by applewooddollhospital | May 9, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
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...
by applewooddollhospital | Oct 31, 2022 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Genevieve Foster I read this with my son for his history class. The concept of this book was very cool. It went through the main stages of George Washington’s life and told what was going on during those time periods not only in his life but also in the...
by applewooddollhospital | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog, Essays
At the beginning of the summer, I came down with some sort of virus that made me ill for about a day or two and then feeling much better but drained of all energy in the subsequent week and a...
by applewooddollhospital | Sep 26, 2022 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Joseph Pearce This was an excellent book! It was like a mini-literature course taught by a professor that you love. Mr. Pearce starts back in antiquity with Homer and Virgil and works his way up to the 20th century with a truncated, though informative synopsis of...
by applewooddollhospital | Feb 11, 2022 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Beverly Cleary I just finished this as a read aloud with my son who hates read alouds. He was completely drawn into the story and even asked me to continue on when our stopping point came at a suspenseful part of the book. He was sad when it was over and wants to...
