Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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Sometimes I see a book in the bookstore and instinctively know there's a high probability it will be coming home with me. Home in the Woods by Eliza Wheeler was one of those books. But I have to be honest. After I picked it up and opened it, I almost didn't keep reading because the artwork style of the faces on the opening page isn't something I …
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There was a time when all three of us could quote the entire text of The Little Golden Book Little Mommy from memory. When Caroline went through her baby doll phase, she wanted to read this book and look at the pictures all of the time. When I picked the book up off the shelf to write this post and started reading it aloud, David and I …
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In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen by Cynthia Rylant is the first book in The Cobble Street Cousins, a series of six books about three young girls. I had no idea when I ordered them for Caroline how much they would come to mean to her. This series of books has an honored place on her bookshelves. In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen The Cobble Street cousins are Lily, …
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Bunny Bungalow by Cynthia Rylant (illustrated by Nancy Hayashi) is one of my favorite picture books. We happened upon it at a consignment shop and it quickly became beloved by all of three of us. It's a simple story with charming illustrations that definitely belongs in A Month of Cozy Books. Bunny Bungalow Bunny Bungalow is the sweet story of a …
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Antler, Bear, Canoe - A Northwoods Alphabet Year by Betsy Bowen includes so many things I love in a picture book including the theme, the subject, and the illustrations. This is one of those books I purchased as soon as I saw it on the bookshelf. (Betsy Bowen also wrote a companion book called Gathering - A Northwoods Counting Book that is also …
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Gathering - A Northwoods Counting Book by Betsy Bowen is the companion book to another favorite cozy book I've already shared, Antler, Bear, Canoe - A Northwoods Alphabet Year. Each of the books take the reader through both a journey in the northwoods and a journey through the calendar year. Gathering - A Northwoods Counting Book This time …
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The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton is one of the truly timeless cozy books. This Caldecott winner was written in 1942, but it seems to apply just as much today as it did back then. In fact, I think for many people in our culture The Little House speaks of the deep longing of the heart that has been awakened in the past ten to fifteen …
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Homeplace by Anne Shelby is a wonderful picture book for teaching your child about the concept of ancestors. It also gives an excellent representation of how their lives can intertwine with our own decades or even hundreds of years later. This book is full of wonderfully detailed and cozy illustrations that make it a perfect fit for A Month of …
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Snowed In by Barbara M. Lucas and Catherine Stock is a cozy story I happened across at a book sale. I bought a used copy that had been discarded by a school and am so glad I found it! The book is an lovely cozy combination of story, history, and illustrations. Snowed In The story is set in the American West in 1915. A family prepares for being …
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I happened across A Family for Old Mill Farm at a children's bookstore a few years ago. I immediately bought it because it spoke to me. We were also looking for a house and I could relate to the search this family was going through in the picture book. We didn't end up buying a farm, but I understood the mission to find the home that is just …
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Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie are five sisters growing up in a poor Jewish family in New York City in the early 1900’s. The classic read-aloud All-of-a-Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor includes five chapter books that follow the joys and sorrows, faith and celebrations of the special family. This was by far one of my favorite …
