Books for the Holidays

Everywhere we look this week, it seems that the pace of life has been set to Holiday Mode.  Macy’s has decked their outer facade with wreaths and lovely strands of white lights, the street lamps of San Francisco are adorned with silver stars, and the Holiday shopping list I started in August sits untouched in [...]

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Reach Out and Read for Children

Today at GBiBT, we wanted to spotlight an important charity that helps to establish a habit of reading in the lives of young children by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading.
Reach Out and Read, founded in 1989, serves 3.8 million toddlers, infants and preschoolers nationwide by training medical providers at [...]

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The Gift of Music

In good times and bad, music heals.  Another healing salve is the ability to approach life more playfully.  Enter a book that teaches both—music and general lightheartedness.  How to Play the Harmonica and other Life Lessons by Sam Barry is a series of 17 lessons about playing the harmonica, and, well, just playing.
Peppered throughout you’ll [...]

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Quotation of the Day

Good Books in Bad Times thinks this quote is worth sharing—especially the part about realizing “just how much literature has a calming effect.” This is the underlying premise of Good Books in Bad Times.  Books are friends, therapists, healing tonic, and, as the quote says, “life-affirming.” The quote is from the industry newsletter Shelf Awareness.
“This [...]

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Books Make Great Gifts

Especially in tough economic times. What is more pocketbook-friendly—giving a $280 Nintendo Wii or a $30 copy of The Alchemist gift edition? Uh-huh, that’s what we thought too. And we’re not unique in this belief. Here are others who agree:
Books Are Great Gifts
Books Equal Gifts
Buy Books for the Holidays

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A Scrooge-Free Holiday

Things are stressful enough right now without the pressures of holiday gatherings, gift-shopping, and grouchy people in our lives who absolutely loathe the holiday season. While the holidays are meant to promote togetherness (and hopefully some economic stimulation this year), more often than not, they also bring out the ugliness in people. The morning of [...]

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Dow Got You Down?

Us too. And the stock market is just one indicator of the challenges we all face right now. Jobs and careers are on shaky ground. Relationships are strained, and anxiety is high. Depression is rampant, and all this creates new challenges to our faith. That is why we all need Good Books in Bad Times. [...]

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