When you are a busy and tired parent, the idea of reading can be daunting and overwhelming. Just one more thing to do on your “good parenting” list. We’re here to help!

When we talked about doing a “favorite books” podcast, we wanted to streamline the process for parents and give you our top five or ten list of books that impacted our families. And then. We kind of got our wires crossed. Bonnie thought we were doing a parenting books podcast. Renee thought we were doing a family read-alouds podcast. So, in the interest of balance, we’re doing both!

Listen to the podcast for descriptions of why we loved each book and click on the link below to check them out for purchase.

Bonnie’s books that will help you parent well:

Why Can’t I Get My Kids to Behave?

Different Children, Different Needs

Spirit-Controlled Temperament

Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children

Teen 2.0: Saving our Children and Families from the Torment of Adolescence

The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults

Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear

Rite of Passage Parenting

Raising a Modern-Day Knight

Sacred Parenting: How Raising Children Shapes our Souls

The Most Important Place on Earth: What a Christian Home Looks Like and How to Build One

Renee’s books that will take you places with your kids:

George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol’s Orphans

The Wheel on the School

The Year of Miss Agnes

The Eagle of the Ninth

Hatchet

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths

Kon-Tiki

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