by Becca Wierwille | Nov 30, 2022 | Book Reviews
*Please note: This post contains affiliate links. Christmas is coming, and if you’re not sure what to get the young ones in your lives, I have an idea for you: a great book. That’s an idea for almost anyone on your list, really. But children’s books are a particularly...
by Becca Wierwille | Oct 26, 2022 | Book Reviews
*Please note: This post contains affiliate links. I love determined protagonists. Seriously. A book is much easier to love if the hero stands up for herself. If she fights for what she wants, more than anything. A little bit of stubbornness and a lot of determination...
by Becca Wierwille | Sep 28, 2022 | Book Reviews
*Please note: This post contains affiliate links. Heartwarming. Charming. Descriptive. Relatable. If any of those things sound like characteristics you’d love in a story, you might want to add Across the Pond (Amazon Affiliate Link) by Joy McCullough to your reading...
by Becca Wierwille | Aug 31, 2022 | Book Reviews
*Please note: This post contains affiliate links. We were created to live in community with others—with our families, friends, and neighbors. Maybe that’s why family stories are so captivating. I always savor the chance to follow along with a family through the ups...
by Becca Wierwille | Jul 27, 2022 | Book Reviews
*Please note: This post contains affiliate links. I love being on launch teams for books I can’t wait to share with others. A launch team, also called a street team, is a group of people who are excited about a book and want to help the author get the word out. When...
by Becca Wierwille | Jun 29, 2022 | Stories Around Us
There’s something so reminiscent about putting a tape in the old VHS player and watching home videos from when we were kids. With smartphones and simple movie-making software, it’s much easier now. But maybe that only makes those video cassettes feel a little...
by Becca Wierwille | May 31, 2022 | Book Reviews
*Please note: This post contains affiliate links. What are your favorite things in a story? I love stories that combine a tradition of rich storytelling with the action and tension of what’s going on in the present. I love stories with a hint of impossibility...
by Becca Wierwille | Apr 27, 2022 | Stories Around Us
We have a move on the horizon. Our free moments are filled with talk about the process and timing of it all—when will we move which items? How will we accomplish the most possible on the weekends leading up to it? Can we do without our dining room table for a few...
by Becca Wierwille | Mar 30, 2022 | Stories Around Us
When I was little, I had a stuffed yellow bunny I always kept tucked under my little arm (my right arm that ends below the elbow). I don’t think the toy even had a name—I just called it my Yellow Bunny. And I took it everywhere with me. We ate our meals together. We...
by Becca Wierwille | Feb 23, 2022 | Book Reviews
*Please note: This post contains affiliate links. Sometimes, we need a reminder that everyone has their differences. Everyone has their challenges. Everyone has overcome obstacles in their lives. But it’s so important for all of us, young people included, to know that...
