When You Were Small is an adorable book. The story is about a little boy names Henry and his father's stories about when he was little--really little. :)
"When you were small we used you as a chess piece, because our chess board was missing one of the knights and you were the perfect size."
The artwork is soft and delightful colored sketches. It is a very sweet book.
The Lightlings is a beautiful allegory of the King of Light. I am just going to share the description from ChristianBook.com because it is so good!
"Dr. R.C. Sproul weaves an allegorical tale that captures the essence of the biblical story of redemption in a manner that will fascinate and delight children. A race of tiny beings known as lightlings represent humanity as they pass through all the stages of the biblical drama--creation, fall, and redemption. In the end, children will understand why some people fear light more than darkness, but why they need never fear darkness again."
We have listened to R.C. Sproul's story books and CDs for years. Here are some of his best:
Book: The Priest with Dirty Clothes
CD: The Priest With Dirty Clothes
Book: The King Without a Shadow
CD: The King Without A Shadow
LOVE these stories of God's beautiful redemption of His people!
Caedmon's Song is a book I like for many reasons. I found this story many years ago and have used it for our medieval studies. I love the history of the real Caedmon that it is based upon. I also love it because my brother used this name for his son. :)
It is a story about stories, about a time long gone when people sat around the fire and shared history through poetry and minstrelsy. It is a lovely book.
This last one came to me via a review I did for TOS, The Cat At Night
I am going to be making a book series like this, and this is the first post. It is also my B is for Bodacious Books in the Blogging Through the Alphabet with Ben and Me! I hope you enjoy it. I have had the privilege to seeing a lot of gorgeous hardback books in my review/library/homeschool catalog time so I have many great finds to share.
Enjoy!
8 comments:
Love them! We have totes and totes of books. I need to get more shelves for ours, and we would have quite the library. Gotta love books!
Kate,
Another great book is Grandpa's Box...LOVED reading that book with my children...what a fun post...I may copy the flavor of it...
I LOVE bookshelves...if only there were MORE WALLS!
Love,
C~
I love your book shelves! Caedmon's song sounds like a great book -- I just added it to my "wish list". :)
First of all, love love love the bookshelves.
And secondly, I can't believe I've never read any of these books. I'm such a huge fan of picture books.
Can't wait to check these out!
Love the shelves! And the books to, of course. :-)
Gorgeous bookshelves! And the books sound wonderful!! I'm always watching for good books!
Thanks, ladies! I do love my bookshelves! :D Glad you found something worth reading here. Big picture books are some of my favorites and I have many more that I will be posting about in the future. :D
Kate
I love how organized the bookshelves are!! We too have so many books, and while I love them all!!! I don't look forward to moving them all...
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