Book Release: A Homewood Christmas
Good morning and Happy Monday, everybody! (Yes, I did say Happy Monday. Everybody needs a happy start to the week once in a while!) This particular Monday happens to be…
Read moreDear Reader, What about fiction? At some point in your teen years, this question is likely to surface. When you were at the picture book stage, it wasn’t even on…
Read moreDear Reader, What’s the point of reading, anyway? There’s something in that question that makes you squirm, isn’t there? Something that makes you feel little, and vulnerable, and inadequate. Something…
Read moreWhen I was a high school student, my siblings and I had a private newspaper. The editors of this paper had a limited readership, but great confidence. And in one…
Read moreDear Reader, One of the striking things about growing up is that the author begins addressing the preface to you. When you were very small, books didn’t have prefaces at…
Read moreThis book was totally another impulse-borrow. Rocket Science for Babies. It was part of a series. My public library had Organic Chemistry for Babies, too. I just had to see…
Read moreAlright, ladies and gentlemen! It’s time for another peep into Webster’s Dictionary. Today we’re taking a look at the role of good and great—outstanding—literature in education. When I looked up…
Read moreThey’re the un-google-able search term—not because nobody’s got them, but because there are just too many. “Christian books.” Go try it, yourself. You’ll get Christian publishers. You’ll get Christian bookstores.…
Read moreI really didn’t need another public library book. I already had a review title halfway read, a church library book halfway read, a Victorian novel halfway read, and a musical…
Read moreAnd now it’s time for SAW Publishing to review SAW Publishing’s Review System! Conflict of interest? Totally. Still somewhat valuable? We can at least hope so. In fact, it has…
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