Mom's Encouragement Night - Book List

I meet with a wonderful group of women each month (well, when Alpha doesn't meet on Tuesday nights, that is!). The purpose of this meeting: to encourage one another as we walk together on this home school journey we've all been called to. I am so thankful for the group's leaders, Eryn and Mindy. Their ability to create community amazes me. I pray that God will richly bless them both for all that they pour into this group!

This month, each mom brought a book or two that inspired her in some way over the past year (funny, the timing, right? I've been obsessed with finding good books lately - so this was right up my alley!)

As you look through this list, if a title intrigues you, click on it and I'll take you to Amazon.com or RainbowResource.com where you can learn more about each book.

Mindy Salts

• All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew

Jessica Sheltrown

• The ABC Herbal by Steven Horne
• Prayers God Always Answers by Nancy Kennedy
• First We Have Coffee by Margaret Jensen
• The Creative Family by Amanda Soule
• The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson (photography by Nick Kelsh)

Tracy Emery

• A Hive of Busy Bees by Effie Williams
• Another Hive of Busy Bees by Beverly Soderholm
• Read for the Heart by Sarah Clarkson (this is the book that inspired my booklist obsession)
• Honey for a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt

Renatta Welsh (who apologizes for the grumpy kid on the cover - but encourages you to read the book anyway!)

• Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining and Bad Attitudes by Scott Turansky & Joanne Miller

Judy Clark

• Take Four by Karen Kingsbury (and anything else written by Ms. Kingsbury)
• Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney

Eryn Smith

• Don't Make Me Count To Three by Ginger Plowman
• Shepherding A Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp
• The Joy of a Word-Filled Family by Dr. John Barnett

Britt Reid

• Who Is God? And Can I Really Known Him? by John Hay & David Webb
• The Swimsuit Lesson by Jon Holsten

Carrie Beyer

• Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
• Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
• The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry
• Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
• The Marriage of Megotta by Edith Pargeter
• Noah by Patricia Lee Gauch
• The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau
• Animals, Animals by Eric Carle
• Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming

Amy VanDorn

• Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian
• Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian

Tricia Kvasnica

• O Ye Jigs and Juleps by Virginia Hudson
• This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti
• O The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
• LIFE: Our Century in Pictures for Young People by Richard Stolley

Traci Bowman

Ministry of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson