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Catechism of the Catholic Church: Second Edition 48 reviews U.S. Catholic Church
Doubleday, 2003
Can't Rate the Catechism!
+ Journey Home + Catechism of the Catholic Church: Second Edition + Catholic Catechism
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The New American Bible for Catholics: With Revised New Testament and Revised Book of Psalms 32 reviews Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
World Catholic Press, 1990
Approved
+ The New American Bible for Catholics: With Revised New Testament and Revised Book of Psalms + American Bible + great for reading and understanding + The Best Bible for all
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The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book (Encyclopedia of Country Living) 114 reviews Carla Emery
Sasquatch Books, 2003
Great Book to Guide You!
+ Interesting Reading + An outstanding book of country living skills. + Great amount of information + a lot of information
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I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking 174 reviews Alton Brown
Harry N. Abrams, 2002
Understanding how it works, not just recipes
+ Christmas present + great + Amazing!
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Holy Baby! Seven Prayers in Seven Languages 5 reviews
The Rosary Project, Inc., 2003
Great teaching tool for your baby through preschooler
+ Wonderful Teaching Tool + Inspired + FANTASTIC!!!
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A Mother's Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul 29 reviews Holly Pierlot
Sophia Institute Press, 2004
This book saved my sanity!
+ A real hit + Great for All Christian Moms
I LOVE this book. The way she describes herself in the beginning as being a burned out, over worked, homeschooling mom, was me in a nutshell. At first I was very sceptical about whether or not taking the advice of this book would actually help me. I read the book and learned a bit about myself ...
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Saving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the Table 254 reviews Leanne Ely
Ballantine Books, 2003
An Easy and Successful Way to Menu-Plan
+ Wow + simple recipes for good cooking while living abroad
This is such a great concept- and it works, if you are faithful to it.
I got cookbook/guide a while ago and used it haphazardly at first, choosing to follow it on some weeks and ignore it on others.
Then, a friend of mine who saw it at my house and ordered it started following it faithfully ...
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Dragonsong 172 reviews Anne McCaffrey
Aladdin, 2003
Can't Live Without Music
+ Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums + a look at the music and fire lizards of Pern + Good Book But Read Other Pern Books First + dragonsong
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The Busy Mom's Guide to Simple Living : Creative Ideas And Practical Ways for Making the Most Out of What You ... 11 reviews Jackie Wellwood
Crossway Books, 1997
A great source for busy moms.......who want to simplify
+ Incredibly Helpful! + THE BOOK FOR SIMPLE, NATURAL LIVING!!!!!
Jackie's advice and ideas have been a daily dose of discipline for me as a wife and home schooling mother of three......the organizing and simplifying ideas are things that I've not found elsewhere and I feel her book was written just for me. On the days that I have felt overwhelmed it was nice ...
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The Average Family's Guide to Financial Freedom How You can Save a Small Fortune on a Modest Income 26 reviews Bill Toohey, Mary Toohey
Wiley, 2000
Wonderful and real
+ Fast read with some good but general tips (good motivational book for beginners) + The Average Family's Guide to Fincanical Freedom + A lot to like but some major inconsistencies
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Courageous Love (Courageous Studies for Women) 5 reviews Stacy Mitch
Emmaus Road Publishing, 1999
Enlightening!
+ A Wonderful Bible Study Guide for Women + Great book for a women's study! + Awesome study that involves scripture, Catechism, and Saints + For Catholic women!
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The Art of Natural Family Planning 70 reviews John F. Kippley, Sheila K. Kippley
Couple to Couple League, 1996
I taught myself!
+ Great resource! + Simply The Best!
I used this book to teach myself the principles of NFP. It was very easy to understand. I highly recommend.
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Dragonsinger (Harper Hall Trilogy, Volume 2) 80 reviews Anne McCaffrey
Aladdin, 2003
Girl Musician Makes Good
+ "I can walk. I've even got harper boots. I can walk anywhere!" + Dragons! + Harper Hall
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) 2600 reviews J.K. Rowling
Listening Library, 2000
An amazing novel
+ Better than the First Two + Good plot advancement but some weak elements + Fabulous narration + Completely amazing.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) 5422 reviews J.K. Rowling
Listening Library, 1999
Excellent!
+ A Late Bloomer.... + First step in a long, exciting journey... + Great start to an even better series + Replacement
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Loyola Kids Book of Saints (Loyola Kids) 8 reviews Amy Welborn
Loyola Press, 2001
Great resource about the saints
+ Faith Formation teacher says... + saintly and good guide + Engaging Introduction to Saints and Blesseds + Great for Bedtime
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Johnny Lion's Book (An I Can Read Book, Level 1) 1 review Edith Thacher Hurd
HarperCollins, 2001
So glad this isn't out of print!
I remember loving this book as a little girl, so, of course I bought it for my own children when I came across it as an adult.
The story is timeless, and my kids enjoy it just as much as I did!
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Parenting With Grace: Catholic Parent's Guide to Raising Almost Perfect Kids 19 reviews Gregory K. Popcak
Our Sunday Visitor, 2000
This Book is BOTH Theologically Sound AND Effective!
+ excellent advice + I thought I would hate it! + This Author is Awesome + Great help to Raise KIds
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VeggieTales - The Complete Silly Song Collection 20 reviews Veggie Tales
Big Idea, 2004
Pretty entertaining
+ My Grandaughter Loves It + You'll Love It!
Lots of songs for the price! My 2 year old loves this DVD set, she's not quite old enough to sit through an entire DVDs but when she watches for the first 5-10 minutes she'll get up and dance or jump around while the songs are going. I could see this being a lot of fun for older kids because each ...
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Courageous Virtue (Courageous Studies for Women) Stacy Mitch
Emmaus Road Publishing, 2000
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