Monthly Archives: November 2014

With One Heart, with One Voice

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: With One Heart, with One Voice Author: Hal Hammons Publisher: One Stone, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-1941422069 ISBN-10: 1941422063 Related website: http://www.OneStone.com (publisher) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing or … Continue reading

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Spoon Boy

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Spoon Boy Author: Jim Cruise Illustrators: Marianna Heule and Jon Post Publisher: Faustina Publishing, 5th edition published in 2009 ISBN-13: 978-0966775716 ISBN-10: 0966775716 Related website: http://www.SpoonMan.biz (author) Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or … Continue reading

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The Pier at the End of the World: A Tilbury House Nature Book

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Pier at the End of the World: A Tilbury House Nature Book Author: Paul Erickson Photographer: Andrew Martinez Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0884483823 ISBN-10: 0884483827 Related website: http://www.tilburyhouse.com (publisher) Language level: 1 … Continue reading

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The Secret Galaxy: A Tilbury House Nature Book

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Secret Galaxy: A Tilbury House Nature Book Author: Fran Hodgkins Photographer: Mike Taylor Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0884483915 ISBN-10: 0884483916 Related website: http://www.tilburyhouse.com (publisher) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or … Continue reading

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God So Loved: Studies in the Gospel of John, a Tribute to Ferrell Jenkins

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: God So Loved: Studies in the Gospel of John, a Tribute to Ferrell Jenkins Author: Daniel W. Petty, editor Publisher: Florida College Press, 2002 ISBN-13: 9780967423111 ISBN-10: 0967423112 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms … Continue reading

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The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages Author: Charles Reade Publisher: Kessinger Publishing LLC, republished in 2005 ISBN-13: 978-1432626723 (Hardcover) ISBN-10: 1432626728 (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 978-1490437699 (Paperback) ISBN-10: 149043769X (Paperback) Related website: … Continue reading

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A Dog Called Kitty

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: A Dog Called Kitty Author: Bill Wallace Publisher: Aladdin, republished in 1992 ISBN-13: 978-0812407570 (Hardcover) ISBN-10: 0812407571 (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 978-0671770815 (Paperback) ISBN-10: 0671770810  (Paperback) Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; … Continue reading

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A Tribute to Melvin D. Curry, Jr.

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: A Tribute to Melvin D. Curry, Jr. Author: Ferrell Jenkins, editor Cover Illustrator: Barry Wallace Publisher: Florida College Bookstore, 1997 ISBN-13: 978-1890119010 ISBN-10: 1890119016 Related website: http://bookstore.floridacollege.edu/store/ (publisher) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms … Continue reading

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Kentucky Adventures

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Kentucky Adventures Author: Amy Barkman Illustrator: Malinda A. Raines Publisher: Next Step Books, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-1937671150 ISBN-10: 1937671151 Related website: http://www.NextStepBooks.org (publisher) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing … Continue reading

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Resurrection!: Essays in Honor of Homer Hailey

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Resurrection!: Essays in honor of Homer Hailey Author: edited by Edward William Fudge. Publisher: C.E.I. Publishing Co., 1973 ISBN-13: 978-0884070030 ISBN-10: 0884070034 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing … Continue reading

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