Author Archives: Carrie

Welcome to Monster Isle

If you are ever looking for some books that are a little out of the ordinary, you might want to take a peek at Immedium publishers. Oh trust me. You’ll begin to know them when you see them because of their cartoon-like illustrations. Recently they sent me a few of their titles to check out…

It Starts at Home

It Starts at Home: A Practical Guide to Nurturing Lifelong Faith is exactly what it suggests it is – practical encouragement for living out your Christian faith within the four walls of your home. My husband, Jonathan, beat me to reading this book and so we both ended up giving this one a read. This…

Early Readers

If you have a reluctant reader of any sort, or have a reader who finds most beginning reading books a bit boring, check out Carson Dellosa‘s line of readers. I have been familiar with Carson Dellosa books for some time. They are most easily found at (any) school supply store, however, their books are also…

Read and Sing Along Books

At the Book Expo I came across the Twin Sisters booth. I was familiar with their offerings but it had been several years since I had checked in with them. As far as I knew – they dealt mostly with music CD’s and not books. Apparently I’m a bit behind the times because they are…

Accidental Cowgirl

We were asked if 5 Minutes for Books would like to participate in a book tour, sponsored by Women on Writing (WOW), for the book Accidental Cowgirl: Six Cows, No Horse and No Clue. I waved my hand around in the air to be the reviewer on staff who got to read this one because…

100 Classic Books on the Nintendo DSiXL

I really wanted to find the biggest picture that I could of the Nintendo DSiXL 100 Classic Books game to give you the best idea of what it would look like. Hopefully this particular picture gives you some idea of the reading experience you can expect to have, courtesy of a Nintendo DSi XL screen!…

Teddy Bear Sing-Along Books

When I saw the Teddy Bear Sing-Along titles were to be released by Silver Dolphin Books, I knew I wanted to check them out for Bookworm2 (age 15 months), my little kinesthetic learner. Give a book sounds and touchy-feely fluff and he is all over the book. I figured the cuteness of the teddy bears…

Devoted

Devoted: The Story of a Father’s Love for His Son was another book that I saw at the Book Expo in the Da Capo Press booth. Unlike some of the other new book releases though, this one looked familiar. I asked the rep if this was “the guy in the Youtube video” that I had…