Hard-to-find children's picture book and read-aloud. Dads will especially like this one -- a mystery with detailed artwork. 

Heidi Holan, Illinois coordinator for Parental Rights, explains the Parental Rights Amendment and how homeschooling families can get involved.

Proposed Parental Rights Amendment

The 2011 ICHE State Homeschool Convention starts this morning with a Leadership Pre-Convention Breakfast and get-together.

LORD

Psalm 33:13-15, 20-22

UPDATE: Rita, Amanda, and Tim are our winners.

We have 3 more books to give away before the ICHE Convention starts on Thursday -- two copies of Already Compromised: Christian colleges took a test on the state of their faith and the final exam is in by Ken Ham and one copy of Already Gone: why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it by Ken Ham.

Jehovah-Tsidkenu: The Lord our Righteousness

"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control.  If we live by the Spirit let us also walk by the Spirit" (Gal 5:22&25).

The LORD of Hosts

The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. Psalm 46:11

As a young teen back in the seventies, one of my favorite television shows featured the incredible talented Carol Burnett.  In between the singing, dancing and skits, there were some of the most memorable commercials in television history.

So far we have 2 tweeters for the 2011 Illinois Christian Home Educators state convention -- but we need more.

Email us if you'd like to participate. bluedorn@triviumpursuit.com

The hashtag for tweeting the convention is #iche.

Melody Hemmer will be tweeting at ILChristHomeEd

UPDATE: Nicki, Allison, Melissa, and Jennifer are our winners.

Today's contest features Hal and Melanie Young and their new book Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys.

We have 2 signed copies of Raising Real Men and 2 sets of Hero Tales Parts I and II CDs to give away -- there will be 4 winners.