HOMESPUN LIGHT

     All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr    Whoa. What a book!    Here are some excerpts from Amazon's description: ...

  Just David by Eleanor H. Porter    From the author who wrote Pollyanna, another beautiful classic. I absolutely loved Just David!     T...

Between Shades of Gray                              Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys   is the historical fiction story of a young...

A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen       On the morning of Barbed Wire Sunday, the people of East Berlin woke up to the sound of ...

The Unwanteds By Lisa McMann       In the world of Quill, creativity is bad. It counts as an infraction, and on the day of the Purge, ...

The Tales of the Frog Princess by E.D. Baker          Princess Emma of Greater Greensward could never be the princess her mother wa...

We read The Cat of Bubastes  by G. A. Henty as part of Family School . I've heard many homeschoolers recommend G. A. Henty's book...

I'm usually a One-Book-at-a-Time kinda girl, but at the moment I'm all over the place. As much of a reader as I've been over t...

Here's another quick recommendation. As you know, I've been a bit of a slacker on the blogging front lately.  During my recess, I h...

The Goose Girl (Books of Bayern)  by (the amazing, hilarious, and wonderful) Shannon Hale Review by Welly-Bell, Age 7 Crown Princess An...

Beyond Foo, Book 1: Geth and the Return of the Lithens  by Obert Skye Review by Bubs, Age 9 (who is apparently picking up on Daddy's ...

The Wide-Awake Princess  by E.D. Baker I picked this one up on our last trip to the library, and I'm so glad I did. What a fun story...

The first time I heard someone compare The False Prince: (Book 1 of the Ascendance Trilogy)  by Jennifer A. Nielson to Harry Potter  and Th...

Witch Song by Amber Argyle Brusenna has always lived in hiding, deep in the forest with her mother. The townspeople know they're witc...

For years, I waited for my kids to be old enough to appreciate Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. I would pull it off the shelf now and then...