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Zack Black and the Jam Attack!
Zack Black has always liked eating jam. For breakfast he had on jam on toast. For lunch he had jam sandwiches. For tea he had jam pudding. But Zack finds out there is more than one meaning to the word...
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Sitting in the quiet times
I wonder what your week’s been like? Mine’s been a little crazy. In fact, I’ve probably had a couple of crazy weeks; full of outings and activities and issues that have felt far too big for me to...
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How Did a Good Christian Parent Like Me End Up with a Wayward Child?
Is there anything that bothers parents more than watching a child go astray? Why can’t real life be like an episode of Little House on the Prairie, where in the span of an hour all the problems are...
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How to Find Great Books for Christian Kids
There is a hint of fall in the air here. It makes me think of snuggly days reading with those I love. If you are planning ahead for those perfect days to stay inside and read, here are eight ways to...
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Start Right…Finish Well
“Follow the yellow brick road.” Most of us know this road took Dorothy to the Wizard of Oz. What we may not realize is that we’re all traveling various roads. The question is, are we following the road...
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A Lesson on Prayer
In two more days we will celebrate my mother’s 95th birthday. She is an amazing woman who has lived a full life. Losing my father 10 years ago was the hardest experience she has ever faced. Still in...
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Be a Life Preserver
Life was smooth sailing until the summer before my tenth birthday when my father walked out on us. Forever etched in my mind, it was the first day I ever felt lost. Everything in my life changed that...
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Waiting for New Life
As I write this, I’m waiting for a new grandchild to be born. I don’t know if it will be a boy or a girl, but I know it doesn’t matter. That baby will be loved. He or she will be the youngest of eight...
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Nicknames: Good or Bad?
Nicknames: Good or Bad? Nicknames Can Be Hurtful Did you grow up with a nickname? Do you still go by that nickname? Some children have several nicknames; some have none at all. I didn’t acquire a...
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Sweet Reads at Fall Festivals
Does your church host a fall festival? If so, that is an easy venue to get good Christian books into kids’ hands. Most fall festivals have a variety of games and activities for all ages. Kids come away...
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Finding the gentle answer
Today I resolve to wag more than bark. I can’t take credit for that line, I saw it on Facebook, but it is a great concept to hang a blog post on, right? How many of you struggle with giving a kind or...
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FREE Women of the Bible Coloring Page
The story of Deborah in Judges 4-5 is short, but it shares a lot about both her and the people she led. She was not only a judge and leader of Israel, she was a prophetess as well. In a time when many...
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Harvest Thanksgiving
A time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted – Ecclesiastes 3:2 NKJV Late September to early October is the time where lots of churches and schools in Britain celebrate the end of harvest and...
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Puppets and Children
Puppets edutain children. They can educate while delighting children. Simple puppets of heads on a Popsicle stick to the carved ones on television shows all bring inanimate objects to life and their...
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Sing to the Lord
Have you noticed your child just singing, oblivious to the fact others are listening? When my daughter was a preschooler, she began to sing “Bictorwy in Jesus” (“Victory in Jesus”) at the top of her...
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Seven Ways to Help Christian Authors
We are so thankful for our faithful readers here at Christian Children’s Authors! Often people ask how they can help authors. Here are seven ways to lend a hand on our writing journey. Pray – Pray for...
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Get Out of the Rut
So many of us are creatures of habit. We do things the same way day after day and year after year because “that’s the way we’ve always done it.” While getting into a rut is bad enough in other areas of...
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A Lesson from the Squirrels
Growing up in west Michigan, I loved the change of seasons. Each of the four seasons had its own unique way of changing the landscape to display the wonder and beauty of God’s creation. Seasons were...
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Hallowe’en
Halloween makes me uneasy. Always has. Ghoulish images, horror films, ghost stories, visions of death and destruction that seem to permeate this “holiday” doesn’t intrigue me one bit. I find all that...
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Better than tea!
My daughter and I were recently out shopping. We’d checked most things off our list. Our bags were full, our feet were sore (You know how it is), and then we spotted T2. T2 is a store that sells tea....
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