Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen My rating: 2 of 5 stars Library. Thank goodness. I only continued reading this because it was on the headboard and convenient at bedtime.  I thought the end was better than the beginning.  It was OK, particularly at the end.  The beginning I found the writing…

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling My rating: 5 of 5 stars We’ve been reading The Jungle Book since September or so, with breaks for a short Thanksgiving read-aloud and Advent/Christmas read-alouds.  We enjoyed this tremendously.  Stories of laughter and friendship, love and protection, Law and courtesy.  Loyalty.  Survival. This edition has both Jungle Books…

So, I know yesterday was Groundhog Day, but here are two books to consider for next year … Gretchen Groundhog, It’s Your Day …. A cute book.  Gretchen is the newest Groundhog Day prognosticator.  She is very nervous about “Going Out” as is her family tradition.  The town’s historian brings a box of journals that…

Once again, for Cindy’s Book Club Party.  I don’t know why you’re reading my post when you could be reading hers or those of the other participants …  Esolen titles this chapter “Keep Children away from Machines and Machinists” but I think what he is talking about are problems and problem solving and personal interests….

Completely random, incoherent thoughts … ——————————————————— OK, so I actually had the whole chapter read by Sunday this time, and here I am finally posting on Friday.  That homeschooling thing is taking so much time! ——————————————————— All that outside time I posted about before, yeah, unsupervised. So, maybe its OK I don’t like outside, Brandy. …

Some quotes to whet your appetite … It is more difficult to maneuver in history class. His mind leaps into the subject like a starving dog lunging at poisoned meat. He cannot be held back, even though he knows what they are feeding him. This new version of history is so different from what his…