tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post9206834809918765361..comments2024-03-28T17:11:08.879-04:00Comments on Home Joys: Bookmarks: Realistic Middle-Grade FictionGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-30831886264198806632017-05-09T08:07:58.514-04:002017-05-09T08:07:58.514-04:00Be careful with Julie of the wolves...I read it ah...Be careful with Julie of the wolves...I read it ahead of time since it was on a homeschool book list...I liked it myself except that I got rid of it because it includes a section about the arranged marriage which includes a mention of intimate adult-type situation. I had read it in middle school myself and not remembered that part...glad I pre-read it! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-51526924884420605902017-05-09T08:03:36.961-04:002017-05-09T08:03:36.961-04:00Have you ever checked out Read for the Heart by Sa...Have you ever checked out Read for the Heart by Sarah Clarkson? Its a book of book recommendations. It is Christian however I did find the odd book that I still wasn't comfortable with- of course everyone has different levels of comfort. But it would give lots of ideas for things to check out. Have you ever read the Grandma's Attic series? For younger kids but we are reading them right now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-839435691243011862017-05-08T21:47:57.356-04:002017-05-08T21:47:57.356-04:00Thank you for the suggestions! Have you looked at ...Thank you for the suggestions! Have you looked at the Sonlight catalogue? Lots of great suggestions there, and many are available at the library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-79793109641899163922017-05-08T11:17:24.182-04:002017-05-08T11:17:24.182-04:00'Summer of the Monkeys'is a wonderful book...'Summer of the Monkeys'is a wonderful book! Books by Elizabeth Enright were favorites of ours growing up.....especially the ones about the Melendy's. It's been a long time since I've read them but if I remember right they have some very mild bad language. 'From Anna' by Jean Little is a wonderful book about a little girl with vision problems that no one understood. Actually all of the books by Jean Little that I have read are very good! Trinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-18070252011607430912017-05-05T20:37:25.243-04:002017-05-05T20:37:25.243-04:00Glad to encourage you! Keep on!Glad to encourage you! Keep on!Wendy Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811711229706784925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-7095579770541891172017-05-05T06:05:47.669-04:002017-05-05T06:05:47.669-04:00Wendy, thank you for loving my books! I can't ...Wendy, thank you for loving my books! I can't express what it means to an author to see that. Encouraging! You may be interested in my recent middle-grade mystery, SECRETS AT SILVER PINES INN, which is available on Amazon. ~ Gloria Gloria Repphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351432822497997562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-85142538592557948352017-05-04T15:33:51.063-04:002017-05-04T15:33:51.063-04:00This suggestion should probably be in Christmas bo...This suggestion should probably be in Christmas books for children but it's a heartwarming read anytime. Christmas Oranges by Linda Bethers. A story about how a group of orphans discover the real meaning of Christmas.<br />Melinda Melinda Kornelsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484928977987856270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-83080377493838073652017-05-04T15:20:01.126-04:002017-05-04T15:20:01.126-04:00Have you ever read the Mandie series by Lois Glady...Have you ever read the Mandie series by Lois Gladys Leppard? They are published by Bethany House Publishers. I really enjoyed the series when I was young, and my grandma and aunt also liked reading them as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-925175740581037412017-05-04T13:36:27.283-04:002017-05-04T13:36:27.283-04:00Thanks for the info. I'm always afraid that it...Thanks for the info. I'm always afraid that it will be too difficult for me to figure out without a lot of time invested but it sounds like it would be valuable.<br />GinaGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-74291103108676189172017-05-04T13:35:28.923-04:002017-05-04T13:35:28.923-04:00Thanks Wendy! There are some here that I haven'...Thanks Wendy! There are some here that I haven't read! <br />GinaGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-3792450805979457122017-05-04T13:00:14.405-04:002017-05-04T13:00:14.405-04:00I can relate! Kylie is waiting for me to read &quo...I can relate! Kylie is waiting for me to read "Julie of the Wolves" right now... so she can!<br />Glad to see some recommendations on your list that I've never heard of!<br />Here are some of our loved fiction...<br />"Getting Near to Baby"- Couloumbis<br />"The Trumpet of the Swan"- E.B. White- esp. the recording<br />"The Hundred Dresses"-Estes<br />"Stone Fox"- John Reynolds Gardiner- prepare to cry<br />"Hank the Cowdog"- esp. the recordings... some language issues<br />"The Gypsy Girl"-?- out of print, personal favorite<br />"Tirzah"- Lucille Travis<br />"The Golden Goblet"- Eloise McGraw<br />Books by Kenneth Tomasma on Native American children<br />Mik-Shrock, Charlie, 77Zebra", and<br />"The Mystery of the Indian Carvings:-Gloria Repp<br />Books by Mildred D. Taylor- wildly loved by our children<br />"Homer Price"- Robert McClosky<br />"The Sign of the Beaver"- Elizabeth George Speare<br />"A Single Shard"-Linda Sue Park<br />"Bristle Face"- Zachary Ball- why are the boy and dog books so sad?!<br />Lois Lenski's books<br />"The Borrowers" and "The Littles" books<br />Patricia St. John's books<br />"The Secret Cave"- Clare Bishop<br />"The Wheel on the School"- DeJong- personal favoriteWendy Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811711229706784925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-24947414294151034682017-05-04T11:16:57.453-04:002017-05-04T11:16:57.453-04:00I don't really consider it an online time wast...I don't really consider it an online time waster like many of the other things out there. It is more of a service... It just takes a second to look up a book, add it to your to read list or quick check a review. I use it all the time for work, along with regular library websites to vet books. Yesterday a parent dropped off a box of 50+ books to donate...I don't have time to read them all. If it is a publisher I know and trust, then OK, but mainstream publishers i.e. non Christian ones, might have content that our school would not want to endorse.<br /><br />You can if you are interested join groups of like minded readers and then you would be coming up with ideas more in line with your own, rather than the regular public. It is also clean and no advertising.<br /><br />For my personal use, I use it just as a private list to keep track of what I have read and want to read.Athanasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005869307957326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-53019085999314374002017-05-04T10:58:44.335-04:002017-05-04T10:58:44.335-04:00I'm not on Goodreads. But I'm sure I would...I'm not on Goodreads. But I'm sure I would enjoy it. At this point I don't need one more excuse to be online!<br />GinaGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-34578409727239443432017-05-04T10:49:08.137-04:002017-05-04T10:49:08.137-04:00Do you use Goodreads? They have lists of books fo...Do you use Goodreads? They have lists of books for 8-12 year old readers. You can check the reviews if something sounds interesting. Athanasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005869307957326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-46414220301602122492017-05-04T08:12:06.435-04:002017-05-04T08:12:06.435-04:00Does your library do interlibrary loan? That is ho...Does your library do interlibrary loan? That is how I get lots of books that my own library doesn't carry.<br />GinaGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-81671384290999491832017-05-04T05:52:07.079-04:002017-05-04T05:52:07.079-04:00We love some of those, too, but a lot of your reco...We love some of those, too, but a lot of your recommendations are new to me. Wish we had better libraries here!Emmahttp://lotsofhelpers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-85265599996994088442017-05-03T23:18:49.581-04:002017-05-03T23:18:49.581-04:00The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Wolff
The Grea...The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Wolff<br />The Great Brain series by John D. Fitzgerald<br />General Butterfingers by John Reynolds Gardiner<br />Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher<br />Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan<br />In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robison by Bette Bao Lord<br />I love finding new treasures, too. :) Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15232425312363349010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-2491424046192892832017-05-03T16:42:47.223-04:002017-05-03T16:42:47.223-04:00I too loved All-of-a-kind Family - but Welcome Hom...I too loved All-of-a-kind Family - but Welcome Home Jellybean is a new title to me.<br />Thanks,<br />GinaGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-54369670184903700652017-05-03T16:42:05.735-04:002017-05-03T16:42:05.735-04:00Thanks for the book suggestions. And thanks for le...Thanks for the book suggestions. And thanks for letting me know that the search box disappeared. I restored it and hope it works now.<br />GinaGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-51398918563061173772017-05-03T16:19:17.881-04:002017-05-03T16:19:17.881-04:00I read All of a Kind Family by Sidney Taylor again...I read All of a Kind Family by Sidney Taylor again and again when I was a little girl. I loved how it opened up another time and another life for me. The characters are so relatable. <br />Another one I loved and cried over was Welcome Home Jellybean by Marlene Fanta Shyer. It is about a boy with a handicapped sister and how he comes to love and accept her. I don't know if my boys have read it yet but my daughter loves it as much as I did!HIsaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00978144479976527890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-40245147336154427132017-05-03T14:07:55.471-04:002017-05-03T14:07:55.471-04:00Striped Ice Cream is the story of a little girl wh...Striped Ice Cream is the story of a little girl who lives in a city with her family. American's Civil Rights movement is described through a child's eyes, and so is the family's life when it seems there's never enough money. The little girl has one fond wish for her birthday, but does anyone even remember her special day? This was written by Joan M. Lexau.<br /><br />Another story of family rising above their material circumstances, of self-sacrifice, and of perseverance and of setting a good example is by Margaree King Mitchell and James e. Ransome, Uncle Jed's Barbershop.<br /><br />Gina, your search function isn't coming up when I visit your site. Is it still available?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-1981579142568813692017-05-03T12:51:14.854-04:002017-05-03T12:51:14.854-04:00Thanks! I never read any of these so I'll be l...Thanks! I never read any of these so I'll be looking them up!<br />GinaGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-55621164729737274712017-05-03T12:50:48.549-04:002017-05-03T12:50:48.549-04:00Thanks for commenting! Follow My Leader is that ki...Thanks for commenting! Follow My Leader is that kind of book.<br />GinaGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-10635133177747657482017-05-03T12:50:12.088-04:002017-05-03T12:50:12.088-04:00Thanks so much for your suggestions. I remember re...Thanks so much for your suggestions. I remember reading Runaway Alice when I was a girl and enjoying it so much that I started writing a sequel - which lasted for one page! <br />GinaGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-57602349760117809002017-05-03T12:42:51.292-04:002017-05-03T12:42:51.292-04:00I hope I am not recommending books which you have ...I hope I am not recommending books which you have recommended here previously. If so, I apologize. Here are three books I suggest:<br />1) Miracles on Maple Hill, Virginia Sorensen<br />https://www.amazon.com/Miracles-Maple-Hill-Virginia-Sorensen/dp/0152047182<br /><br />2) Ready-Made Family, Frances Salomon Murphy<br />https://www.amazon.com/Ready-made-Family-Frances-Salomon-Murphy/dp/0590020706/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493829597&sr=1-2&keywords=a+ready-made+family<br /><br />3)Runaway Alice/A Nickel For Alice, Frances Salomon Murphy<br />https://www.amazon.com/Runaway-Nickel-Frances-Salomon-Murphy/dp/B000RHLHQC<br />(from Bonny)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com