Tuesday 31 January 2017

Usborne Illustrated Stories from Dickens {Tuesday's Treasures}

I really love the romance of a Charlotte Mason Education. When I think about Charlotte Mason and the Victorian era the author Charles Dickens spring to mind first. His linguistic style is beautiful to read and grows the imagination by the page. However his books are particularly long for younger students. I recently added this book to my library and Nathaniel and I have been enjoying the illustrated stories.

We have found Usborne Illustrated Stories from Dickens a great introduction to the story a good way to become familiar with the plot and because they are short we have been able to read a story in one sitting.

  • Format:  Hardback
  • Number of Pages:352
  • Publisher:Usborne Publishing Ltd
  • Publication Date:11 Apr 2014
  • ISBN 10:1409508676
  • ISBN 13:9781409508670
  • Author  
  • Illustrator: Barry Ablett
  • For ages 12-17 (this is recommended by the publisher but I would say this book is more for those under 12 )

The books contains:
  1. Oliver Twist
  2. Bleak House
  3. Great Expectations
  4. A Tale of Two Cities
  5. David Copperfield
  6. a short biography of the great author himself. 
You can take a peak within this book on Amazon.

Blessings
Chareen
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Wednesday 25 January 2017

Sample Project from Creating a Masterpiece {Virtual Fridge}

This Week
I'm so impressed.  This week we followed a tutorial from over at Creating A Masterpiece - Lessons in Soft Pastel: Sample Project. The step by step tutorial was presented in video and divided into three short lessons. It took us around half an hour to create these beautiful drawings.

Drawn by Nathaniel age 11

Drawn by Chareen


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This weeks Feature

This weeks feature is from over at The Happy Homeschool Mom showcasing the results from their The Kitenge Tree from Tanzania art project.
Your Turn

I invite you to take some photo's of your children's artistic pursuits put them in a post and link up with me I would love to come over and see the wonderful art your children have enjoyed doing.
Virtual Fridge Link Up

Blessings
Chareen

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Tuesday 24 January 2017

The Bard and the Bible: A Shakespeare Devotional {Tuesdays Treasures}

Are you a lover of Shakespeare?  Do you love reading the King James bible?  If you answered YES to both of these questions then I'd like to share with you my new treasure for this week:  The Bard and the Bible : A Shakespeare Devotional by Bob Hostetler.


  • Author: Bob Hostetler
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 384
  • Publication date: 09 Aug 2016
  • Publisher: Worthy Inspired
  • Language: English
  • ISBN 10: 1617957240
  • ISBN 13: 9781617957246
I was gifted a copy of The Bard and the Bible : A Shakespeare Devotional for Christmas last year and have been enjoying this devotional for the last month.  It's a beautifully bound book with a dust jacket.  The Bard and the Bible contains 365 daily devotions.

Each day's devotional is presented as follows:
  •  begins with a quote from Shakespeare 
  • followed by a scripture 
  • then the day's devotional thoughts.  
  • The bottom of each page contains a section of interest. It contains some interesting snippet.  This information is varied (historical, linguistic, reference etc.) I have found these particularly interesting.  
Sample from The Bard and the Bible
 You can view more samples from this devotional on Amazon.

About Bob Hostetler on Book Depository: "Bob Hostetler is a writer and speaker. His thirty-six books to date include two best-selling devotionals co-authored with Josh McDowell and "Take Time To Be Holy," a one-year devotional drawn from the writings of Samuel Logan Brengle. He has won two Gold Medallion Awards, four Ohio Associated Press awards, and an Amy Foundation Award. He is the founding pastor of Cobblestone Community Church in Oxford, Ohio. He and his wife Robin have two children and five grandchildren."

Do you have a favourite devotional Author?  If so who and why?

Blessings
Chareen