How Can You Help a Grieving Child?
Jane Ellen Reid2020-06-02T09:13:42-07:00When I was five, my cat, White Flower, had a litter of kittens. I loved them all. I watched them wriggling close to White Flower. Under the [...]
Recommended: The Lonely Doll
Jane Ellen Reid2020-05-27T12:00:44-07:00I home schooled my four children in the 1980’s and 90’s. We made weekly treks to the library and filled two milk crates with books each time. [...]
The Curse of ‘If Only’
Jane Ellen Reid2019-11-13T13:54:29-08:00Earlier this month, I had the honor of speaking for 10 minutes at the Oregon Christian Writers fall conference on contentment, based on Paul’s letter to the [...]
Looking For a Good Story to Help Your Child Grow?
Jane Ellen Reid2019-10-02T16:16:16-07:00One of the most beautiful, heartfelt books I’ve ever had the good fortune to read is, Heart of a Shepherd, by Rosanne Parry, published in 2009 by [...]
How Do You Stay Found?
Jane Ellen Reid2019-10-02T15:41:33-07:00As a nine or ten year old I went Christmas shopping in a big city with my family. A crush of adults pressed against me on every [...]
Just For Fun–Sam Spade at 12??
Jane Ellen Reid2019-09-23T10:04:27-07:00THE CASE OF THE DEAD BREAD She came to my garage office at 10 a.m. Short, pale, with brown hair waving around her face. Melanie. I’d seen [...]
How Do Kids Learn?
Jane Ellen Reid2021-04-12T08:32:53-07:00It’s laundry day. Even though I dislike most housework, I enjoy washing clothes. My mom let me help her do laundry when I was little. She made [...]
How Can Life’s Snags Help Your Child Grow?
Jane Ellen Reid2019-10-02T16:18:57-07:00Marguerite de Angeli won the Newbury Award for, The Door In The Wall, in 1950. The unlikely hero of this adventurous book is ten year old Robin, [...]
How Do You Grow Friends?
Jane Ellen Reid2019-10-02T15:45:27-07:00A sign in my house reads, “It takes a long time to grow old friends.” My husband and I qualify as old friends. But, because we’ve moved [...]
What Does Author Jay Williams Offer Your Children?
Jane Ellen Reid2019-10-02T16:22:18-07:00Jay Williams, who passed away in 1978, is one of my favorite authors. He created several wonderful new and unusual fairy tales featuring characters children love. Because [...]