Christmas Book Haul

 This isn’t my complete book haul. Some of it will be arriving later or I’ll use gift cards later. These are the books here on time.

https://www.amazon.com/Illuminations-Hildegard-Bingen-Matthew-Fox/dp/1879181975/ref=asc_df_1879181975?mcid=63f553a45cc63e8d94c528b4489e2198&hvocijid=13193360303217113315-1879181975-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-

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Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen

I’ve been interested in Hildegard of Bingen for a long time. This is a collection of the drawings of her visions. I’m not sure what I think of the author/publisher, but it’s the only collection of these images I’ve found. They are fascinating at first flip through.

https://www.amazon.com/value-humility-Mother-Teresa-ValueTales/dp/071728316X

The Value of Humility

Value Tales had a powerful influence on me as a child. Highlighting heroes from every community, they held forth a standard for everyone. I don’t remember Mother Teresa being part of the collection at my local library, but I ran my finger down the list of titles and I read almost all of them. I liked them so much I have collected them for my children. Mother Teresa was expensive to collect. At eighty dollars I had to accept there were going to be important gaps in my collection. Looking for ways to meaningfully spend my Christmas money I found the Mother Teresa Value Tale on an old list. This time it was only eighteen. I snapped it up, and then cried my way through it for lots of reasons.

https://www.bookfinder.com/isbn/9780201043037/

Workjobs

This was another book on the old list. Written by Mary Barratta-Lorton it is full of activities children can do on their own. It is Montessori-esque. I love how everything can be made from recycled materials. As a former homeschool mom I know that the more of these activities you have the happier class will be.

https://www.amazon.com/Fairytale-Baking-Delicious-Inspired-Classic/dp/1510751815/ref=asc_df_1510751815?mcid=95812856f6913581868db2d52f08d539&hvocijid=5835487333394455045-1510751815-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5835487333394455045&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016901&hvtargid=pla-2281435178098&psc=1

Fairytale Baking

A bit of a disappointment I’m afraid. I was imagining the little book of fairytales I grew up with and then having a simple treat I could make with my grandchildren after we read each story. This is not that. This is four seemingly random fairytales followed by lots of also seemingly random, very fancy, desserts. Fairytales speak of childhood, and there is none of that here. I doubt my ability to reproduce a good chunk of the recipes, especially not with children around. More fairytales, simpler recipes, more childlike, and I think it could be good.