Here we are, starting Week 6 of the Summer Reading Splash! already! Wow! I can hardly believe how fast the time is going. I've been reading lots of books - I know that you are too!
This week's topic question is very similar to the question for week 3:
Find out what your Grandma or Grandpa's favorite book was as a child. Does he or she still have this book? If so, have you read it, or would you like to read it?
(If you don't have grandparents, maybe you could ask an adult friend from church, or a neighbor, etc.)
E-mail your answers to me by Friday, June 27th, at midnight (EST). Winners will be announced on Saturday, the 28th. Don't forget to tell me "story" or "chapter" in the subject line, or somewhere in the e-mail, so I know which prize you'd like to win. Also, give me your first name and age, please.
Now, for this week's prizes:
For our younger readers, I have a fun book by Sylvan-Dell Publishing.
If You Were a Parrot is a whimsical book that has the child imagining what life would be like if he or she were a pet parrot. The parrot’s special feet allow it to climb curtains, bookshelves, and plants. The hooked beak lets the parrot chew all kinds of great food: seeds, nuts, chair legs, popsicles – sticks and all, and even a telephone directory! Join the parrot as it goes through its daily routine of climbing, chewing, eating, bathing, and finally, snuggling down for the night after a long day of parrot fun. The "For Creative Mind" section has parrot teaching trivia, crafts and games to supplement learning.
This book is available as a hard-back or as a downloadable e-book. The prize for this week is a nice hard-back book. You can see a review of this book here.
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For our older readers, I have a copy of Keystone Stables: Trouble Times Two by Marsha Hubler. I met Marsha at our homeschool convention in May and she graciously donated this book for our Splash! program.
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KEYSTONE STABLES BOOK 3: TROUBLE TIMES TWO Skye and Morgan have their hands full trying to share God's love with Tanya Bell, an African-American girl and a runaway who becomes a foster child at Keystone Stables. Tanya is a veteran shoplifter. But when one of the mares dies giving birth to a foal, Tanya is transformed as she takes responsibility for the foal. |
In addition, I will be including Destination Moon from Master Books.
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The exciting and personal account of one of only twelve men to ever touch the surface of the moon! When astronaut James Irwin gazed at the “blue planet,” his home, from the moon in 1971, he realized that the experience was drawing him closer to the God of his youth. After the flight, Irwin realized “the power of God was working in me and I was possessed by a growing feeling that God did have a new mission for me.” This adventurer, who also climbed Turkey’s Mt. Ararat, to look for the remains of Noah’s ark, was a wonderful ambassador not only for his country, but for the “captain of his own ship,” the Lord Jesus Christ. Irwin, wherever he went, used his experiences to draw in his audiences until that moment he was able to share his faith. This dramatic story, set against the backdrop of the vastness of space, highlights the spiritual resources Irwin drew from. His treks through the halls of power, through NASA, and to the adventures that seemed to find him stand as a signpost for all of us.
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