Exciting Fun Coming for the Prairie Family!

All of the members of the Prairie Family have been big fans of Jenny Cote’s books about Max and Liz. I have written about these wonderful stories several times on this blog.  This series of books is about a dog named Max, a cat named Liz, and several of their animal friends who are immortal [...]

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Book Review: A Time to Betray by Reza Kahlili

My son, John, who is in 9th Grade of A Abeka Academy recently wrote this review of A Time to Betray by Reza Kahlili: A Time to Betray: The Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent Inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran, the autobiography of Reza Kahlili, reveals the atrocities committed by the Islamic Republic of [...]

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Prairie Family Read Aloud Review: Amon’s Adventure

The Prairie Family recently finished reading Amon’s Adventure: A Family Story for Easter by Arnold Ytreeide duirng our family read-aloud times in the evenings.  This book is actually the 4th book in a series of Biblical fiction books that are written as exciting stories with accompanying devotionals.  We read the first book in the series, Jotham’s [...]

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Book Review: High Calling by Evelyn Husband

Recently John read High Calling by Evelyn Husband for a school book report.  He really enjoyed this book and gained a real appreciation for the space program through it.  He wrote this summary: High Calling: the Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband by Evelyn Husband and Donna Vanlier recounts the life [...]

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Prairie Family Read-Aloud Review: Robot Wars

Robot Wars is a five-volume series written by Sigmund Brouwer.  Each of the books actually contains two complete books, so there are 10 stories in the series.  We just finished reading the first book, Death Trap, in our family’s read-aloud time.  I was a little skeptical about this–it really didn’t sound like “my kind” of [...]

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Prairie Family Read-Aloud Review: Understood Betsy

Our family really enjoys read-aloud time.  We started reading long chapter books many years ago, and it has just become part of our nightly routine.  I have struggled from time-to-time to try to pick appropriate, quality books, and often search the internet for suggestions.  I have decided to make a conscious effort to write reviews [...]

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Book Review: The Prophet, The Shepherd, and the Star

  Our family recently finished reading Jenny Cote’s newest book, The Prophet, The Shepherd, and the Star. It is the third book in her series that features a dog named Max, a cat named Liz, and their friends as they observe and participate in Biblical events.  This latest book is quite long–it has 517 pages [...]

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The Epic Order of the Seven

The Prairie Family members are HUGE fans of the Max and Liz books by Jenny L. Cote.  These wonderful books center around a dog named Max and a cat named Liz, along with their mates, Kate and Al.  These animals travel throughout time and experience events in the Bible.  The first two books were about [...]

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Book Review: Sir Knight of the Splendid Way by W. E. Cule

This book is published by Lamplighter Publishing.  My son John read this book for one of his A Beka Academy 8th Grade book reports, and thoroughly enjoyed it.  This is his review: W. E. Cule’s Sir Knight of the Splendid Way tells of the adventures of Sir Constant, a knight who is seeking the City [...]

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Mandie and the Secret Tunnel Movie

Back in an earlier entry of The Prairie Family Chronicles dated June 9, 2008, I wrote a book review of  Mandie and the Secret Tunnel .  We enjoyed this book, and continued reading the first eight books in the Mandie series.  I knew at the time that we read the book, that a movie was [...]

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