Studying Nature with Beatrix

Beatrix Potter – Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman by Judy Taylor is an illustrated biography telling the story of Beatrix Potter’s life, from her Victorian childhood in London to her final years farming in the Lake District. … (read more)

“The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium – An Englishman’s World” By Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger

How tall was the average person in 1000 AD?
What did he eat?
Why was sign language so important in a Benedictine refectory?
Why was July called the “hungry month”?
What was “crazy bread?
Or a destrier?
What daring new innovation … (read more)

“Dogger” by Shirley Hughes

Dogger is a well-loved toy dog belonging to a little boy called Dave.  When Dogger goes missing everyone in the family helps to look for him but he is nowhere to be found.  Dogger turns … (read more)

“The Lost King of France: A True Story of Revolution, Revenge, and DNA” by Deborah Cadbury

“‘I’ll write this down for you,’ I said.  ‘I’ll put it in a story.’ … it’s something everybody wants – for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it … (read more)

“Unplug The Christmas Machine” by Jo Robinson and Jean Staeheli

Unplug the Christmas Machine is a comprehensive guide to managing Christmas stress and combating commercialism. It is full of ideas for making Christmas a simpler, more meaningful celebration.

Just to give you a tiny taste of … (read more)

“For the Family’s Sake – The Value of Home in Everyone’s Life” by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

When I first read “For the Family’s Sake”, several years ago I had very high expectations. After all, this book was by the same author who wrote the excellent home school classic, “For the … (read more)