Books with author Kathryn Reiss

Is your mind spending too much time in the past? Or obsessed with the future? That's no way to live, especially if you want to be happy. Experts say living in the now is where it's at, so why aren't you. This simple journal can help you get back to the now and happiness with 100 pages with ideas and tips and room to write your feelings. At 6x9-inches, it's a handy size to carry wherever you go (and a reminder of staying in the now).

Zibby Thorne doesn't know what possessed her to buy an antique dollhouse--she doesn't even like dolls. But when her friends and family start having bizarre accidents clearly connected to the dollhouse, she can't ignore the menacing structure any longer. Zibby is sure that one particularly creepy doll in a gray dress is somehow responsible for the trouble. She discovers the doll is controlled by the spirit of "sweet" Miss Honeywell, a vengeful governess who seeks to control Zibby and her friends from beyond the grave. They must find a way to stop Miss Honeywell before her wrath becomes deadly

Choose to Grow into Greater Things with Fable Springs Parables Literature Study Guides! Fable Springs is more than a quaint English country village where Old MacDonald works his farm on the outskirts of town. It’s a place where parables live—in every cottage, garden, shop, and street corner; library, theatre, and art studio. Mother Chicken’s Eggs: Choosing to Grow into Greater Things, comes to life there, beyond the illustrated picture book pages and musical audio book. Interactive academic, dramatic, and artistic exploration are featured elements in the Fable Springs Parables Literature Study Guides for Book 1: ~ Wordsworth Library—Story comprehension review and key word studies ~ Act-the-Fact Theatre—In-depth character, motivation, and POV (point of view) study through dramatic art expression ~The Master Works Art Gallery—Visual arts expression with devotional thoughts Here’s a valuable enrichment resource for family devotions, homeschool studies, parent workshops, youth groups, and more, helping Christian families engage literacy as a family to develop Godly character and critical thinking while developing a biblical worldview. In addition the guides are designed as a coaching manual for teachers (homeschool and classroom) instructing how to teach literature through reflective learning.