Children’s Literature

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Five Reasons You Should Read “The Chronicles of Narnia”

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Phill Lytle, Ben Plunkett, Michael Lytle, Gowdy Cannon and Brandon Atwood 3 Comments Aslan, Books, Children's Literature, Fantasy, Narnia, Prince Caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Horse and His Boy, The Last Battle, The Lion, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Magician's Nephew, The Silver Chair, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

There are hundreds of reasons to read “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Here are five.

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Summer Reading: Five Children’s Books I Highly Recommend

July 5, 2019September 10, 2019 Nathan Patton 6 Comments A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Are We Still Friends?, Brandon Sanderson, Children's Literature, Fred Rogers, Henry and the Chalk Dragon, Jennifer Trafton, Karina Yan Glaser, Mister Rogers, Randall Goodgame, Skyward, Slugs & Bugs, Starsight, The Poetry of Mister Rogers, The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic, The Vanderbeekers, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Summer Reading Recommendations

In this article, Nathan recommends five children’s books to help keep your kids occupied on their summer break.

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What I Wish I Could Change About the Harry Potter Books

June 24, 2019May 21, 2020 Gowdy Cannon 6 Comments Books, Children's Literature, Harry Potter, Literature

This series is nearly perfect to me. Nearly.

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The Wilderking Trilogy Review

June 7, 2019July 8, 2019 Nathan Patton 5 Comments Book Review, Children's Literature, David and Goliath, David and Jonathan, Jonathan Rogers, Literature, The Bark of the Bog Owl, The Secret of the Swamp King, The Way of the Wilderking, The Wilderking Trilogy, Wilderking

Nathan Patton (with some help from his children) reviews Jonathan Rogers’ The Wilderking Trilogy.

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Aslan Is On the Move

February 27, 2019July 8, 2019 Phill Lytle 4 Comments Aslan, Books, Children's Literature, Christianity, Literature, Narnia

God is not dead, nor doth He sleep.

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500 Words or Less Review: Watership Down (Netflix/BBC)

January 7, 2019August 7, 2019 Phill Lytle 3 Comments BBC, Children's Literature, Frederico Jusid, James McAvoy, John Boyega, Netflix, Richard Adams, Watership Down

Does Netflix deliver a worthy adaptation of the beloved novel? Read and find out.

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Narnia’s Aslan and The Biblical Trinity

December 26, 2018August 19, 2019 Gowdy Cannon 6 Comments 2 Peter, Aravis, Aslan, C.S. Lewis, Children's Literature, Deuteronomy, Digory Kirke, Emeth, Eustace Clarence Scrubb, Exodus, Ezekiel, Genesis, God, Holy Spirit, Isaiah, Jesus, Jill Pole, John, Lamb, Lion, Lucy Pevensie, Luke, Moses, Narnia, Prince Caspian, Revelation, Samuel, Shasta, Susan Pevensie, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Horse and His Boy, The Last Battle, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Silver Chair, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Tirian, Trinity

More Than Just A Christ Figure

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A Review of “The Wingfeather Saga” by Andrew Peterson

December 10, 2018September 10, 2019 Phill Lytle 6 Comments Andrew Peterson, Book Review, Children's Literature, Fantasy, North! or Be Eaten, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, The Monster in the Hollows, The Warden and the Wolf King, The Wingfeather Saga

Andrew Peterson has written a classic story. You should read it.

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Reading Ever On – 2018, 1st Quarter

April 23, 2018July 22, 2019 Gowdy Cannon, Ben Plunkett, Michael Lytle, Phill Lytle, D.A. Speer and Nathan Patton 4 Comments 1984, A Grief Observed, A Wrinkle in Time, Book Review, Brandon Sanderson, C.S. Lewis, Children's Literature, Christian Rock, Don Haskins, Free will, Gary R. Habermas, George Orwell, Glory Road, Gregory Alan Thornbury, H.G. Wells, Harry Potter, John Granger, Jonathan Haidt, Joseph Augustus Siess, Larry Norman, Lev Grossman, Leviticus, Madeleine L'Engle, Mary Doria Russell, Michael Licona, Parenting, Reading, Resurrection, Rob Rienow, Robert Picirilli, Stephen M. R. Covey, The Sparrow, The Stormlight Archive, The War of the Worlds, Timothy Keller

Here are the books we read from January to March 2018

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The Other Stories of J.R.R. Tolkien

April 13, 2018July 8, 2019 Ben Plunkett, Nathan Patton and Phill Lytle 3 Comments Book Review, Books, Children's Literature, J.R.R. Tolkien, Literature

J.R.R. Tolkien was more than just the man who wrote about hobbits. Discover some of his other works in this edition of The Five. (1,157 words)

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