A Wrinkle In Time Book Review

Blessed With Faults....

One week of summer behind us and we completed an entire book. "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeline L'Engle. We have the printed book and the book on CD. What a great way to increase our reading time and the children's interest and comprehension. All week, we would bring the book and CDs with us in the car and the girls would take turns following along in the book as we "read" listened to the author read the book to us. This was a nice break for me from always being the out-loud reader of a group chapter book. Just our trips to and from the beach created a large block of reading time. With the CDs, I could still drive and listen.

This book is geared more to a middle school aged child, yet with the listening and reading along, my 7 and 10 year old girls were able to understand and become totally engrossed in the story. We would pull in to a parking lot or the driveway and have to sit and listen to the end of chapter as they insisted on reading more....more....more

As far as the book itself, I enjoyed it and so did the girls. I think we will read some of the other books by Madeline L'Engle. I highly recommend checking out the tapes or CD's of any book you or your children are reading. It gives a new dimension of enjoyment and understanding to the literature.

Without giving anything away, I will share one of the thought-provoking themes. There are science fiction and Christian theology messages throughout. Three children are sent on a dangerous journey. Each was blessed with a gift to help them on their way.

One of the main characters, Meg, was blessed with her faults. Her faults would become a strength and a blessing to her as she was this important journey. I have thought many times over the years about my own faults and weaknesses and how they have, at times, also been my greatest strengths. It is important, I have found, to learn from every experience in my life, be it positive or negative. I can always learn and turn negative in to positive. I always tell my children that they can learn even from the poorest example of how not be.

I was thankful for this reminder to use my faults as the blessings and turn them in to strengths.

Children's Literature Recommendation

Summer is upon us... 4 more weeks of school! With summer comes time to dive into some great books...for kids and moms.
When my boys were little, I got the most reading done at the beach while they played and burned off their energy.
Currently, my girls have an assignment from their school Principal to write summer Book Review Recommendations. They are having a lot of fun with this task and so am I.

Two book series I recommend are Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and Snip, Snap Snurr by Maj Lindman. Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka are triplet young girls and Snip, Snap, and Snurr are triplet young boys, all living in Sweden. The books take place circa 1940.
Each story has a tone of kindness, courage, gentleness, and responsibility. The illustrations are bright and sweet. There is an illustration to go with each written page. Many of the illustrations are still vivid in my mind some forty (yes, forty+) years later. The print is also large and very easy to read. My parents are of Swedish ancestry and these were the books I grew up with. We would check them out of the library in hard back. Since their re-release, they are only available for purchase in softcover. Find them here, or at Amazon.
Literature of this quality is in short supply as time goes on. These are books your children will ask to read over and over-the sort of books to purchase and add to your permanent library. They are the perfect length for a bed-time story read by mom, dad, or grandma for ages 3 and up. I love books that can be completed in one bed-time story sitting. Children 8 and older will also enjoy reading them alone.

Enjoy! I am certain you will!