An Honest Guess
In An Honest Guess, a student is faced with a difficult choice: to cheat in a school contest or be honest and to the right thing. The stakes are high and the choice as in real life, is not easily made. It takes character and strength to choose wisely. Find out what happens.
An Honest Guess gives parents an opportunity to talk with their children about honesty.
This book is appropriate for children age 5-10.
Cost: $9.95
Length: 24 pages
The Principal’s Strange Advice
This is a humorous story about a third grade teacher whose classroom is getting out of hand! The teacher goes to her principal for advice and what he proposes is not what she expects.
With humor, and expressive and colorful dinosaur characters, the story unfolds as seemingly bad advice works out well.
This story teaches children to look at their circumstances in a different way.
This book is appropriate for children ages 5-10.
Cost: $11.95
Length: 36 pages
A Lamb’s Christmas Tale
A Lamb’s Christmas Tale is a wonderfully illustrated children’s book retelling the Christmas story from a curious lamb’s point of view. It emphasizes the love Christ has for each of us as He came to earth, born in a stable and placed in a manger while angels, shepherds and animals looked on. This is a wonderful book for Christmas or any time.
A curious lamb, who happened to be watching the whole spectacle, tells his side of the story. This is a wonderful book for Christmas or any time. Children can understand in a simple way how Jesus came to a small town in Israel to show His love for us. There is also a moral that brings out kindness in our every day lives.
This book is appropriate for children ages 3-8.
Cost: $9.95
Length: 24 pages
Grandpa’s Chair
“Each day I could hardly wait to go home and see Grandpa watching me from the window... He would give me a great big hug and say ‘Tell me about your day.’ Then we’d go over to his chair and talk. His chair was special to me. It was a safe place....” This warm, humorous, yet tender story speaks an important message to our turbulent, changing society.
To become secure adults, children need the strength and comfort of continuity with their immediate past. The story’s emphasis is not the death of a beloved grandfather as much as it is the preservation of cumulative memories that give the young boy a strong awareness of his own history—his own life story—and the assurance that he was deeply loved.
This book is appropriate for children ages 5-10.
Cost: $8.95
Length: 24 pages
Recess
Bullying is a serous problem in our schools today. In this important book, children learn a valuable lesson about the consequences of their actions, and that by asking forgiveness and turning away from inappropriate behavior, one can have a fresh start.
This book is appropriate for children ages 5-10.
Cost: $8.95
Length: 24 pages
Horace and Rupert
Horace and Rupert are not just ordinary banana slugs. They are banana slugs on a mission. Their mission is to teach kids at outdoor education camp about the redwood forest and maybe even a few things about life. Will Bentley, the new kid from the East Coast, get through his adventures with them?
The author and illustrator of this tale are not only good friends but sisters-in-law. It is their desire that this book will encourage all of us to enjoy nature and realize our need to be good stewards.
This book is appropriate for children ages 8-12.
Cost: $10.95
Length: 24 pages