by applewooddollhospital | Aug 2, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Sid Fleischman When buying books for the next school year, there was a Sid Fleischman book on the list that I purchased which must have been what made Ebay suggest “The Whipping Boy” to me. I forgot all about this book! It was one of my favorites as a kid.Happily,...
by applewooddollhospital | Jul 26, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Robert Louis Stevenson The novel opens with the murder of a man by a black arrow. A letter is later found attached to a door that informed the reader that more men were marked for the black arrows – a powerful and crafty knight named Sir Daniel...
by applewooddollhospital | Jul 18, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Laura Vanderkam I heard an interview with Laura Vanderkam on Jon Acuff’s podcast. Since I’m going through a very busy and disorganized season of my life, it sounded as though her...
by applewooddollhospital | Jul 13, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Konrad Lorenz My daughter read this book for her high school science class. She so enjoyed the book she told me all about it practically verbatim. Her stories peaked my interest and since I had a little free summer reading time, I thought I’d give it a read....
by applewooddollhospital | Jun 29, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
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...
