by K.A. Ramstad | Dec 24, 2021 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Looking for a Christmas story for your kids? The Christmas Fox by Anik McGrory is a simple, yet sweet, story to read for the wintry holiday. The story starts with a woodpecker telling the fox that a baby is coming, and the news must be spread. Instead of responding,...
by K.A. Ramstad | Dec 10, 2021 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
The Carousel, written by Liz Rosenberg and illustrated by Jim Lamarche, is a first-person story of a girl riding magical horses with her sister. The soft, dark colors create an atmosphere of mystery. Before the girls see the horses, an illustration has clouds shaped...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Dec 3, 2021 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Happy holidays to all our Friday fiction fans! I hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving with food, family, friends, and fun. But we’re moving on toward Christmas and I thought I’d share my favorite all-time speculative Christmas book: A Christmas Carol....
by Melissa J. Troutman | Nov 26, 2021 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
I don’t usually like science fiction. I didn’t like Ender’s Game the first time I started it. The premise seemed a little too Out There: a forbidden third child was taken from his family at the age of six in order to be trained to command the world’s fleet of...
by A.S. Hardin | Nov 12, 2021 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Do you really need another adaptation of Sherlock Holmes? Yes, you do and it’s the Enola Holmes series by Nancy Springer! I bought The Case of the Missing Marquess, the first in the series for my daughter, but gave it a read for myself since I absolutely loved the...
