One thing I haven't been able to do lately is go to the library to check out some great Christmas and Winter books. We love the library and usually take a trip once a week or every other week. So, I was thrilled to stumble upon this website, We Give Books. The kids could read books, and we could give at the same time!
For each book you read online, they donate a book to a leading literacy group on your behalf. The more you read, the more they give.
We Give Books is a free website that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online. It was created by the Penguin Group and the Pearson Foundation. They combine the joy of reading with the power of helping others, inspiring children to become lifelong readers and lifelong givers.
All of the books available for online reading are children’s picture books appropriate for children through age ten. There is a mix of fiction and nonfiction, a range of authors, and an equal balance between read-alouds and books for independent readers.
For Ages: 4-7
This easy-reader is a close account
of the biblical story from Luke 2
Set in Africa, this beautiful rendition of the classic Christmas carol has a unique twist: colorful icons illustrate the various gifts repeated in each verse, creating a rebus-style text that gives young children a fun way to follow along.
1 comment:
Hope you are feeling better!
Looks like you are finding lots of fun stuff!
This is a comment more on your last post than this one. I was wondering if you have ever read this blog.
But I tend lean towards her view
http://rachelheldevans.com/blessed-are-the-entitled
I thought it was good. I am kind of jaded at Christmas time. I go back and forth wondering why people make such a huge deal over Christmas and not a huge deal the other 364 days a year. I like how we have easter and Christmas to reflect on the birth and resurrection of Christ, to get christians to really dwell on the idea of the incarnate word. But, if we aren't doing the giving and sacrificing and taking care of the widows and orphans on the months and days that don't fall in December I don't really think it matters much if we keep Christ in Christmas because our kids see through that too. So I have done what you have done a lot. Who am I listening to? Am I not radical enough at Christmas? I don't like how we spend so much money for gifts, but I enjoy the tradition. We try to balance giving and recieving, we try not to focus on Santa. But, I haven't gotten to Ann Vonskamp yet, she is amazing. She has a new book coming out that I read the first chapter to and it made me cry.
I think I tend to line up with the theology of How the grinch stole Christmas:
Every who down in Whoville, the tall and the small, Was Singing!
Without any presents at all! He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming!
IT CAME! Somehow or other, it came just the same!
And the Grinch, with his grinch feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so? It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages boxes or bags!"
And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't thought of before!
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas....perhaps....means a little but more!"
And what happened then....? Well....in Who-ville they say That the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day!
Have a merry Christmas Kathryn! I hope you are feeling better. Tell James and Bella Merry Christmas from Aunt April and Uncle Brian and all the girls!
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