Look!: A Child's Guide to Advent and Christmas -- Part of the Circle of Wonder Series by Laura Alary memory game * Tips to make family

* Tips to make family outdoor trips less work and worry

Melissa Harrison writes a monthly Nature Notebook column in The Times

All the parts necessary to create a delectable gourmet salad {spicy greens mix

running races with the tortoise

The High Hills

Look!: A Child's Guide to Advent and Christmas -- Part of the Circle of Wonder Series by Laura Alary memory game * Tips to make familyLook! A Child's Guide to Advent and Christmas presents Advent as special time for waiting and watching paying attention to the ways God comes to us. This treasured book reassures children of the presence of God in all times and places and invites them to become part of the holy work of making Christ present in the world. Told from the point of a view of a child, the story weaves together familiar Advent traditions like the Jesse tree and the Advent