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Winter Fun With Grandma
During the cold winter months, kids can quickly get bored. As a grandmother who enjoys spending time with grandkids, I know it’s hard to compete with tablets, video games, and TV programs. But my...
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Card Games
Our two years old grandson recently found a deck of cards in my home office. Being an inquisitive toddler, he proceeded to open the box and hand cards to everyone in the room. I wondered how he knew to...
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Where Are You From?
It seems everyone is searching for their roots. There are DNA tests, TV shows in search of ancestors, ancestry records, and family trees. We want to know who we are and where we’re from. Everyone seems...
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Happy 8th Birthday, Christian Children’s Authors Blog!
8th birthday CCA is 8 years old today. Happy Birthday! Who we are: A group of 15 Christian Children’s Authors who want to help parents, grandparents, teachers, and other children’s caregivers raise...
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Parenting Older Children
Seizing Teachable Moments With Older Children By Jean Matthew Hall As babies and toddlers grow into preschoolers and school-aged kids it seems that a parent’s job changes from mostly “protecting”...
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Snow Fun Indoors and Out
Snow fun by Karen Whiting It’s winter and snow will fall in some places. I live where it’s warmer so we have to make do with other activities to celebrate the season. If you have snow enjoy the...
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Good Night, Fireflies – by Janet L. Christensen, il. by Francesca Pesci
Title: Good Night, Fireflies Author: Janet L Christensen Illustrator: Francesca Pesci Pages: unpaged Publisher: Little Lamb Books ISBN-13: 978-1-7332828-3-3 SRP: $12.95 Reviewed By: Janice D Green...
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The Law of Readiness
Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” And Abraham Lincoln said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”...
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Free Cut and Paste Bible Verse Fun: Verses About Love
Last month, we wrapped up our series of free Bible verse memorization activity packs for kids. This month, we’re going to launch a new series of Bible verse memorization sets for slightly older kids...
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A True American Hero
When was the last time you met someone you could truly look up to? As a role model? A mentor? A hero? As a children’s writer, when I began to research the life and times of Frederick Douglass, little...
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Sweet and Sour Hippo: A Jungle Doctor Mini-Fable by Paul White
Have you come across Paul White and his Jungle Doctor fables? My dad had both the fables and the picture fables. I have special memories of when he would read the picture fables to me. I loved the...
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Knock and Have It Opened
This year, Clavis Publishing released Bear in Love. It is the story of a shy bear who doesn’t have the courage to tell Squirrel he loves her. He brings her gifts, but he’s not brave enough to knock on...
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Learning with Photos
Taking photographs of people, animals, places and things has always been a fun hobby for me. I’ve never bought an expensive camera or lens. Before I could use the camera on my phone, I always used an...
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Learning the Natural Way
On Fridays, my granddaughter gets out of school at noon to join her mom and other parents for Forest Friday in the Pisgah Forest. This is not a school-sponsored class. This is parents taking their...
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Little Duckling’s Easter Prayers
When children’s authors write for traditional publishers, they rarely have input into the illustrations. That’s why it’s okay for an author to brag about the illustrations! My latest release, Little...
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Young Adult or Middle Grade Books?
By Jean Matthew Hall As You Thumb through a Book Ask Yourself: How old is the Main Character of the story? 9 to 12 years old means the story is for Middle Grade students. 14 to 18 means the story is...
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The Heart Changer: Even a Child Can Make a Difference
Do you have a reluctant reader in the house? Or one who likes an adventure story, but afraid to tackle a full-length middle-grade novel? How about a child who thinks the characters in the Bible were...
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Happy 6th (Half) Birthday, and Other Special Occasions
Happy Leap Day! In my family, we’re celebrating a birthday—of sorts. When our daughters were little, my husband started a tradition of celebrating their half-birthdays by taking them out for dinner...
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Devotional and Bible Story Resources for Children
How often have we wanted good, solid and moral stories and devotionals for our children and grandchildren that we remember from our youth? Well, admittedly, they can be difficult to find. I’d like...
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Free Cut and Paste Bible Verse Fun for Kids
In today’s society, where almost anything goes in the name of “tolerance,” God’s command to “have no other gods before Me” may sound very strange to young ears. But it’s crucial that they understand...
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