Jul 09

Learning from History

Posted by Tristie | Posted in Parenting, Recommended Reads | Posted on 09-07-2009

WOW…I had no idea (or actually had forgotten) how cool the library is! I have enjoyed more presidential biographies including…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, T. Woodrow Wilson, Ulysses S. Grant and James Madison!

It’s amazing to have read all this American (primarily presidential) history last spring and into the summer.  It’s fascinating for me and for my kids (at the dinner table) to talk about these men and the American events around them.  It’s like “home-schooling” without trying!  It made the Fourth of July and the childrens’ attitudes different in understanding what it means to live in a “free” country!
I have decided the Theodore Roosevelt biographies are my favorite. (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt  and Theodore Rex  by Edmund Morris).  What an intriguing and amazing leader!
tristie

May 14

Hail to the Chief

Posted by Tristie | Posted in Parenting, Recommended Reads | Posted on 14-05-2009

The Spring we  focused on former American Presidents as a family .  Here are some book  I read this Spring that have provided wonderful conversation for my son, hubby, daughter and me!

George Washington
Abraham Lincoln (mainly on the internet…articles)
Life in Colonial America
Abigail Adams
James Madison
The Rise and Fall of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Rex
John Adams
Founding Mothers
The First American (Ben Franklin…this book surprised me!)
John Quincy Adams
It’s been fascinating to read the history, intrigues, and amazing delicacy in which this nation was put together. You definitely get the impression it’s amazing America is here! Let me know if you are interested. I’m sorry I don’t have author names right by me…but my favorite is David McCollough and Edmund Morris.
tristie

Feb 20

Recommended Reading List

Posted by Tristie | Posted in Discipleship, How to Study the Bible, Recommended Reads | Posted on 20-02-2009

Hello Reading Friends!
Here is my latest book list...  
Click on the book for more info from Amazon.

I've enjoyed reading Presidential Biographies this season...

Our son did a presentation on Abraham Lincoln so it was wonderful to really read more of him.

I continue to study & discuss with friends...
 A few we always recommend: 
Hope this helps! 
tristie