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I am reading a great new book ~ Heaven on Earth by Sharifa Oppenheimer.  If you have small children I would say it's a definite read.  Check it out!

I'd just like to thank Nina again for recommending to us books on cd for our children rather than tv when we are looking for a blogging break or a shower break etc.  Rose Red loves listening to her Curious George book cd.  It helps when I've read some of the stories to her first ~ it catches her interest when she begins hearing a familiar story.

What a great idea Nina!

Why would I want my child to go to our local bookstore for storytime to be read a book about "dumb bunnies" ?   Why would I want it pointed out to my child ~ with the absorbent mind ~ that when someone makes a mistake they are "dumb"?  Why would I want the term dumb in my child's vocabulary?   Why would I go again to storytime at our local bookstore ?   I won't ~ we walked out  ~ or I should say ~ she walked out (Rose Red) ~ not interested in such inferior literature I suppose !

I love the illustrations found in antique children's books ~ do you?  I was thrilled at stumbling across this link ~ as I'm always on the look out for good audio books for Rose Red. 

I always loved Grimms Fairy Tales ~ did you?   Now look what I stumbled across ~ free ebooks !

Argent has tagged me for a 'Three Book Meme' so I'm pulling myself out of the quest for a good classic 'Three Little Pigs' storybook (thank you mom for finally finding one!) and moving my thoughts in the direction of adult summer reading choices !  While I'm not sure everyone would enjoy these ~ I have greatly enjoyed them and highly recommend them as great summer reads.

Three non-fiction books everyone should read:

The Divine Pity   by Gerald Vann, OP ~ (I used to carry this book around with me everywhere just to revisit passages and dwell on them whenever I found a spare moment !)

Orthodoxy   by GK Chesterton ~ (Classic, I have always enjoyed the way he writes.)

The Sabbath   by Abraham Joshua Heschel ~ (Worth a read)

Three books of fiction everyone should read:

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis ~ ("I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now... Come further up, come further in!" ~ Jewel the Unicorn
The Last Battle

Late Have I Loved Thee   by Ethel Mannin ~ (a hauntingly lovely book ~ In fact I just  ordered another copy off the web, for a summer read, as my other is packed away)

Frederica   by Georgette Heyer ~ (because she makes me laugh)

Three authors everyone should read:

Carlo Carretto ~ (love him)

C.S. Lewis ~ (a favorite as a child and an adult)

Caryll Houselander ~ (her writing reads like poetry ~ beautiful and poignant ~ 'The Reed of God' and 'Wood of the Cradle, Wood of the Cross' are two of my favorites)

Three books no one should read:

The Feminine Mystique   by Betty Friedan

The Bell Jar   by Sylvia Plath

The Origin of Species   by Charles Darwin

Now I'd like to tag Nina, Helen, Divina, Dawn , Regina, Kate & Elena 

Check out Catholic Fire  for some good suggestions on reading material as we prepare and purify our hearts this lenten season.