Books

Books to Read on Kindle Unlimited

With the libraries closing, and with Amazon extending the free Kindle Unlimited trial to a two-month time period, this is…
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Book Spotlight: The Bark of the Bog Owl

We recently listened to The Bark of the Bog Owl by Jonathan Rogers on a trip. The book is part…
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A Calisbury Christmas Review

It was seven years ago that my sister sent us the original story that is now a beautiful new holiday…
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The Jesse Tree is a Christmas tradition where you retell the stories of the Bible and make the connections to the coming of Jesus. Usually you read one story a day starting December 1 and continuing until Christmas. A few years ago, I came across the idea of doing a Jesse Tree with picture books and loved it. I’ve been slowly working on this blog post since.

Picture Book Biographies of Famous Mathematicians

A while ago we checked out The Boy Who Loved Math from the library. It quickly became one of our favorite math picture books. I loved all the math incorporated into each picture. My son studied it over and over and read all the fine print in the back and said he wants one for his own. This led me on a search to find other great math picture book biographies.