They're hallmarks of childhood. The endless "why" questions. The desire to touch and taste everything. The curiosity and the observations.

It can't be denied-children have an inherent desire to know. Teachers and parents can either encourage this natural inquisitiveness or squelch it. There is joy in the classroom when children learn-not to take a test, not to get a grade, not to compete with each other, and not to please their parents or their teachers-but because they want to know about the world around them

Both Christian educators and parents will find proven help in creating a positive learning atmosphere through methods pioneered by Charlotte Mason that show how to develop a child's natural love of learning. The professional educators, administrators, and Mason supporters contributing to this volume give useful applications that work in a variety of educational settings, from Christian schools to homeschools.

A practical follow-up to Crossway's For the Children's Sake, this book follows a tradition of giving serious thought to what education is, so that children will be learning for life and for everlasting life.

If you are interested in magical powers with many surprises, this is the book for you.

Peggi Eve Anderson-Randolph's novel Josephine's Incredible Shoe and the Blackpearls sweeps the reader from the Jazz Age into the Eighties as the story of an engaging black couple evolves. Tally and Chat Blackpearl and their heirs move from a good life to a better one. Is their desire to reach success caused by wit and perseverance or is their talisman, a gorgeous shoe, responsible? The shoe may have belonged to a scintillating black star, Josephine Baker, who wowed Paris in the Twenties and with whom Chat Blackpearl had a brief fling. The rhythm of this story never misses a beat as we travel with the Blackpearls from a black college in the Ohio cornfields, through the South and on to World War II Los Angeles via the Panama Canal. The perils and joys of being black in modern America are shared in this upbeat story of REACH.

In this candid, funny, and often heartbreaking memoir, E.V. Anderson, author of The Many Lives of Lilith Lane, lays bare his troubled childhood. Born to a single mother of five in Camden, New Jersey, one of the most dangerous cities in the country, E.V. never quite fit in. He endured years of torment from his drug-addicted older brother, and spent his youth hiding away with his comic books and imagination. When his comics started to lose their appeal and cocaine grew more enticing, E.V. knew he was in trouble. Through it all, he never lost hope, even as tragedy struck his family. Tales of a New Jersey Nothing is a true story of the bonds we share with family, friends, and lovers that tear us apart, but ultimately make us stronger.