My family and I do not own a television. So we read books quite a bit. I thought maybe other Christian mothers might like to hear some of the books we read.
These books are not Christian books. But they are:
-Clean, - don't have a lot of silliness, - don't have dressed up animals, -don't have a bad moral. We also try to avoid books that promote Santa or the Easter bunny, ghosts or Halloween.
Many of the books we come across, teach that homosexuality is okay. They try to disguise their real message by using animals or bugs.
Others are really silly and promote foolishness. Many of the children's books promote pride. "Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18
So here are the books we like:
The Farm Life by Elizabeth Spurr is a rhyming book that talks about colors and numbers. It is a fun book and one of my favorites for children.
The Midnight Farm by Reeve Lindbergh is a book with a boy and his mother. It is about not being afraid of the dark.
It rhymes and is a counting book.
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall is another great book and
another favorite. A good friend of ours told us about this
one. We really aspire to this.
Going to Sleep on the Farm by Wendy Cheyette
Lewison is about how farm animals go to sleep. A
father puts his son to sleep. A good bedtime book
recommended by my sister-in-law Shawn.
Dog Food by Joost Elffers and Saxton Freymann is
funny, cute, clever, and artsy.
Pete's a Pizza by William Steig is a funny family bonding book. (He is not really a pizza.) :)
The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin
Provensen talks about the seasons/months of the
year.
Hats, Hats, Hats by Ann Morris is a book about hats
around the world. I like the baby wearing. At the back
of the book, it tells a little more about each picture.
Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie DePaola is a
neat book about how wool is made into a cloak.
Homes around the World ABC by Amanda
Doering is interesting because of all the different
house pictures.
The Big Red Barn by Margret Wise Brown is
a nice children's book.
At the Edge of the Woods by Cynthia Cotten is
a rhyming and counting book. I like that it
shows the numbers along with writing them out.
While You Were Sleeping by John Butler is a cute
bedtime counting book for young children.
Over in the Meadow is a rhyming, counting book.
Can you See What I See? Seymour and the Juice
Box Boat by Walter Wick is a good search and find for
younger children.
Look-Alikes: The More You Look, The More You
See! by Joan Steiner is a fun book to look at.
A glove is made to look like a couch.
Here are three read aloud books for older boys:
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
is a fiction book about a boy who goes and
lives in a tree "off the grid."
How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary
Paulsen is a bunch of true stories about boys and
their stunts. Also by Paulsen is My Life in Dog
Years, which is about dogs he has owned.
Bruchko by Bruce Olson is a true story of a
Christian missionary. It was very interesting.
The Read-A-Loud's you may want to edit as
you read. Some of the things in the Paulsen books
may not be suitable.
Hopefully your library will have most of these. If not,
usually the librarian will do an inter-library
loan for you.
Please, leave comments about
the children's books you like.
Thank you,
~Kathleen |
This beautiful home in Wales was made from straw bales, with a reciprocal roof. It could also have been made out of earth bags or cob. Both cob and earth bags are cheap. Both last a long time and can withstand strong storms. Often the straw bale tends to be more expensive for some reason. Maybe because its not "dirt cheap."
