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Charity Hill
Nov 12, 20231 min read
What ARE Truth, Beauty, and Goodness...
(and HOW do I find them in Books?!) We love the words truth, goodness, and beauty...but if someone asked us to explain what these are,...
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with Charity Hill
May 1, 20232 min read
Stories for Strong Boys, With Dr. William Hamant
Everyone is happy to promote "girl power," aren't they? We love our daughters! and we did our own version of that theme in Episode 18:...
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Anna Kaladish Reynolds
Mar 2, 20237 min read
Innocence: A Perspective for Intelligent Reading
(Bright Wings: Children's Books welcomes Anna Reynold's wise reflection on Mirette on the Highwire by Emily Arnold McCully) Certain books...
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Charity Hill
Dec 16, 20223 min read
Living Deeply, Reading Deeply
"O Come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer Our Spirits by thine advent here. Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death's dark shadows...
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ubicaritas
Jun 7, 20224 min read
Family Summer Seminar: How Adventure Shapes Identity
We talked about how adventure shapes character as we first discussed Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe by Vera Williams and then Call...
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Charity Hill
May 3, 20221 min read
Shakespeare + Kids?
Children can begin to appreciate their literary inheritance and enjoy Shakespeare. Become a supportive reading community.
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Sydney Rosenberger
Apr 6, 202210 min read
AN ETHICAL LOOK AT The Keeper of the Lost Cities SERIES
(After my book review of the first novel in this series, I entered into conversation with Sydney Rosenberger a children's librarian. She...
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Jenny Richeson
Jan 25, 20222 min read
CARING FOR WORDS WITH JENNY RICHESON, SLP
I hope you enjoyed the more technical exploration of word-language-reading issues that I discussed with Jenny Richeson. Here, we bow to...
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Charity Hill
Dec 6, 20211 min read
Favorite Christmas Picture Books, 2021
Thank you for purchasing books for your family through these links. I receive10% from Bookshop. You can use this list which has a couple...
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Jeremy Adams
Nov 2, 20217 min read
The Death of Gratitude in the American Classroom
(Originally published in The Public Discourse. Used with author's permission.) JUNE 27, 2021. BY JEREMY ADAMS Encouraging people to be...
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Amanda Knapp
Sep 16, 20214 min read
Mothering: The On-Going Birth Story
I remember the moment of my oldest daughter's birth with incredible clarity. Every single birth of every single child is beautiful and...
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Charity Hill
Aug 26, 20212 min read
Stories For Strong Girls
*Thank you for supporting this mission by buying books through these links! Stories for Strong Girls Ages 3-10: Big Sister Now. Annette...
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Charity Hill
Aug 12, 20219 min read
An Open Letter to Comic Artists, Comic Readers, and Comic Apologists, To Mothers and Fathers
It was my great pleasure to discuss comics and beauty with Julian Peters on Episodes 16 and Episode 17 of Bright Wings: Children’s Books...
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Charity Hill
Jul 28, 20211 min read
Images: In Conversation With Julian Peters, On Comics and Beauty
Hello and Welcome! While you enjoy listening to the conversations about comics and beauty, please refer to these images. First, I present...
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Amanda Knapp
May 21, 20213 min read
Confessions of a Fallen-Away Poet
Can I make a confession? In my entire life I have dropped only two course because they were too difficult. One was college statistics. ...
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Charity Hill
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Gardening As Humanizing
Miss Bennet, there seemed to be a prettyish kind of a little wilderness at the side of your lawn. I should be glad to take a turn in it....
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Charity Hill
Mar 31, 20213 min read
Spirituality vs. Morality: Further Reading Suggestions
Listening to the podcast Family Spirituality and Fiction caused me to think anew about its themes. I wonder if it raised questions in...
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Amanda Knapp
Mar 22, 20215 min read
Connecting Faith and Life Through Reading
I call my nine year old the Queen of Connections. I enjoy her royal abilities most of the time. I’m temporarily homeschooling my kids,...
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Charity Hill
Mar 9, 20216 min read
Resilience in Real Life
Who do you see practicing resilience? When you start noticing resiliency you may start to see it in more places than you'd imagined. Our...
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Amanda Knapp
Feb 15, 20214 min read
Are Fairy Tales Good Mothering?
I remember the moment I saw my oldest daughter for the first time. I remember the quiet and the stillness and the soft lighting. Almost...
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Amanda Knapp
Feb 2, 20214 min read
Where Am I Going? What Good Must I Do?
How do we get where we are going? Honestly, that’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. I find myself stuck in what Dr Suess...
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Katherine Leaño
Jan 12, 20219 min read
Bloom Where You're Planted: How People, Place and Love Make a Home
A cross stitch my granny made says: Bloom where you are planted. There is wisdom in that statement. Unlike plants, we usually make a...
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Maria Reilander
Dec 28, 20202 min read
The Freedom of the Childlike
Embracing life and the simple things in all their truth, beauty and goodness, Peter stays rooted in what really matters and experiences a...
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Erin Graver
Dec 11, 20206 min read
Growing An Instinct for Beauty
I am a bookworm, raising a flock of bookworms (what is the term for a group of worms? A…. squiggle? A squiggle of bookworms?) after me. I...
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