"As I look around my home books are a major part of our world. There are books in every room on any given subject. They are as varied as each member of our family. I have been amazed at how books have shaped us as individuals and as a family. The most important book to us all is the Bible. It is God's Word, inspired and inerrant. As we grow and read we pray that our family would feed on Scripture every day before embarking on any other journey that their books take them. With favorite authors like Jane Austin, Charles Dickens, Beverly Lewis, and Valerie Tripp you can be sure there will be many adventures.
One of my favorite stories about our children revolves around a book called Lost in the Woods by Carl R. Sams and Jean Stoick. It is about a fawn who has just been born and all the forest animals are trying to figure him out. The book opens with a red winged black bird who screeches, "Get up, get up, get up." Then a little field mouse whispers, "Shh, let him sleep." When I read this book to the girls, I try to use all my best forest animal voices and screech and whisper with the animals. On some mornings, as I am waking the girls up I will try to use my same red winged blackbird voice and call out, "Get up, get up, get up, says the red winged black bird." One particular morning, my seven year old didn't seem to budge until I got very close. Then from under the covers I heard very quietly, "Shh, let him sleep, whispered the field mouse." We burst out laughing and she climbed out of bed happier than usual."
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