Book Reviews

Book Review: A Lion to Guard Us

by Clyde Robert Bulla             Amanda, about 10 I think, and her two younger siblings (8 and 6) were living in the house of their mother’s employer.  Their mother was very ill so Amanda was doing what she could as a kitchen girl to earn their keep.  Her father had...

Book Review: The Family Under the Bridge

by Natalie Savage Carlson             I was hoping for a lovely little story for our Christmas read aloud and boy was I not disappointed.  This book was charming, funny and profound but without...

Book Review: The True Meaning of Christmas

by Michael Barber             I’m not an expert at Christmas, but it’s a holiday that fascinates me which leads me to read a lot on it.  So, maybe I’m a kind of a demi-expert?  Suffice it...

Book Review: Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know

by: Michael Barber There are a lot of misconceptions about what it means to be saved. Michael Barber takes the reader through 10 chapters of misconceptions and corrects them using scripture, the Catechism and the church fathers. This book is thorough and dense with...
Book Review: The Treasure Seekers

Book Review: The Treasure Seekers

by E. Nesbit I came across this author, E. Nesbit, on a list of suggested reading by the woman who designed the curriculum I’m using this year. She’s got excellent taste and my daughter, always devouring books, is in need of some new reading material. We’re using it...

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Book Review: Money Secrets

Book Review: Money Secrets

by Dave Barry I bought this book – in particular – because someone in the reviews said they bought it thinking it was a serious book on money and it had them in hysterics when they started reading it and realized it was humor. That just tickled me.This book was...

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Book Review: Bound for Oregon

Book Review: Bound for Oregon

Jean Van Leeuwen             This was based on the true story of a girl named Mary Ellen Todd who made the journey on the Oregon Trail from Arkansas to Oregon with her family.  (Her family was related to President Lincoln's wife.). This was a fascinating book.  There...

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The Door in the Wall

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite De Angelo             This was a very readable book about a young boy named Robin who was the son of a nobleman.  His father was off at war and Robin, at the ripe old age of 10, was to...

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Saint Dominic and the Rosary 

Saint Dominic and the Rosary 

by Catherine Beebe             This was a great biography.  It read well and was really helped along by the fact that Saint Dominic had a very fascinating life.  He was born to older parents after his other brothers and sisters were grown-up and moved out.  He knew he...

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To Know Christ Jesus

To Know Christ Jesus

by FJ Sheed             I read this book for Lent.  It was a nearly perfect Lent book.  It even had 45  chapters so you could read one per day and be finished by Holy Week....

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Francis and Clare

Francis and Clare

by Helen Walker Homan             This was an engaging biography on Saint Francis, though not so much on Saint Clare – she kind of pops up at the beginning of the book for a minute and then again at the end.  Saint Francis, whose father was a successful merchant, came...

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Adam of the Road

Adam of the Road

by Elizabeth Janet Gray             In 13th century England,  Adam, the son of Roger the minstrel, is ready to live life on the road with his father so that one day, he too can become a...

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