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| Baby Animals by DK: very simple with big pictures; the animals are shown doing 3 activities; I add their sound for Hannah although my tiger and bear sound just alike and I am still not sure how to do an elephant trumpet :) |
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| Bunny and Me by Adele Aron Greenspun and Joanie Schwarz: shows all the actvities that a baby and bunny can do together and is beautifully illustrated; our friend Jennie Smith bought this for us 2 years ago with a hope and promise that we would have a baby someday- thank you. It is a great book but it means so much more to us than the words and pictures. |
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| Mr. Brown can Moo! Can you? by Dr. Seuss: so fun! Hannah loves all the sounds and usually ends up watching my mouth to see how I am making all those noises :) |
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| Rise and Shine! illustrated by Tim Warnes: beautifully illustrates the children's song about Noah's ark; Hannah has really enjoyed the singing of this book- I happen to love the extra attention to detail by the illustrator. Fun fact: he has another book illustrating Jesus loves Me that will be on Hannah's Christmas list :) |
Russell D. Moore doe s not shy away from this call in Adopted for Life, a popular-level, practical manifesto for Christians to adopt children and to help equip other Christian families to do the same. He shows that adoption is not just about couples who want children — or who want more children. It is about an entire culture within the church, a culture that sees adoption as part of the Great Commission mandate and as a sign of the gospel itself.
I wish that everyone would read this book. Maybe I am too close to the topic of adoption, but everyone is touched by adoption in some way- adopting, adopted, friends, family, supporters or adopted by our Heavenly Father.
On a side note, the author is actually going to be in town this Sunday at my brother's church. I am making plans to go to church with them. What a providential blessing!
Diary of a Rabbit: I found this sweet book at the library the other day. It was published in 1982, written by Lilo Hess. It begins with the birth of some bunnies, including Daisy, the main character. It has some very sweet pictures of a growing rabbit and the story concludes when Daisy becomes a mother. Factual yet fun. I love it.
Prodigal God: by Timothy Keller. I read this for book club last month. It focuses on the story we think of as the Prodigal Son, but Keller explores the depth of the parable. The prodigal was lost, the elder brother was lost, I was lost in sin. But our Heavenly Father seeks us out and draws us to Himself. I never really understood this parable before- I am an older sister and always thought the elder brother was justified in his anger. I am grateful for Rev. Keller for writing this book and explaining the radical nature of this parable.
It has been a while since I have updated my "reading" posts. I have read a few books, but the most interesting has been The Boy in the Alamo by Margaret Cousins. I had intended to read it before I visited the Alamo, but didn't get around to it. I did read it right after we got home and enjoyed it even more than I thought I would. It was great to have a picture in my head of all the structures and history that they talked about in the book. While this book is classified as fiction, it is heavy on actual history and great learning tool. I know all you Texans out there are familiar with this time period, but for a Mississippi girl like me, this was a great chance to learn some wonderful history about the Republic of Texas!
Since my last post, I have read/listened to quite a few books. I was painting some rooms for one of my friends who is trying to sell her house. Being alone in a house painting gave me lots of free time. Plus, I am slow, methodical painter! The first book I listened to was Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris. Since I did not know anything about Theodore Roosevelt before this time I learned a lot: he loved to hunt (the story of the teddy bear comes from him), he designated lots of national parks and monuments, he was urged to run for a third term as president (which he declined, though reluctantly), and he was a pretty good peace keeper.
The second book I listed too was Empire by Orson Scott Card. It is a fictionalized look at how a second civil war could happen in America. It dealt mainly with the polarization of red/blue politics and control of military might. I enjoyed it, but then again, I like almost anything that Orson Scott Card writes. 
How can I even begin to describe this book? Terry Pratchett once again weaves so many plot lines together that it just seems natural in Witches Abroad. It involves magic mirrors, fairy godmothers and lots and lots of fairy tales becoming reality. 
I am almost finished with Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. While I knew a little bit more about Franklin than Roosevelt, I still didn't know much. And I have never read his autobiography (which is quoted throughout). He seems like a very interesting character who loved learning, science, politics, and most of all, talking. While he always had a gift with words, he appeared to combine humility and wisdom later in life to bring about some of the most important documents in all of American history.
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Checking things out
I wonder what the dictionary tastes like?
