AUDREY PENN ILLUSTRATOR: RUTH E. HARPER PUBLISHER: TANGLEWOOD PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ The Kissing hand is all time the favourite book of Nathan. He always says, give me a kissing hand and I will not be scared or sometimes I say, I will give you a kissing hand, and […]
REVIEW: The People Who Hugged The Trees By Deborah Lee Rose
BOOK: THE PEOPLE WHO HUGGED THE TREES AUTHOR: DEBORAH LEE ROSE ILLUSTRATOR: BIRGITTA SAFLUND PUBLISHER: ROBERTS RINEHART PUBLISHERS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ My feed is bombarded with #womenhistorymonth posts. So this is my turn of joining, and this is an inspirational environmental folk tale that happened in Rajasthan. When the warrior Prince ruled over the […]
The Women In The Bible: A Study For International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day and I wanted to talk about 10 women in the Bible. Women played a vital role in the Bible. They were warriors, comforters, judges, influencers, and breakers of stereotypes. The Bible gave importance to women and they were special in god’s eye. 1. EVE When God created Eve, He did […]