By Rachel M. Heironimus
“Sing Down the Moon” by Scott O’Dell is about a Navajo girl named Bright Morning who gets kidnapped by slave traders and then escapes. Then Englishmen come to drive her people away. It was very good! I would give it 4 stars.
Yo can purchase “Sing Down the Moon” on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
“Tikta’liktak” is about an Eskimo boy who is looking for food for his family, how he gets stranded on an iceberg and how he learns to keep warm and survive. It was good and I would award it 3 out of 5 stars.
You can buy “Tikta’liktak” new and used on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I finished “By the Great Horn Spoon!” by Sid Fleischman. It is about a boy named Jack and his butler, Praiseworthy. They are going to California in search of gold. It was a very good book, worthy of 4 stars.
You can buy ”By the Great Horn Spoon!” on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
“Stone Fox”, by John Reynold Gardiner, is about a boy named Willy who lives with his grandparents. One day his grandfather gets really sick and he can’t talk or move- the doctor says its because he was worried about something. It turns out that he owed $500 to the bank. There was going to be a sled dog race in their town, and Willy wants to enter with his dog, Searchlight. There was also an Indian named Stone Fox who was entering and he had never lost a race yet! It was a very, very good book, and I would give it 5 stars!
I would highly recommend that you buy “Stone Fox” on Amazon.com, or check it out from your local library!
By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I finished “Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman” by Marguerite Henry. When Robert Fulton was a boy, he was very interested in painting, and the way he got his brushes was by cutting fur from the back of his cat! This book was very good, and I would give it 3 out of 5 stars.
You can buy this book on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
“Naya Nuki”, by Kenneth Thomasma, is about an Indian girl named Naya Nuki who is captured by an enemy tribe along with her friend Sacagawea. Then one rainy night she escapes. It was very exciting. I liked it a lot and would give it 4 out of 5 stars!
“Naya Nuki” is available on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
“Sarah Witcher’s Story”, by Elizabeth Yates, is about a girl named Sarah Witcher. Her parents left one day and while she was playing she got lost. Men from all over came to look for her. They looked for three days, but they couldn’t find her. It was good. I would give it 3 stars.
You can buy it on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
“Om-kas-toe” is about an Indian boy named Om-kas-toe. One day he finds a crow who he names “Wise Bird” and then he and his twin sister, “Twin Girl” find an “Elk dog”.-A horse!
It was very good and I would give it 4 stars!
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By Rachel M. Heironimus
“The Cabin Faced West”, written by Jean Fritz is about a girl named Anne Hamilton whose family moved out west from Gettysburg. Ann doesn’t like the west because there is not any time for parties, and she does not have anyone to play with. It was very good and I would give it 4 stars!
You can purchase “The Cabin Faced West” on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
I finished “Phoebe the Spy” written by Judith Berry Green and Illustrated by Margot Tames today, it was about a girl named Phoebe Fraunces, whose father owns a tavern. Her father wants to protect George Washington. It was a good (3 star) book!
“Phoebe the Spy” is available used and new on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I finished “Mr. Revere and I” written and illustrated by Robert Lawson. It was about Paul Revere’s horse, Sherry, telling about his life and their rides together. It was very good and I would give it 4 out of 5 stars!
You can buy “Mr. Revere and I” on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I read “The Matchlock Gun” written by Walter D. Edmunds and illustrated by Paul Lantz. It was about a boy named Edward who’s family owns a big Spanish matchlock gun. One day Edward’s father has to go help fight in the war, he shows Edward how to load the matchlock gun, but when the Indians come, he has to fire it. It was very good and I would give it 5 out of 5 stars!
You can buy “The Matchlock Gun” on Amazon.com
By Adam E. Heironimus
Today I finished reading “The Dumbest Generation” by Mark Bauerlein. It was about the effect that reading (or not reading) has on teenagers minds, and how it makes them better students, workers and citizens when they do so. The book was split into three main sections, the first showed how reading is on a sharp decline among young adults and teenagers, and how that decline has been accelerated by digital media. The second was about how teachers, professors and mentors aren’t doing enough to stop this “dumbness” that’s invading America’s youth culture, and the final section was about the dire consequences that could come from not instilling in children, teenagers and young adults a love to read and absorb knowledge of all genres, types and forms. Mr. Bauerlein said that learning to appreciate the old as well as the new, the established as well as the cutting edge, is the only way that we can hope to preserve our American system of Law, Justice and Freedom for generations to come, and reading will greatly aid in doing that. I really liked “The Dumbest Generation” and would highly recommend that you read it, (rather than some strange 15 year old’s blog entries) I think you will be very interested by it and I would give it 4 out of an available 5 stars
You can buy “The Dumbest Generation” on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I finished reading “The Skippack School” by Marguerite de Angeli. It was about a boy named Eli Shrawder who came with his family to America from Germany. At first, he does not want to go to school, he is afraid that it will be like his old school in Germany. But, he soon finds out that he likes it. It was very good and I would give it 4 out of 5 stars!
“The Skippack School” is available at Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I read “The Bears on Hemlock Mountain” written by Alice Dalgiesh and illustrated by Helen Sewell. It was a true story about a boy named Jonathan. One day his mother sent him over Hemlock Mountain to get a big soup pot. She also told him there are no bears on Hemlock Mountain. But as Jonathan soon finds out, there are bears on Hemlock Mountain! It was pretty good and I would give it 2 out of 5 stars
“The Bears on Hemlock Mountain” is available at Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
I recently read “The Courage of Sarah Noble”written by Alice Dagliesh and Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. It was about a girl named Sarah Noble who went into the wilderness with her father to build their new house. One day Indian children came to their house. It was good. I would give it 3 stars.
“The Courage of Sarah Noble” is available at Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I finished Reading “Pocahontas and the Strangers” by Clyde Robert Bulla and illustrated by Peter Burchard. It was about Pocahontas. First she saw some of the white men’s “great canoes” and then she and her brother went to see their camp. Then Pocahontas brought food to them.
It was very good and I would give it 5 stars.
“Pocahontas and the Strangers” is available on Amazon.com
By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I finished reading “A Lion to Guard Us” written by Clyde Robert Bulla and Illustrated by Michele Chessare. It was about three children named Amanda, Jemmy and Meg. They lived with their mother in a big house, and they were servants. But one day their mother fell down a flight of stairs and after a while, she died. So Amanda takes her two younger siblings to America, where there father is.
It was very good and I would give it 4 stars.
“A Lion to Guard Us” is available on Amazon.com
By Adam E. Heironimus
I recently had the privilege of reading “Lose your Cool” by Zach Hunter. It was about how we all need to wake up from our normal, everyday lives and become passionate: passionate for Jesus, passionate for the poor, and passionate for the things that we know are right. Every chapter in “Lose your Cool” profiled several passionate individuals such as William Wilberforce, Keith Green, Mother Teresa or George Muller who had been able to use their passion to change the world in a positive way, and told how we too could also become like them and use our talents, abilities and gifts for good. I really enjoyed reading this book and would highly recommend it to anyone.
Using the 5 star system, I would give “Lose your Cool” 5 stars!
You can purchase “Lose your Cool” at Amazon.com
By Adam E. Heironimus
I recently finished reading “Radical” by David Platt. As the subtitle says, it is about “taking back your faith from the American dream” and living a life that’s radically devoted to Jesus Christ. David Platt says over and over in his book that Jesus didn’t call us to live comfortable lives, hoarding our resources to use selfishly on ourselves- Jesus called us to “take up our cross and follow him” wherever he happens to lead us, whether it’s to Africa or to the downtown rescue mission, whether he calls us to spread the gospel in Asia or our own neighborhoods- we as Christians are called to be radical, giving of our time, our money and ourselves to further advance God’s kingdom. This book was very convicting to me and I would highly recommend it to anyone who’s interested in making a positive impact in the world they live in, rather than just sitting back and watching others serve Jesus. I would give it 5 out of an available 5 stars.
“Radical” is available at Amazon.com
By Adam E. Heironimus
Today I finished reading “Missionary Stories With the Millers”, the last book in the “Miller Family” series to my siblings. This book is unique among the five in the series in that, instead of being a collectio of stories about the Miller family, it’s a collection of stories about missionaries that the Miller children’s mother tells them every night. There are some stories about very well known missionaries, such as Jim Eliot, Amy Carmichael and Hudson Taylor, as well as some equally good stories about lesser known missionaries and the trials that they have gone through by the grace of God. I would highly reccomend this book to anyone who would like to get a little “sample” of many different missionaries lives, and I would give it a solid 5 out of 5 stars!
“Missionary Stories With the Millers” is available for purchase at Amazon.com
By Adam E. Heironimus
I recently finished reading “Storytime with the Millers” and “School Days with the Millers”, both by Mildred A. Martin, to my younger siblings. These two books are also part of the “Miller Family” series and continue in the same style,with short, stand alone stories that begin with a child having a problem, with a parent, teacher or other responsible adult then addressing the problem and giving the child a verse of scripture about their problem, and ending with the child putting their new found knowledge into practice. We all enjoyed these God-honoring books very much, and I would give them both 5 out of 5 stars!
By Adam E. Heironimus
I recently read my siblings “Wisdom and the Millers” and “Prudence and the Millers”, both by Mildred A. Martin. They are collections of short stories, in which the Miller children have various problems such as lying, tattling, snooping and slothfulness, which the children’s parents help them work out in a godly way- using a verse from proverbs as a framework for what they’re saying. Of all the children’s books I’ve reviewed so far,these ones are definitely the most character building, and I would highly recommend them to anyone, especially parents trying to instill godly principals into their children.
We all enjoyed them and would give them 5 out of 5 stars
By Adam E. Heironimus
Today I finished reading my younger brothers “Coon Tree Summer” by Mary Landis, the first book in a series that is continued by “Ice Slide Winter”, which I read to them several days ago. Just like “Ice Slide Winter” it was very,very good and continues (or actually, begins) the tradition of excellence that we all enjoyed from “Ice Slide Winter”, chronicling the many trials, adventures and projects of the Brooke family.
We would all highly recommend it, and I would give it 5 out of 5 stars.
“Coon Tree Summer” is available at Amazon.com
By Adam E. Heironimus
Today I finished reading my siblings “Ice Slide Winter” by Mary M. Landis. We all enjoyed the story as it following the adventures and excitement of the 8 Brooke children and their father and mother, as they built forts, sledded, and learned to “live together in unity”. I was really blessed by how well the children responded to the admonition and advice of their parents, always changing their ways when they were corrected.
I would give it 5 out of an available 5 stars
“Ice Slide Winter” is available both new and used on Amazon.com
