The Wedding Quilt - Kelly Long

The Wedding Quilt
Kelly Long

Jacob has little tolerance for abuse and because of that ends up in a bit of a unique situation. Lilly lands there with him and they find them selves engaged before it's over. Although they could break the engagement, they both decide to go through with it. As Lilly and Jacob find there way to the wedding and days following their wedding they must learn how to truly love each other and respect each other.
With all the rush of their engagement a wedding quilt is never made for Lilly, and she doesn't really expect anyone to make one, but the last person anyone expects is the person who gets it started, and has a wedding quilt made for Lilly!!

The Wedding Quilt is honestly the most sensual Amish story I have ever read. . . Nothing is improper about the details given, nor is it more that a Christian could read, but compared to most Amish books, it is very detailed.
I LOVE who made her quilt!! I was very surprised, I had thoughts on who would be the person to make it, but I was wrong, and I loved both who the author picked, and the fact that it was not what I guessed.
I really enjoy reading Amish stories, but because I don't know any Amish people, I can not tell you how accurate this story is. It gives their community a completely different feel than what I have read before.




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Little Star - Anthony DeStefano

Little Star
Anthony DeStefano

When a little boy asks his dad where the Christmas star is his dad tells him he won't find it, and then tells him a tale about what happened to the Christmas star.
The pictures are simple, but cute. They do a good job of following the story line. The story is cute, but fictitious, and sometimes I think the mix between fiction and real life can be hard for kids to understand. Especially since the question of the star is asked so much, even as adults.


Waterbrook Press

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Read and Share Bible - volume two

TheUltimate DVD Read and Share Bible Volume Two
Tommy Nelson/ Tomas Nelson

This is a hard cover book with just over 200 pages (105 stories) and 2 DVD's (26 stories in all).
After reviewing the Read and Share Bible: Life & Miracles, I was super pumped to see this pop up in the available items. I couldn't wait to get it, so my kids could read through the book and have a few more DVD's to watch. But I don't feel that this book/dvd set lived up to my expectations. While I didn't see anything that was unbiblical, I found lots of holes. Many of the stories only showed parts of the stories, and missed many of the things that showed God's power out :( The book does of course fill in more of the holes than the dvd's, but I think for the amount information that was skipped, it would have been better to not make the dvd's.



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God Gave Us the World - Lisa Tawn Bergren

God Gave Us the World
by Lisa Tawn Bergren
art by Laura J Bryant

Can I just say CUTE!!!
This short little book is about "Little Cub" (who is part of a series) and his family who make a trip to the museum, a bear museum where Little Cub and his mom discuss all of the types of bears that God has made, and the unique places that they live and the fun things that other bears do. Little Cub often asks "Why?" (so like one of my 'Little ones'). and the answer. . . Because He is God! That's what He does!!
My only concern (note, I have not read the rest of the books, so I don't know if they are all this way), is that the father bear is only a background image. He is working with the baby cubs, but he is not playing a role in teaching or explaining. When I finally read a few more of these, I will try to update you as to whether or not he plays a more active role.

I really enjoyed this simple book and am happy to add it to my book shelf!
Ages 3-8

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