It’s that time of year where many people are celebrating Christmas, so I thought it would be fun to do a movie study based upon the movie The Nativity Story. The Nativity Story movie has become a regular part of our Christmas tradition since it first came out. For us, it really makes us think [...]

The Narnia book series is a favorite for many readers – young and old. Upon learning that this series was coming to life on the big screen many people were interested in seeing how closely this series would follow the books. Narnia fans wondered if all of the books would be made into movies or [...]

Last month, we took a look into the first book in the Narnia series, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. While this was the first Narnia book written by C.S. Lewis, it wasn’t the first book chronologically. To get a better understanding of this series, it’s helpful to look into the history of the [...]

My life as a reader started out slowly as I struggled to grasp a few of the basic concepts, but once I got the hang of reading, I never wanted to stop. As a young mom, I found that I rarely was reading for myself, but rather, I spent a great deal of time reading [...]

Travel back in time to the Depression Era with aspiring writer Kit Kittredge. Kit’s family is fairly well off until the depression hits. When Kit’s father loses his job, he is forced to leave his family in search of work. At this point, Kit doesn’t think things can get more difficult, but they do. She [...]

Faith Like Potatoes is a movie based upon the real life story of Angus Buchan and his family. Buchan and his family had a beautiful farm in Zambia, South Africa before political unrest forced them to leave their farm, their lives behind as they started from scratch on a new piece of land in Greytown, [...]

War Horse is based on the book by Michael Morpurgo. Albert Narracott takes on the training of Joey, the horse that Albert’s father brought home from the auction. During the training sessions, Albert and Joey build a special bond. When Joey is sold to a military officer and sent off to war, Albert decides that [...]

Over the weekend, our family rented the movie Hugo* as a way to side-track my daughter from the fact that her best friend had just moved away. Little did we know that renting this movie would give us a glimpse into the days of silent pictures which led to a little investigation into the history [...]