A Time to Read Author:Mary Ruth Wilkinson, Heidi Wilkinson Teel, Heidi Wilkinson-Teel On the surface, this book is an annotated bibliography of books for children and a guide to books for children?whether one is buying them or borrowing them from the library. Picture books, poetry, animal stories, historical fiction, fairy tales, Christmas books, Bible stories, books and periodicals on children?s books, are all introduced here wi... more »th verve, clarity and conciseness. But spend a bit more time, and you discover that A Time to Read is a great deal more than a book list: it is also a kind of philosophy of life, focusing particularly on the nature of children, families, literature, story?and how these hold together in a Christian life. There is a lot of theory and theology in the book, but it is never more than a sentence or two away from down-to-earth practical suggestions.« less