by applewooddollhospital | Jan 26, 2024 | Blog, Saturday Fairy Eggs
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we are frequently looking things up to answer the various questions that arise. For instance, the children found that one of the chickens had laid an egg...
by applewooddollhospital | Jan 20, 2024 | Blog, Book Reviews
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...
by applewooddollhospital | Sep 19, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by: Elizabeth Janeway This was a pretty good book. I read it aloud to my 4th grader for his history and I think we both considered it time well spent. Probably me more than he but only because he’s a young boy who would rather be up to his armpits in...
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 | Jun 1, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
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...