And that concludes our introductions to the caste of TSAL! Do you have any questions? About these characters, about the book, about content that might be brought up? Please ask in the comments or feel free to contact me via the form on the contact page! I will be making more posts about To Save a Life in the coming weeks, so all suggestions are welcome!
 
Question of the Day: Have you read TSAL yet? Who are you most excited to meet?
 
Have a Blessed Day!
Ryana Lynn
Jude 22

Next week, we will look at the final five characters you need to know about, but in the meantime…do you have any questions? About these characters, about the book, about content that might be brought up? Please ask in the comments or feel free to contact me via the form on the contact page! I will be making more posts about To Save a Life in the coming weeks, so any and all suggestions are welcome!
 
Question of the Day: Have you read TSAL yet? Who are you most excited to meet?
 
Have a Blessed Day!
Ryana Lynn
Jude 22

This book was a lovely old-fashioned style story depicting life in the mountains. If I were to guess, I would say they were going for a depression era story. It reminded me of the Waltons! A sweet story of two children living with their Grandparents!

My favorite one in this batch! The watercolor style artwork, the message of using “failures,” as learning opportunities and just the overall beauty of this story make it a 5-star read! Join the Gaines crew as they learn how to nurture a garden and combat the elements to keep it going and never give up!

This book had a quirky art style that I loved! It shares the message of small acts having big consequences (good ones!)  and it’s done in such a beautiful way!

Okay, the artwork on this one, y’all, was so adorable and cozy! It felt perfect for the transition between winter and spring and teaches kids what signs to look for in the changing seasons!

Educational and beautiful, Dixie adored this book! The colors were heavy on the Purple, which is one of her favorites! It includes some amazing science facts that I literally stopped and asked Jacob how I missed this in school! Or was it even taught? I feel like Mushroom rain isn’t common knowledge!

Do you love horse-back librarians, bookmobiles and just libraries in general? You will love this book about little forest critters sharing the love of books with each other! Probably my second favorite of all of these! It’s one that I definitely want to own a copy of!

Even kids can get depressed as winter stretches on. This books subtly deals with the subject in a lovely, endearing way, teaching kids how to look for the hope in every situation, even when on the surface (or rather…under the surface in this case 😊), you can’t see it, if you go looking for it, it might be right under (or above!) your nose!

I didn’t know what to expect with this book, but I was not disappointed! The little dog trying something no one ever has is a good lesson for kids! I can see how the woke agenda could warp the message, but its also a message in teamwork and doing your own research!

I love the whimsical artwork of Garth Williams and he gave permission for the illustrator for this book to copy his style so another generation could appreciate his genius! I didn’t like how it was kind of a vegan message, but at the same time, it was a beautiful book and I want to read more of these children’s stories!

This one was read to us during Library story circle and both Dixie and I loved the art style! It followed a fox and few other critters through the forest as they live their best life as nocturnal animals! I loved the concept and again, I would love to own a copy!

I purchased this book from PaperPie books (I am a consultant so if you are interested in purchasing or in hosting a party, let me know!) and gave this to Dixie for the first day of Spring! It’s one of four in a set and this one covers the spring season! Dixie loves the pictures and points at all the animals and honestly, it’s just adorable!

This is another PaperPie book, but this one was found at a Goodwill from my sister! She gave it to Dixie for her birthday and she loved it! We read it outside together and it was the perfect atmosphere for the story! And now I realize that I accidentally lied on my Put a Spring in Your Step Book Tag Reel that I did for my IG. I said I hadn’t read outside yet. Totally forgot about this. Oops. Anyway, the artwork is adorable, and the story is simple enough, any child can enjoy it!

A Book List From Brighter Day Press || April's List

Posts I’ve been enjoying:
A Calling to New Life: Are We Embracing It? || Sophia E., Glorious Daughters
Vacation || Rebekah A. Morris, Read Another Page

Question of the Day: What is one of your favorite Picture Books?
 
Have a blessed day!
Ryana Lynn
Jude 22

Because I deal with the horrors of abortion, I recommend this book for 16+ readers. There is an unwed couple in the story, but no sordid details are given.

If you have any questions, leave them in the comments or contact me!

Have a blessed day and let me know what you think!
Ryana Lynn
Jude 22

The other day, I was at my local library for their 0-24 month old’s reading circle.

We LOVE reading circle. It gets us out of the house and it has given me more and more ideas for activities and story engagement type things to do with Dixie. We don’t 100% agree with EVERYTHING they do or don’t do, but it’s a nice opportunity to get out of the house and most of the content is totally fine.

However.

The other day, we went in and they were reading Glad, Glad Bear.

A story about a little bear going to his first dance class.

Wearing a pink tutu.

I don’t know about you, but that didn’t set right with me, so I quietly took Dixie out. I didn’t make a huge scene and I didn’t get all in a huff. I was honestly heart broken.
So I went to the front desk, requested a complaint form and submitted it.

We haven’t heard back and after praying about it, we are continuing to attend. Second strike, they’re out.

But this really got me to thinking about how we as Christians are so bad about giving things up and not replacing it with anything.

Bad music in a program? Gone. Wrong version of the Bible (which is important!)? Gone. Magic? Bad language? Sinful lifestyles portrayed? Gone.

And we don’t replace it with anything! Sorry we can’t do this fun thing anymore, kids, let’s get back to our school work and chores.

I’m sorry but having fun is still important and I will always stand by that.
So what do we need to do?

Replace it with something wholesome! If you find out a program you let your children watch/listen to has questionable content? Replace it with a clean program or film! Library circle not working out? Borrow books and invite another mom and her brood over for a reading circle! Decided Barbie dolls aren’t good for your family to have around? Find another toy/activity to replace it with!

I do have some suggestions for you! Below I am sharing Christian and clean recommendations for you, along with age guides!

These lists are not exhaustive, but hopefully they are a start for you to get your family reading/listening/movie time moving! Don’t quit something without having an alternative!
 
Question of the Day: what titles would you add to this list? Would you like to see more suggestions like this in the future?

Blog Posts I've Been Enjoying
A Letter to Pontius Pilate || Katja L., Little Blossoms for Jesus
Natural Attributes of God || Sophia D., Glorious Daughters

Have a Blessed Day!
Ryana Lynn
Jude 22