What are you reading?

What are you guys reading?  How about the kids?

School is in full swing at our house and the big boys (3rd grade and kindergarten this year!) and I just finished reading Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates.  It was a tear-jerker for me, and it brought alive the time in our nation's history when African Americans were not free in our country.  I do want my boys to understand and learn from our country's history.  Amos Fortune was an amazing example of a hard-working, Christian man, both traits we value and encourage in our boys.

Speaking of history, I just purchased a DVD from Mike Huckabee's Learn Our History website called Election Day: Choosing Our President.  I hope to enjoy learning right along with them and perhaps interest them in understanding the process.

We are also in the middle of reading the Kingdom series books by Chuck Black.  In the time of knights and strange beasts, the battle of good and evil is fought.  It is engaging enough for a 6-year-old and has material in the back for Bible study if you'd like to delve further into the allegory with older children.  This year our kids are enjoying it as a fictional story, but we sometimes talk about or point out the comparisons to scripture as in the Narnia series,which our family also dearly loves.  This is a great Christmas gift for young boys who love to read.

If you'd like something short and sweet to read online to your kids during lunch or at bedtime, send me a quick email for the link.  It's a 138 pages of short stories with morals.  My kindergartener and third grader love them. 

Hope you are making some time to read this beautiful fall season.

Affectionately,

Katrina

An exciting P.S. :)  Coming soon... my new favorite snack (yes, it's healthy) recipe!