As regular readers know, I often find buying children's books a chore because the political correctness* gets tedious and it's hard to judge whether the book is a quality book or is just living off its PC bona fides. I'm also not too fond of the other extreme. Yet. (Although you can't help but smile at the title of "Help! Mom! The Ninth Circuit Nabbed the Nativity" by Katharine DeBrecht.)
A plentitude of research within St. Blog's suggest these are worthwhile Christmas or birthday gifts:
These also looked good to me though had no imprimaturs:The Cottage at Bantry Bay - Hilda Van Stockum; Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices - Paul Fleischman; The King of Ireland's Son - Padraic Colum; The Daring Book for Girls - Andrea J. Buchanan; Swan Town: The Secret Journal of Susanna Shakespeare - Ortiz Half Magic - Edward Eager The Borrowers - Mary Norton The Devil's Arithmetic - Jane Yolen The Rescuers - Margery Sharp Johnny Crow's Garden - L. Leslie Brooke Millions of Cats - Wanda Gag The Donkey & the Golden Light A Little History of the World - Ernst Hans Gombrich (nonfiction) The Miraculous Tale of Two Maries Little House in the Highlands - Mellisa Wiley American Born Chinese - a graphic novel by Gene Yang The Railway Children - E. Nesbit Outlaws of Ravenhurst - Sr. Imelda The Jesus Garden - Antoinette Bosco more gift ideas here
I probably could've saved time merely by polling Elena and Bill and Smock & Mama and Ham o' Bone, though the latter has all boys. (I did ask Steven.) It looks like the Catholic bookeater has something up too.Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine - S. Bartoletti Library Lion - Michelle Knudsen Maximilian Kolbe: Saint of Auschwitz - Elaine Murray Stone Fight for Life #1 (Vet Volunteers) - Laurie Halse Anderson
Much help was found here, a writer whose children's books look very good also. Her blog has the winsome banner shown at top of this post. Melissa Wiley's master list of good books is here.
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Art credit here; hope I don't get sued
UPDATE: Bill sent me a couple good book leads: Antoinette Bosco's "The Jesus Garden". For beginning readers (or almost-beginning) it's "Ducks in Muck" ("the first book read cover to cover by 2 of our kids so far" he says). Also sweet Mary Herboth recommends Outlaws of Ravenhurst by Sr. M. Imelda, S.L.. These books should help with Christmas buying.
Update II : "My Life As...." books by Bill Myers, recommended by bingo co-worker Kim.
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