HOT in the 4RV Bookstore

Yvonne’s story follows a path from personal devastation to personal triumph through God’s call to mission and serving others through ministry. Her fears, disappointments, and heartaches are all detailed in this adventure about how God’s calling beckons her to continue on her mission no matter what troubles arise. Ultimately, God shows her how to turn her mountains into molehills.

• Hardcover: 156 pages
• Publisher: 4RV Biblical Based
• (August 10, 2017)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1940310687
• ISBN-13: 978-1940310688

In 1871, Jonathan Calhoun lives an unfulfilled life working for his father’s magazine company in New York City and attending pretentious social events with his fiancée . Longing for one thrilling adventure in his life before he settles down, he jumps at the job opportunity at the Cripple Creek Cattle Ranch in Armadillo Flats, Texas. He soon realizes this venture might be more than he expected as he changes from an “Easterner” into a real cowboy.

Will he survive the challenges of the change?

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: 4RV Publishing – Fiction
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 978-1-940310-61-9
• Dimensions: 5 X 8

Merry Tilda discovers a small evergreen growing by her house. As years pass, the tree become larger and more important to her, her family, and her neighbors. She, with the help of grandchildfen and their friends, decorates the tree each winter with goodies for the birds and animals. The tree becomes a winter fairy tale.

• Age Range: 2 – 8 years
• Grade Level: Kindergarten – 3
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: 4RV Children’s Corner (June 29, 2017)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1940310636
• ISBN-13: 978-1940310-62-6

Spearfinger, a witch, terrorizes the Cherokees of the Smokey Mountains. No one can stop her. A little boy named Chucha battles her. Can he discover her secrets? Can he put an end to her rampages?

Cherokee/English Bilingual Edition.

• Age Range: 3 – 7 years
• Grade Level: Kindergarten – 3
• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: 4RV Children’s Corner (June 13, 2017)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1940310563
• ISBN-13: 978-1940310565

For these and more books from 4RV Publishing, please visit www.4rvpublishingcatalog.com

Blogging at Christian Children’s Authors: Book Review

 

It’s the first Friday of the month, so I am blogging at Christian Children’s Authors. This week I review Raising A Young Modern-Day Princess by Doreen Hanna and Karen Whiting. You can find my review at http://christianchildrensauthors.com/2016/10/07/raising-a-young-modern-day-princess-by-doreen-hanna-karen-whiting/

What’s the Deal with Teens and Time Management: A Parents’ Guide to Helping Your Teen Succeed by Leslie Josel

Tired of rushing to get your teen out of the door on time each morning? Frustrated by last-minute trips to the store to buy supplies for that school project your child has known about for months? Concerned that your teen is simply overwhelmed by all she has to manage? Let What’s the Deal with Teens and Time Management: A Parents’ Guide to Helping Your Teen Succeed by Leslie Josel help.

In less than 100 pages, Josel is able to guide you on how to help your teenage son or daughter get organized and develop the time management skills that will carry them through life. Not only did this book help me to understand how to phrase questions in ways that hone these lifelong skills; it also made me realize that my actions could either encourage or impede my children’s progress.

What’s the Deal with Teens and Time Management will provide you with the information you need to make a change in your family’s lives. From insight into learning styles, to homework strategies, to dealing with procrastination, to managing distractions and more, Josel offers realistic expert advice and achievable goals for your teen. I firmly believe every family with teens or soon to be teens can benefit from reading this book.

Highly recommended!

Rating: 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

ISBN-13:9780990889151
Publisher:People Tested Books
Publication date: 01/29/2015
Pages:88

Purchase at: Amazon/Barnes & Noble

I received a digital copy of this book from the author through Pump Up Your Book. This review contains my honest opinions, which I have not been compensated for in any way.

Casey and Kyle: I’m Saving Up For A Big Brother!!! by Will Robertson

Casey and Kyle: I’m Saving Up For A Big Brother!!! by Will Robertson reminded me why I have always loved the comics and how much I miss one of my favorites, Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson.

In this side-splitting book,  brothers Casey and Kyle spend their time annoying their parents, being misunderstood by their parents, dealing with bullies, and being forced to eat lima beans. The day this book came in the mail I read it cover to cover. I loved it. It’s the perfect display of what life with kids is like, but it’s also a great example of how fun and how tough it is being a kid. From digging for buried treasure to torturing little brothers, from being bamboozled by mom over bedtime to driving mom crazy over dinner time, and from Halloween to Christmas, this book will make you laugh out loud.

After reading Casey and Kyle: I’m Saving Up For A Big Brother!!! I want to own all the Casey and Kyle books. My husband got a kick out of them too. Between the illustrations and the silly antics, you can’t go wrong with this one.

Rating:  🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

• Paperback:96 pages
• Publisher:CreateSpace (May 8, 2011)
• ISBN-10:1461023556
• ISBN-13: 978-1461023555
• SRP:  $14.99

I received a free paperback copy of this book from the author through Pump Up Your Book in exchange for my honest opinion. I received no monetary compensation of any kind for this review.

The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure

I believe every fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder, whether that person is a fan of the books, the TV shows and movies, or both, has a Laura story: the moment when she discovered Laura, connected with her, and how it changed her life. Wendy McClure shares her story with readers in The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie.

A senior editor for Albert Whitman & Company, McClure brings the reader through her journey as an adult of rediscovering these beloved classics from her childhood.

A year after the death of her mother, McClure’s eye catches the yellow spine of Little House in the Big Woods in her apartment. She picks the book off the shelf and begins reading. Her boyfriend, Chris, brings home a new set of the Little House books and together they read, explore “Laura World,” and embark on a trip by car to visit the many Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites across America.

The Wilder Life is both touching and irreverent. The author’s lifelong obsession leads her on this terrific journey into a world that is familiar, yet, altogether new. From tracking down a “crock and dash” churn so she can make butter like Caroline Ingalls, to wading in Plum Creek; from purchasing numerous sunbonnets, to meeting girls competing in the Laura-Nellie Look Alike Contest at the Wilder Pageant in Walnut Grove, MN; and from a surprise during her trip to De Smet, SD, to the meaning found in a visit to the Wilder farm in New York, readers will enjoy following McClure’s travels.

This is the kind of book that you have to consider as a whole. There are moments when it feels like McClure is poking fun at the whole “bonnethead” obsession and some of the people she meets along the way. She occasionally uses words that were not made for family TV back in the 70’s. She also has her own vision of what faith meant to the Ingalls family versus how it was portrayed on television in Little House on the Prairie and the 2005 mini-series of the same name.

But when you take those moments and blend them into the entire narrative, you come up with a funny, engaging, and moving look into the impact Wilder’s books had on McClure’s life, and how Wilder’s legacy continues to touch the lives of people everywhere. I am thrilled to have The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure as part of my Laura Ingalls Wilder book collection.

Title:  The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie
Author:  Wendy McClure
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (April 14, 2011)
ISBN-10: 1594487804
ISBN-13: 978-1594487804
SRP:  $25.95 (Hardcover)

Will also be available in a Kindle edition and as an audio book.

This review first appeared at my Laura Ingalls Wilder blog, Laura’s Little Houses.  Though this book is not geared toward children, I occasionally post reviews here of books I feel will be of interest to parents.

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