[3] In 732 B.C. ancient Israel was a kingdom in shambles. Its leaders and people fell into apostasy. God lifted His divine protection from the land, letting the Assyrians [4] invade the nation. In defiance of God’s warnings and judgment, Israel vowed to rebuild their city and continue their lives in sins and idolatry.
[6] Blue Nights by Joan Didion is a book of memories. In 2003, Joan Didion’s daughter went into the hospital with pneumonia, eventually slipping into a coma. While her daughter was unconscious, Didion’s husband died. Within a year, Quintana had died, also.
[8] How do we learn to read? For many, picture books are the foundation of our reading skills. We look at the illustrations and follow the stories of Harry the Dirty Dog or the Very Hungry Caterpillar or Alexander and his Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The drawings and paintings enhance the tales told in the text running along the bottom of the pages.
[10] The word inquisition is bandied about as people use it to discuss persecution of one sort or another. However, the Inquisition as a historical event still has ramifications today.
[13] Richard Adams' classic novel Watership Down isn't just about rabbits. Tackling the big ideas, including the importance of storytelling to society, Adams weaves an adult tale of human struggle cloaked as a book about bunnies.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/inspirational-book-review-harbinger-jonathan-cahn
[4] http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures/middle_east/assyrians.aspx
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18661#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/blue-nights-joan-didion
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/blue-nights-joan-didion#comments
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/4-amazing-illustrated-novels-adults
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18581#comment-form
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/gods-jury-cullen-murphy
[11] http://cullenmurphy.com/
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18542#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/classic-review-watership-down-richard-adams
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18498#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=5
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=2
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=3
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=4
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=7
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=8
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=9
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=10
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=50
