Different Like Me is perfect for children ages 3 to 7 and shows children with physical disabilities, communication limitations, and cultural distinctions coming together.
Hardcover: 32 pages
Our Daily Bread for Kids
Flies are the most ubiquitous of insects: buzzing, minuscule, and seemingly insignificant, they’ve been both plagues and minor annoyances for millennia. Rather than ignore these incredibly mundane and seemingly insignificant creatures, poets spanning centuries–from the seventeenth to the twentieth–and continents–from North America to Asia–have found that these ordinary bugs in fact illuminate deep spiritual mysteries.
In this revelatory book, Robert Hudson considers seven poets, each of whom wrote a provocative poem about a fly. These poets–all mystics in their own way–ponder the simple fly and come to astounding conclusions. Considering Emily Dickinson, William Blake, and several other poets, The Poet and the Fly brings together the poetry, the flies, and the poets’ own lives to explore the imaginative, and often prophetic, insights that come from the startling combination of poetry and flies.
Ultimately, the message each poet offers to us through the fly is as relevant today as it was in their own time: the miracle of existence, the gift of mortality, the power of the imagination, the need for compassion, the existence of the soul, the mystery of everything around us, and the sacramental, grace-giving power of story.
Hardcover: 200 pages
Broadleaf Books
As a teacher-turned-author and wanna-be songwriter, Teresa J. Krager, wrote Before Your Birth Day as she tracked the growth of her grandchild in the womb. Amazed at the incredible amount of information available, she couldn’t help but research, record, and create this keepsake for your loved ones.
Illustrated by Thalita Dol, an artist specializing in drawing babies, this project of passion honors the youngest of God’s creation.
Hardcover: 48 pages
Elk Lake Publishing, Inc.
When Kevin was 23 and didn’t know any better, he started a congregation with some friends who were on the edge of faith. Together they hoped to discover if the church was worth fighting for. In this brutally honest account, he shares their story of becoming a community of misfits, outcasts, and oddballs who would learn that, even with all its faults, the church is worth being a part of… and must be reclaimed for good.
If you’ve been burned or burned out by the church, if you’ve been silenced or misunderstood, if you’ve left or never even joined in the first place, this candid, hopeful book is your invitation to consider what you miss out on when you give up on church–and what the church misses out on when it gives up on you.
Paperback: 192 pages
Baker Books
Ronne Rock is a good person to ask. In this stirring book, she takes you on a global adventure to discover your divine design as a woman of influence and impact. Through powerful and personal stories of women in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Caribbean, you’ll learn what it means to lead in a world where leadership isn’t easy, how to serve with grace in cultures that aren’t always graceful, and how to embrace your God-given physical, emotional, and spiritual DNA. As you discover the lives of real women who are influencing their communities with grace and gumption–even in countries where oppression weighs most heavily–you’ll feel inspired to reclaim your God-designed influence and impact right where you are.
Paperback: 224 pages
Revell
In 1960s LaFontaine, Michigan, they make an odd pair. Betty with her pink button nose and bouffant hair. Hugo with his light brown skin and large brown eyes. But more powerful than what makes them different is what they share: the heartache of an empty space in their lives. Slowly, they will learn to trust one another as they discover common ground and healing through the magic of storytelling.
Award-winning author Susie Finkbeiner offers fans a novel that invites us to rediscover the power of story to open the doors of our hearts.
Paperback: 384 pages
Revell