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Zuno decided some poetry would be nice for a change. Lunch Money by Carol Diggory Shields is a collection of school themed poems. Chuckle together as you relish how little school has changed.

Honey. We love the stuff! On biscuits, toast, or peanut butter sandwiches, we can’t get enough of it. King Solomon was big on it too. Check out this verse: “Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” Proverbs 16 :24 (NIV) You know people like this. We love to be…

I met author Vonda Skelton last year at a writers conference. She is a delightful person and has written a mystery series for early elementary readers. The first novel in the series is Bitsy and the Mystery at Tybee Island. Vonda tells a good tale and fills her stories with solid values and truths.

It’s August and school starts soon. Zuno chose Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells. Timothy struggles to measure up to a know-it-all classmate in his first week of school. Frustrated, he is surprised to find a fellow struggler who then becomes a friend.

Blizzards, hurricanes, drought, forest fires, floods. Each season brings its own set of natural disasters. Our family lives in Tornado Alley. We are well acquainted with wind and what it can do when it gets out of control. Four of the disciples, Peter, Andrew, James, and John grew up by the Sea of Galilee and,…

Action/adventure fans will love Roland Smith’s Cryptid Hunters. Cryptozoology is the study of non-existent creatures, like the Loch Ness monster or Bigfoot. Be ready for some great plot twists as Grace and Marty team up with their Uncle Wolfe to outsmart the evil Dr. Blackwood.

Zuno has chosen Steven Kellogg’s Mysterious Tadpole. Louis receives a tadpole for his birthday. His uncle in Scotland collected it from a nearby lake, Loch Ness. However, this tadpole eats cheeseburgers and looks nothing like a frog. Can you solve the mystery before the next birthday gift arrives?

The Rule of the Ruler Measuring tapes, rulers, cups, and scales, we use them to analyze, study, compare, and contrast things. We calculate and conclude. Great for school, not so great when we apply those same principles to people. Check out Matthew 7: 1, 2 (NIV): “ ‘ Do not judge, or you too will…

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo won the Newbury Medal with good reason. DiCamillo paints brilliant imagery throughout this fairy tale while celebrating love, forgiveness, and grace. The movie does not do justice to the book. I read this novel, one with very few pictures, to my very wiggly kindergartner, and he was hooked.

Zuno knows if you live in Texas, you probably have allergies and that makes him think of Jan Heilbroner’s Robert the Rose Horse. Robert is one horse who will never run in the Run for the Roses because roses make him sneeze. In one job after another, Robert’s sneezes cause him to be fired. Will…