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Welcome to Elliot's Blog, book reviews from a Christian perspective. Elliot is a husband and a father with a background in church-planter, missionary, and teacher; B.A., M.Div, D.Ed. He is an avid reader and is here just to share his thoughts on what he has read. You can read about Elliot's thoughts on children's books on the mentioned page.
Elliot's Blog » Children
1M ago
Several years ago, we really enjoyed reading the Gladys Aylward biographical story, These Are My People (1984), by Milly Howard. I found this other novel by Howard in a pile of books that a ministry gave us, so I thought ..read more
Elliot's Blog » Children
2M ago
Terror on Planet Earth! I’ll have to admit that I had secret hopes for this kids’ book set up there on the surface of the moon. Through all of my reading over the years, I’ve been disproportionately more impressed with ..read more
Elliot's Blog » Children
3M ago
Illustrated by Sherry Neidigh We’re always in search of new children’s series to try, so when a friend gave us a few boxes of Christian fiction last year, we were pretty excited for what awaited us. The best in the ..read more
Elliot's Blog » Children
3M ago
This is the fourth and final Pippi Longstocking book that I have available to me at my libraries, which is slightly disappointing. According to Book Notification, Astrid Lindgren wrote tons of Pippi stories in Swedish. Could it be that so ..read more
Elliot's Blog » Children
3M ago
Pippi Long stocking, Book #2 My kids are growing up faster than I expected (said every patient ever, probably). When I found the second and fourth Pippi Longstocking books in our church library, I personally was stoked, but my aging ..read more
Elliot's Blog » Children
3M ago
It’s been my habit for a while now to wake up my kids with a good book. At 6:40 on school days my alarm goes off, and from 6:45-7:00, I read them a chapter or two in order to break ..read more
Elliot's Blog » Children
4M ago
I Google this list so often I figured I should just publish my own. Thanks to the many great librarians out there who have sourced this information for me! (updated Dec. 2023) 2022 Medal Winner: The Last Cuentista by Donna ..read more
Elliot's Blog » Children
4M ago
Illustrated by Kevin Cornell It wasn’t too long ago that I read the humorously quirky kids’ book, Lulu Walks the Dog, to my children (11, 12). We enjoyed it so much that we promised to keep our eyes peeled for ..read more
Elliot's Blog » Children
4M ago
It’s always a joy for me to discover a “new” author who writes in a delightfully fresh way. Jules Feiffer is 100% that for me, and although I’ve read just this single submission, he’s become an instant favorite for me ..read more
Elliot's Blog » Children
5M ago
Illustrated by Lane Smith Ever vigilant to keep my kids entertained on the road (without the use of screens), we stopped at a number of thrift stores during our 10,000-mile drive West this Fall in order to stock their travel ..read more