cd sale – huge clearance

Most of the cds are now 15% off and buy 2 get 1 free (from a selection of various styles and artists).

Because cd sales are so low, the music section must be minimized;: so come help me clear out and take home your favorites (from the AFTERS to ALABAMA, from AVALON to ANDREW PETERSON, from NEWSBOYS to NEWSONG, BARLOW GIRL to BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA,from JOHNNY CASH TO JOHNNY LANG, BOB DYLAN TO BRENDA LEE, the CRABBS to the BEATLES, KUTLESS to ERNIE HASSE, KIRK FRANKLIN to DOTTIE RAMBO, from CELTIC to CLASSICAL, from BLUEGRASS to BLUES, CHRIS TOMLIN, CHRIS RICE, CHRISTAFARI…..)

Piano Lessons

My daughter, Abbey Ray, a truly amazing pianist and fairly recent graduate of UT (in piano performance), now has a studio (with a nice Baldwin console) in our bookstore.  She is filling up Thursdays (and will open another day or two)  with piano lessons.  She teaches all ages, all levels; she teaches students to read as well as play by ear.  A true musician, she is very precise, expects students to practice every day, but is also very gentle and makes learning fun.  Leave a message for Abbey at the store at 792-9651.  You can stop by the store and pick up her written information and application for lessons.
Listen to Abbey’s music below

Benefit for Bobby Bowen’s Grace

Join us Friday, September 26th at 7 pm to hear Bobby do a few songs and then surprise his daughter Grace at her 10 year birthday party.  We’ll pass the hat to help the Bowens buy a wheelchair lift for Grace – so come support this precious family.

UPDATE – Oct.27 – The Bowens got the wheelchair lift for beautiful Grace!

And there are still some of Bobby’s cds for sale in the store – southern/country gospel style.

Homeschool get together – Sept. 18

All homeschoolers are welcome to come to an ICE CREAM SOCIAL at 6:00 at our store on Thursday night.  Come visit, shop, meet new friends, and take in some goodies.  Then at 7:00 there will be a brief overview of homeschool basics, then a question and answer time.  So come with Qs – none are too dumb.

Sept. 20 Saturday nite special ! Free !

Join us to see and hear JEFF MILLER again. If you take the You Tube video tour through the store on our site here at a new thing, you will hear his great music, and see him a bit, too. So come see him a lot – Saturday at 7pm.

Then right after Jeff, a Christian band that formed from the Ashland City Crossroads church will take the stage. CLEAVE, made up of Clay Louallan, Meredith Maupin, and others will lift our spirits. Come enjoy and encourage them in their beginning.

Genesis, Finding our Roots

When I first ordered Dr. Ruth Beechick’s curriculum for Genesis, i didn’t expect it to be a nice little hardback book with slick pages that includes the artwork from Gustave Dorè, medieval stained glass windows, and designs from the Greeks, Celts, and Assyrians.

This 112 page guide is for any age, but I think best for about age 10 through adult.  Good for group study, including Sunday schools and bible study groups.  Great for families, who can use it for devotions and selected projects or homeschoolers who can take the time for more in-depth study.

This book is based on a study of one of the oldest records we have, Genesis.  It expands from theology into history, geography, science, literature art, and linguistics with topic study such as dragons, giants, world views, and the tree of life.

Scattered through the bookare lots of questions, the kind that make you think, and some that have no clear immediate answers.  At the end of the book, author Beechick has specific suggestions for using the questions with group or individual study.  I also like the pronunciation guide for the ancient names, places, and other words like me de EE val and kew NEE i form.

I enjoyed and was enlightened making a fast read through this book, but I look forward to a slower and definitely worthwhile study and then I’ll be able to answer more of the thoughtful questions Beechick places throughout the book.

If you are anywhere nearby in middle Tennessee,  drop by to look through this book.  I hope you will purchase it in store to help keep the local bookstore alive.  But if you can’t come in, click on the image to order it somewhere online.

Friday, Sept. 12 – get together

Stop by Friday evening, September 12th, to browse the store, play a game of dominoes, hear a little music, meet new people, break bread and brownies with friends…..Bring someone who’s never been in the place before – They will thank you for introducing them to a great hometown meeting place and the best local family- orientated independent bookshop, Stone Bridge Books & Gifts.

Review of a helpful resource, The Three R’s by Ruth Beechick

Yes, resources should be oh-so-helpful, and Ruth Beechick’s are. (And no, I don’t get paid to say these things, and am not connected with her publisher, Mott Media, who also publishes the classic McGuffy Readers.) I’ve used several of her books repeatedly the years I homeschooled, and I still enjoy reading them. So I’ll spend several days reviewing many of them, starting with one basic for beginning homeschoolers and parents of young ones.

THE THREE R’S is a combination of Beechick’s three (little $4) books, A Home Start in Reading, A Strong Start in Language, and An Easy Start in Arithmetic. I have read and referred back to these books for the first 4 years – at least – that I homeschooled. Even though Dr. Beechick is highly educated, she encourages all homeschoolers to take the natural and practical approach in teaching. She takes the complicated out of learning phonics. Starting to write becomes as natural as learning to speak. And math can be taught with understanding and simplicity, using household manipulatives.

Just thinking of this title, that refers to the old “readin, ‘ritin, and ‘tithmetic, helped me get my brain thinking in the right track to begin planning each year. This book should be read by all new homeschoolers of young children, no matter what direction their schooling takes. Read it first! It will help you see clearly and probably save lots of money.

The combo book, that also includes a nifty phonics chart and math on the other side, is $12.00. If I send it to you regular rate, the cost to most areas in the US is $15.50 from Tennessee. Add one of Mott Media’s Sower Seed biographies (regular retail $7.99) to your order and I’ll pay the shipping – total only 19.99 – special for a limited time. These biographies are good family read alouds. E-mail me or call (615)792-9651 between 11-6 central time. Stop by my middle Tennessee store and of course there is no shipping charge – and there’s a little gift for new customers. Now if you are just too far away, click on the book to purchase at Amazon or wherever – you gotta have this, especially if you’re a newbie – Jo Ann anewthing.biz