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Shannon Tobias Memorial Christian Lending Library
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Teen Corner
Sasha recommends...
Title: Secret in the Willows
Author: Beverly Lewis
Location: YA fiction
Rating: 4.5 stars
You should read this book because...
It's cool. If you like realistic fiction with a bit of romance, I recommend this. Be sure to read the first book, Whispers Down the Lane! And after reading that and Secret in the Willows, you'll likely want more...
My favorite part of the story is...
when Merry's being herself. I can relate to her, and I like reading parts where she's acting like I would.
Recent additions to our collection include: The Uses of Grammar; The Christian Imagination; The New Weather Book; Noah: The Rescue Plan; The Boy Who Invented TV; Life in the Great Ice Age; Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 4; Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 5; The Courage and Character of Theodore Roosevelt; 100 Best-Loved Poems; The Reader's Odyssey; and much more!
Tween Corner
Hope recommends...
Title: The Green Ember
Author: S. D. Smith
Illustrator: Zach Franzen
Location: juvenile fiction
Rating: 5 stars
You should read this book because...
It's full of courage and bravery, hilarity and wisdom, unexpected twists and turns, and is an overall epic story!
My favorite part of the story is... {Spoiler Alert!}
when Picket saves Smalls. It is so cool that Picket killed Redeye Garlackson!
Savvy Speakers Kickoff Event
On Saturday, September 17, 2022, we held our first Savvy Speakers event. My cousin, Faith Worley, came up from Iowa to share with us Boundaries Basics. There were four ladies in attendance. It was a great, informative, helpful class, and we are looking forward to hosting many more Savvy Speakers events. Please watch for updates and upcoming events!
Our Mini Branch - May, 2022
Our Mini Branch - May, 2022
Our Mini Branch - April, 2022
Homeschoolers Library Time
Friday, Sep 23, 2022, 09:45 AM
Shannon Tobias Memorial Christian Lending Library
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Fall Fest
Saturday, Oct 15, 2022, 01:30 PM
Shannon Tobias Memorial Christian Lending Library
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Tal: His Marvelous Adventures with Noom-Zor-Noom
Tal, the boy with golden hair, lived happily in Martoona. He might well have gone on living there forever, had not something strange happened.
An old man came to town, leading a white donkey. “I’m Noom-Zor-Noom, and I come from the kingdom of Troom,” the man said. He invited Tal to join him on a trip to see amazing things in strange lands. The donkey, whose name was Millitinkle, spoke up, urging Tal to say yes.
Never before had Tal heard a donkey speak, but her words seemed true, and the man was kind and gentle. Everything he heard and saw made Tal want to go, so he agreed.
In the course of the journey, Tal’s job was to choose the best story, out of a great many wonderful stories the man had written down on a block of black crystal.
This was an important job. If Tal chose the right story, the young prince of Troom, who disappeared years ago as baby, would be rescued. If not, the king would send Noom-Zor-Noom to prison.
That’s all we can say for now, nothing else. If you want to find out what happened on the way to Troom, and hear the fanciful stories, you’ll have to join the journey. As Millitinkle the donkey said to Tal, “You’d better come with us. You’ll never have another chance like this.”
Illustrated by Ruth Reeves https://www.librarycat.org/lib/ShannonTobiasLibrary/item/224178582
*Description from Purple House Press
Ocean-Born Mary
Ocean-Born Mary was a real person. She was born in mid-ocean, while her parents, a young Scotch-Irish couple, were voyaging to American in 1720. Shortly after her birth, the ship was captured by pirates. The sight of the new-born babe so moved the pirate captain that he named the baby Mary and allowed the immigrant band to proceed on its voyage unharmed. The child grew up to be called Ocean-Born Mary.
Lois Lenski came across this colorful New England legend, traced its historic origins with delight and wrote an absorbing story around this fascinating woman. It is a powerful tale, rich in flavor and humor, and valuable for its true picture of Portsmouth and the surrounding New Hampshire countryside fifty years before the American Revolution.
Lenski also wrote an afterword, dated May 1, 1939, about her research on Mary.
Lois Lenski was a renowned author and illustrator of children’s and young adult literature. Born in 1893, in Springfield, Ohio, Lois was a voracious reader from a young age, a passion that never left her. During her college studies at Ohio State University, where she trained to be a teacher, she took as many art courses as she could make time for and was the art editor for the university yearbook. Upon graduating, instead of teaching, Lois became an art student in New York, in preparation for what she hoped would be a career in fine art. There she met Arthur Covey, a painter and muralist, whom she married in 1921.
By the time of her death in 1974, Lois wrote and illustrated well over one hundred books for children of various ages. https://www.librarycat.org/lib/ShannonTobiasLibrary/item/224178442
*Description from Purple House Press
Phebe Fairchild: Her Book
A truthful and absorbing narrative of life in Connecticut in 1830. Phebe Fairchild travels alone by stagecoach from her home in New Haven to spend a year with her country cousins, while her sea-captain father has taken her mother on a long voyage. Through the many adventures of that year and her struggles to keep her greatest treasure—a beloved book—she learns to understand her father’s parting advice, “You’ll need patience and courage a-plenty, but do as you’re told and never be afraid.”
Lois Lenski devoted many months of enthusiastic research to making her story rich and accurate in background. She brings to life for young people as well as older readers a fascinating period of New England life. The book is noteworthy as to format, being designed by the artist, and generously illustrated in a manner suggestive of the period.
A Newbery Honor book. https://www.librarycat.org/lib/ShannonTobiasLibrary/item/224176533
*Description from Purple House Press
Women's Corner
From Jolene...
2022 Book Log #58
Title: Hold On Tight
Author: Robin Jones Gunn
Location: YA fiction
Finished: September 4, 2022
Rating: 4 stars
Review...
This story was another one full of lessons and growth for Sierra. From Warner to Amy to college decisions to so many other things, Sierra opened here eyes and saw things. She grew up a little more but still longed for the simpler days and times of being a youngster in her parents' home. Even at 42, with a husband and 4 living children, I can relate to the longing for younger days and the fears of grown-up days. Good book!
Similar books...
The Christy Miller Series, the Katie Weldon Series, Christy and Todd: The College Years, and more.
Men's Corner
From Tony...
Book Log #21
Title: The Senior
Author: Mike Flynt & Don Yaeger
Genre: biography
Finished: August 20, 2022
Rating: 3 stars
Review...
Mike Flynt got kicked out of his college at Sul Ross before he could finish his senior year and play his last year of college football. Along the way, he learns the error of his way, comes to know Christ as his savior, and then, 37 years later, gets to play his final season of football.
Favorite quote...
"Mike, we were going to carry you off the field, but we're just too dang old."
That's it for now. Please let me know if you have ideas for things you would like to see in future newsletters.
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