Category: History & Biography
“I love stories like this,” my ten-year-old said, holding up a biography she found at the library. “The ones where they have to overcome something.” And it seemed to me that most of history could […]
When I was a senior in high school, a friend of mine started attending a Christian college just over the Canadian border. She came back jazzed, sparkling. “It is so exciting,” she tried to explain […]
Our kids keep getting bigger. It’s the weirdest thing. I remember moms, gazing at Lydia asleep in my arms, who cooed, “Oh, it just goes by so fast!” I knew they weren’t talking about my […]
We sit at the table so long that my tea grows cold. With my left hand I sprinkle Josie’s tray with smashed popcorn, one salty shard at a time; with my right hand I hold […]
I knew two things about this book when I grabbed it off the library shelf: John Brown was a controversial guy whose legacy had something to do with a militia, maybe. No such controversy surrounds […]
The older my kids get, the more Christian biographies I try to squeeze into our bookshelves. Of course I pray that God surrounds our daughters with godly examples—believers who can walk alongside and encourage them, […]
Ages 5–8, Ages 8–11, History & Biography
Patricia St. John: The Story Behind the Stories | Irene Howat
I did not grow up knowing Jesus, but I have many friends who did. And I love to ask those friends what they enjoyed reading as a child. While I read Goosebumps, I wonder aloud, what […]
One of the bits of planning I struggled with most this school year was history: What will we study this year? (Modern history.) Which books will we read? (So many good ones.) How can I […]
In ninth grade, I decided that I wasn’t a science person. Most of the other decisions I made that year— “dog chains are a great way to hold your wallet in place,” for example, or […]
Twice in one week, I found myself deep in conversations with friends about one question: Why is it so difficult to write about Christian characters? The question surfaced after I narrowly resisted the urge to […]
