Holiday picture books are the best! I love a good classic Christmas picture book, but there are also a ton of amazing NEW Christmas themed titles coming out RIGHT NOW!! I’ll be updating this list as I check out more newly published titles, so do come back through out the season. And let me know if you see a newly published Christmas picture book I should check out!
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Picky Christian Mom Review of B&N Summer Reading Titles in 2023
It’s time for SUMMER READING!!!! Woohoo!! This year Barnes & Noble (yes, physical bookstores do still exist) is bringing back their popular summer reading program. Your kid reads a bunch of books, then they get to choose a FREE book at Barnes & Noble!
[Read more…] about Picky Christian Mom Review of B&N Summer Reading Titles in 2023Where to Find CLEAN Christian YA Books for Teen Girls
(Note from Big Books, Little Ears – this post is from a wonderful guest contributor, YA author and agent Kristen Terrette. I’m so glad she’s here to teach us all about how to find clean YA books, because that section of the library can be wonderful…but also dangerous. Read on for her tips of WHERE to start your search for good clean YA romance books for tweens and teens. Heads up that “clean” means different things to different people, so do preview anything, and don’t just take a reviewer’s word for it…even mine!)
Young Adult.
Two words encompassing bunches of subgenres and millions of books. Millions. How are we, as readers—either teens or adults—supposed to navigate this HUGE genre successfully when our goal is to feed our brains with clean and overall positively transformative books?
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Heads up that The King of Easter: Jesus Searches for All God’s Children isn’t the Easter story as you’d classically think of it. It’s not a linear story of the week leading up to the crucifixion, or even a Bible story at all. Instead, it’s a look at characters in the New Testament who Jesus found and saved.
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This is a very special guest post from a lovely children’s author who I’ve shared A LOT about before. (She has a board book on this list of my favorite Easter picture books about Jesus, and a different board book that I thought was one of the top board books of 2022.) The reason I share so much about her books is because I think they’re so good! I like the TRUTH wrapped up in sweet rhymes for our littlest listeners. Her newest book is no exception. Read on to learn about it, and get some tips for reading Bible story books to families with a wide age range.
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