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A Simple Favor

Darcey Bell

5.3 (8 Ratings) Rate It

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It starts with a simple favor—an ordinary kindness mothers do for one another. When glamorous...

Horton Hatches the Egg

Dr. Seuss

10.0 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Everyone laughs when Horton the Elephant offers to sit on Mayzie bird's egg while she goes on...

Lindsay (1760 KP) rated Chipper Makes Merry in Books

Oct 5, 2021

Chipper Makes Merry is a charming book. It is suitable for the winter season. The story seems to be about a young fox that wants to help his friends be happy. He wants to cheer them up with small surprises. Will Chipper be successful, or will he despair at his mistakes.

The pictures are well done. I love the way Chipper is determined. But will he be successful? Will he have to help his friends out even when they're a few mess-ups along the way. Will Chipper get these two friends to help out and maybe cheer up Moose?

This book deals with kindness and determination. Children will want to read this book year-round. However, it remains set during the cold winter season. Chipper's plan does ruin, or will he find a way to be successful in making things, Merry.

Children will want to cheer on this little friendly fox. They will laugh and encourage their little furry friend with his little surprises when he tries and leaves them for this friend. Will it work? Children will enjoy the fun of this book. This phase is said repeatedly throughout the book "Tip Toe, Tip Toe, Crackle, Crunch!" I wonder how it all ends up for Chipper and his furry friends?

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The Scent of Dragon’s Blood ( The Tattered Realm book 1)

Kova Killian

5.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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When the Knight in shining armor needs saving, you send in his hybrid monster girlfriend. . . and...

Sam (74 KP) rated One Hundred Names in Books

Mar 27, 2019

I was in an awful reading slump and I finally started reading this, knowing Cecelia Ahern always makes me love reading again, and I wasn’t wrong.

I loved Kitty so, so much. She’s a character whose life has been ruined by her mistakes but she still won’t let it completely take over her life. True, what she did wasn’t right when she didn’t collect all of the facts before outing a man. However, this sort of mistake could have ruined her career. But she uses the death of her best friend to fuel her to succeed and move on from her past. Her ability to eventually laugh with others over what happened is admirable, and what makes her such a brilliant character.

I also love the realism here. Kitty has her flaws and has made her mistakes, but so has every single other character in the novel. Everyone has their flaws and nothing is sugar-coated, giving a really strong realistic image.

There were a few moments when Kitty’s decisions annoyed me slightly, mainly later on in the novel where there is one occasion where she is quite spiteful, but in the end it all turns around and her spiteful decision actually helps the person she has a grudge against. I love that this spreads the message of sharing kindness instead of hatred.

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MaryAnn (14 KP) rated Fruit Flies in Our Faith: Nurturing and Sharing the Fruit of the Spirit in Books

Nov 4, 2019

What happens when we let a bowl of pears sit on the counter a bit too long? Mushy fruit and fruit flies!

What happens when we let the Fruit of the Spiritlove, joy, peace patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23) sit unused? Spiritual Fruit Flies! The Fruit of the Spirit never goes bad but spiritual fruit flies, like worry, temptations, impatience, bad habits, etc. distract us from living out the Spirits fruit in our lives.

In Fruit Flies in Our Faith you will learn to:

Listen to the Spirit and begin to recognize the spiritual fruit flies buzzing around you.

Rely on the Spirit to begin to make realistic changes to exterminate those pesky fruit flies.

Experience the wonder of the Spirits fruit growing and ripening in your life.

Share the Spirits delicious fruit with the world around you.

Focus on what the Spirit is teaching you through your own experiences and stories.

My Thoughts: We certainly know what happens when we don't use fruit, it rots! God has given us fruit to use and use it we must. In this book, the reader will learn to recognize their fruit and to learn to use it before it stagnates.

With lots of good teaching and encouragement, the reader will learn to grow and develop their fruits.

Truly encouraging and inspiring!

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