A girl follows her mother through a bookstore, browsing the shelves, looking for the perfect Christmas gift for her friend, Grace Reid. “I want to get her something reading-related, since she loves reading so much,” she thinks to herself. “But what should it be?” She stops at a shelf with…
Grace Reid wandered into the living-room in that way that a person does when she doesn’t know what to do with herself. She had just finished the last book in an exciting series, and she wasn’t ready to settle down to another book. She needed some fun activities to do…
Today I’ll be sharing another of my favorite authors with you. Her name was Isabella Alden, though she also went by her pen-name Pansy. She was born in 1841 and died in 1930. She wrote dozens of books, some of them full-length novels, others collections of short stories, and some…
As you sit at a nice restaurant, finishing your meal of chicken fried steak, hashbrown casserole, fried okra, and salad, the waiter comes and asks if you want complimentary dessert. Who doesn’t want complimentary dessert? Of course you say yes, and he gives you your choices: vanilla sandwich cookies or…
Hasty pudding. I do not like that stuff. It was a real treat in the Little House books, but I really don’t care for it. Maybe it’s different today, but we did use the same recipe, so that shouldn’t be it. Or maybe our diet today has spoiled our taste…
“This book sounds so interesting! And it’s by my favorite author; I always enjoy her books! They always have really good spiritual applications, too. Oh, it’s available as both a book and an audiobook. I wonder which I should get? There’s not much difference in price. I wonder which one…
“Mom, I’m bored,” a young girl complains. “Well, why don’t you go find something to do with one of your siblings,” her mother suggests. “They’re all reading.” “Then why don’t you find a book to read? The bookshelves are full to bursting with books. Surely you could find something there…
Egyptian history is fascinating to me, and has been for quite a long time, since I was around twelve. I attribute that to the segment of World history class where we studied ancient Egypt. There were three things we did that made it especially fun and memorable. We had real…
What does a pillow have to do with e-readers versus cell phones? Just read the following very sad story, and you just might be able to figure it out. It all began when my siblings and I were on a whirlwind tour of Europe, so much of a whirlwind that…
Can a man be both a scientist and a man of faith? The answer to that is, "Yes!" The following story about Michael Faraday shows that science and faith in God as Creator are completely compatible. In the story we will learn what Michael Faraday's text was, the text that…
Bible study and bookmarks. Is there a connection? Until recently, I wouldn’t have been able to come up with a good connection, except that you use a bookmark to mark where you are in your Bible study. But that changed one morning while I was having my personal devotions. And…
June is here, and 2021 is almost half over! Where has time gone? Who besides me is excited for another month and another book to read together? Our book this month is A Handful of Stars by F. W. Boreham. But first, it’s time to announce our readers from May.…
Books versus movies? Which would you choose? What are the benefits of each, and what are the downsides of each? That’s what we will be discussing in today’s post. I’ll begin by saying that I don’t watch many movies, and I do read many books, so I may be slightly…
Well, the third Tuesday of the month has come once again. What does that mean, you might ask? It means that it’s time for our Reading Review of A Peep Behind The Scenes, May's book! I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I did. It’s a sweet story…
Today I have some exciting news to share with you! So be sure to stay to the end of the post. For now, I'll give you a clue: it involves printable coloring bookmarks. Now, I’d like to ask you a question. What is a bookmark? You probably answered something like…
Happy May! I’m excited for this month’s book: A Peep Behind The Scenes. But first things first: who read a book last month, either a biography about George Muller or another book? Our readers for April were: Anna Bethany Carolyn I hope you were blessed reading about George Muller! A…
It’s another last Tuesday, meaning it’s time for another This versus That post. Our topic for today is whether it’s better to read for enjoyment or for educational benefit. Should we spend all our time reading only educational books? Or is it okay to read for enjoyment too? I’ll begin…
How have you enjoyed learning about George Muller this month? When we hear his name, we generally think of the man who started orphanages by faith and without asking for a dime (or I guess a shilling, since he lived in England). But there was so much more to his…
If you’ve been a part of my blog for any length of time, I’m sure you’ve noticed that I talk about reading a lot. And today is no exception, though reading isn’t the only thing I’m going to be talking about. Today, I'm going to be talking about something that…
It's time for our fourth month of the reading challenge! And of course, before we discuss this month's book about George Muller, we need to see who completed last month's challenge. Who read A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 or another book? Anna and Bethany read A Shepherd Looks at…
It’s time for our second This Versus That post. Today’s theme is fiction versus non-fiction. We’ll begin by looking at the benefits of reading fiction. Fiction teaches lessons in an interesting and applicable way. True-to-life stories are a good way to teach life lessons. Sometimes a lesson is easier to…
Learning from a book or learning from technology? I guess you can tell my opinion on this question from the title of this post. I do learn from both and see both being useful, but I also believe that learning from a book is better. And here are five reasons…
It’s already time for our review of A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller. This book has been very encouraging for me in my Christian walk. There is so much in it, it’s impossible to take it all in reading it just once. I thought I’d do this…
Well, a new month means a new book to read here at More Than Just Reading, and I’m excited about our book for March. It’s a book I’ve wanted to read for awhile, or rather reread since I did read it as a school assignment when I was in my…
In case you hadn't noticed, my reading related blogposts come out on Tuesday. This month I’m beginning a new reading series that will be posted the last Tuesday of the month. I guess I could call the series This versus That, because that’s kinda what it’s going to be. I…