Curl up with cozy Christmas books, Auntie Clem’s Bakery mysteries, and family reading picks. Gift bundles, recipe pairings, and free printables for the season.
Awesome Christmas Books & Cozy Mysteries for the Holidays Read More »
Incorporating diverse perspectives into literature is crucial for promoting empathy and understanding. Let’s celebrate our differences and learn from each other.
A Thrilling Way to Explore World Cultures Read More »
Imagine this: It’s Christmas Eve and after receiving a brand-new book from your family, you cozy up in your favorite reading nook or in front of the fire with a mug of hot cocoa and spend the rest of the evening reading.
Embrace the Magic of Christmas Reading Read More »
Time for a Father’s Day blog post! It can be hard sometime to find representations of good fathers in literature. We have absent fathers, abusive fathers, and fathers who just drift in and out of the background. I confess that many of my characters have fathers who fall into these categories. They tend to come from traumatic backgrounds and/or families with secrets. But there are a few important exceptions.
Stories with Strong Fathers Read More »
April 23 is World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day or International Day of the Book. It is a day to celebrate reading, publishing, and copyright. The day was first conceived of in 1922. April 23 was selected as the death date of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and William Shakespeare.
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I am currently reading a C.S. Lewis classic, The Screwtape Letters. C.S. Lewis, the author of the children’s fantasy series The Narnia Chronicles, also wrote a number of letters on Christianity such as The Great Divorce, Mere Christianity, and, of course, The Screwtape Letters. He also wrote a space trilogy, of which I have read only the second book, Perelandra. C.S. Lewis does a lot of writing in allegories, which can be real brain teasers.
Excerpt from The Screwtape Letters Read More »
I was trying to decide what to write about in my blog today, and I thought, what better subject than Christmas books? Your favourite Christmas book can set the tone for the season, and it seems like there are endless movie adaptations of some of the classics.
What is your favourite Christmas book? Read More »
What gets you in the spirit of Christmas more than reading a good seasonal book? Whether it’s an old classic, a new romance, or even a Christmas cozy mystery, Christmas books will warm your Grinchy heart and get you in the mood for hot chocolate, Christmas trees, and time with your family or worship.
Advent Readers, a Gift, and other Christmas Reads Read More »
I have a lot of promotions coming up in March and April! This is the first.
Limited time promotion – children’s classics Dave Dashaway Read More »
It seems like all of my social networks have been e-mailing me this week with numbers of tweets, pins, and posts that I made in 2015. But social networks are not where I spend most of my time. So I reviewed my production schedule for 2015, and here are the numbers that matter more to me:
