http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com Just Some of the Books That Have Consumed My Time Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:00:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema c. 1975 I like this book. It's a West African tale retold. It's also a Caldecott Medal winner. But the reason I like it is that it shows cause and effect. The mosquito tells a tall tale (read "lie") and so upsets the iguana ... http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com/2008/09/06/why-mosquitoes-buzz-in-peoples-ears/ The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner By Eileen Christelow c. 1986 This is another Reading Rainbow selection and another stupid book. In this work, we have a diner where the female owner wears diamonds to serve the patrons. We also have the rumor of diamond robbers--wearing blue hats, driving a yellow truck ... http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com/2008/09/06/the-robbery-at-the-diamond-dog-diner/ Smoky Nights by Eve Bunting c. 1994 This Caldecott Medal winner is a beautiful book with a difficult concept. Daniel watches from his window with his mother while looters raid his neighborhood. He is afraid and confused and his mother explains as best she can. Finally the looters leave their neighborhood and his mother ... http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com/2008/09/03/smoky-nights/ Sports Pages by Arnold Adoff c. 1986 This is an unusual book. Just to be certain, I showed it to my husband who used to teach English and asked him if it was written in Free Verse. He said that's what he would call it and he would also call it awful. And I ... http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com/2008/09/03/sports-pages/ Calvin Coolidge by Zachary Kent c. 1988 This work brings out a lot of the personality of "Silent Cal" who wasn't so silent after all but was incredibly shy. He was a listener and a thinker and not a talker nor a brilliant conversationalist. He preferred to say what he meant and be ... http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com/2008/09/02/calvin-coolidge/ Help! I'm Laughing and I Can't Get Up: Fall-Down Funny Stories to Fill Your Heart and Lift Your Spirit by LIz Curtis Higgs c. 1998 I happened into this book almost by accident. A friend from church was moving and offered those of us who helped her our choice of selected books she ... http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com/2008/09/02/help-im-laughing-and-i-cant-get-up/ On the Edge Published in Outdoor Life c. 1999 Believe the picture on the front. This is an exciting book. Unlike If Nature Calls....Hang Up! this offering from Outdoor Life brings the reader to the edge of his or her seat. These are the stories of survival that amazed the survivors, and their ... http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com/2008/09/01/on-the-edge/ Warren G. Harding by Linda R. Wade c. 1989 This Encyclopedia of Presidents' offering is much better than the last one. This still presents a positive perspective of the president but as he is shown positively, the scandal that rocks his memory, The Teapot Dome, is at least mentioned and while it is ... http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com/2008/08/28/warren-g-harding/ Kate Shelley and the MIdnight Express by Margaret K. Wetterer c. 1990   Here's another true story for kids to read. This one has adventure, prayer, and suspense along with truth in it. A young Irish immigrant, Kate Shelley's mother suffered from extreme fear. On this particular night a horrible rainstorm took out a bridge ... http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com/2008/08/28/kate-shelley-and-the-midnight-express/ Fearless: Building a Faith That Overcomes Your Fear by Cheri Fuller c. 2003 I originally bought this book for the cover. I was intrigued by the thought of being fearless to the point of sitting on top of a cliff. Then I started reading the book and one of my best friends, Snail, ... http://ehartbooks.geeksforchrist.com/2008/08/27/fearless/