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Shovelhorns, The Biography of a Moose, and the Black Bruin, The Biography of a Bear

Caradamom Publishers has brought back two classic novels into one new book: Shovehorns, The Biography of a Moose, and Black Bruin, The Biography of a Bear. Written by naturalist Clarence Hawkes (1869-1954), these realistic...

Women of the Old Testament: 14 in-depth bible studies for Teens

Women of the Old Testament: 14 in-depth bible studies for Teens by Barbara Frank is a unique Bible study curriculum that encourages mothers and their teen daughters to explore the lives of Old Testament women and Biblical...

The Double Cousins and the Mystery of the Missing Watch: A Giveaway!!

We often get asked for book recommendations for young boys. It isn’t always easy to find a wholesome book that is entertaining enough to capture a young boy’s attention, particularly if you are looking for one that...

The Doubleganger Chronicles: The Great Mogul Diamond

I had been reluctant to let my twin 8-year old sons read graphic novels until Tyndale Publishers sent me G.P. Taylor’s latest book in in his Dopple Ganger Chronicles: The great Mogul Diamond. If you don’t already...

3 Resources to Bring Geography to Life

Daily Geography is a reproducible book with 36 weekly lessons each including: teacher resource page, geography vocabulary, reproducible map, 2 daily geography questions, challenge question and answer key. Published by Evan-Moor...

Snap it Up! Math games

If you are looking for a fun math game to use to drill in addition, subtraction or multiplication facts—-you will want to play Snap It Up with your child/ren. This fast paced game really gets the math and thinking skills...

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Choose Your Own Ending Devotions: A Review

Pioneer Clubs partnered with Tyndale House Publishers to create The One Year Choose Your Own Ending Devotions Book that help reinforce Bible lessons through: A story Scripture reading and memory verse Questions to think...

Growing Great Families: A Review

Growing Great Families has released their new 2010 Interactive Family Advent Calendar that helps parents put the real meaning of the holidays back into their children’s daily lives with 24 days of inspirational...

What to Read When: A Review

Pam Allyn, Founder and Director of LitLife (training organization for K-12 educators) and founding director of Books for Boys (mentoring and reading initiative at The Children’s Village) has written a book to help ...