by Marguerite De Angeli  $13.65 This product is available for purchase from Chariot Press.

Set in the middle ages. Robin has grown up the son of a nobleman and knows he must serve the king by becoming a knight.  But his destiny is changed suddenly when he falls ill and loses the use of his legs. A monk rescues Robin and cares for him at a hospice.  There he learns woodcarving and – much harder – strength and patience. When danger threatens, Robin discovers there are more ways to serve the king than riding into battle. The monk tells Robin he must only follow the wall long enough and there will be a door in it.

A favourite story in our home about endurance and the opportunities afforded through suffering that otherwise would remain unknown to us.  For ages 8+; PB, 100g.

by Sandi Queen

This product is available for purchase from Chariot Press.

This book is the transition point for a child who is ready to begin cursive writing. All capital and lower case letters are taught, using the popular Zaner-Bloser font, as well as letter blending. The first half of this volume is spent learning individual letters and blends, while the second half introduces the full-color picture studies that you have come to know and love, and has short phrases and later, short sentences, to copy which pertain to that week’s picture study.

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by Peter Menzel  $45

This huge (255 full-color photographed pages), oversized coffee-table type book is subtitled “A Global Family Portrait”. 

Picture this: Full color photographs of families from all over the world, standing outside of their homes, with everything they own in the world stacked up around them. That’s what this book is. You can view families from half a world away who have 12 people living in a one-room hut, who own between them nothing more than a bag of rice, 2 chickens, a bowl, a pot, a blanket, and the clothes on their back. Turn a few pages and see an American family in all their stark contrast, as their belongings for their family of 5 don’t even fit in the 2-page photo spread and have to be listed separately as “additional items owned”.

Divided into sections such as “Islands”, “Middle East”, etc., this book makes it easy to look up a specific country or area that you are studying, and see how the people live there, from the viewpoint of one average family. It also tells you a biography on each family, what they do each day, how they live, etc.
It really “brings the world home to you”. A must-have, high interest book.  It also makes a popular gift book. Flexicover,  1.2kg.