Hello from children’s author Crystal Bowman! I love the challenge of writing for children, and I love teaching other writers the craft of writing for children. In previous blogs I’ve talked about the many different genres of children’s literature as well as sharing tips on writing for children. Today I want to give you an inside look into how I got my most recent book published.
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NEW RELEASE: AUGUST 2015 – TOBY TOO SMALL BY MARYANN DIORIO
Five-year-old Toby Michaels is small, too small to be of much good to anyone. But one day, Toby discovers that it’s not how big you are on the outside that matters; it’s how big you are on the inside.
NEW RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 2015 — OUR DAILY BREAD FOR KIDS COLORING AND ACTIVITY BOOK BY CRYSTAL BOWMAN
Discovery House is offering a coloring and activity book to compliment Our Daily Bread for Kids, a 365 devotional book Crystal Bowman co-authored with her daughter. But this is more than a coloring book! It has pages to color, fun fill-in-the blank and word search activities, and it also has a message. Every coloring page represents a character or an event from the Bible, and every coloring page has a caption that sums up the story. From creation to the resurrection, to how we can show God’s love to others, it’s all there—in a coloring book.
NEW RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 2015 – M IS FOR MANGER BY CRYSTAL BOWMAN
M is for Manger is an alphabet picture book which tells the Christmas story in chronological order and includes a scripture verse with every letter. As children follow the letters of the alphabet, the Christmas story unfolds before their eyes. The illustrations are charming and whimsical.
NEW RELEASE: AUGUST 2015 – GREAT HORSE STORIES FOR GIRLS BY REBECCA E. ONDOV
Have you ever noticed that many girls are horse-crazy? Through true-life devotionals of her horses, author Rebecca Ondov uses the “Horse Craziness” to share God’s love in a fun way, plant seeds of faith into girls’ hearts, and to help them know that they are treasured by God Himself. The stories bloom as Rebecca runs an experiment with a foal to see if it would interact with her—while it was still in the womb. And it did! The foal pushed its hooves out the side of the mother’s flank and let the children, who were with Rebecca, pet them.
NEW RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 2015 – A TEXAS CHRISTMAS BY LENA NELSON DOOLEY
Spend Christmas in the Old West with six unconventional women who take on Texas-sized challenges—and unexpected romance. Bridget falls for a man opposed to her teaching Indian orphans. Polly is trying to hold her family together when her childhood love returns to town. Rugged rancher Charlsey is inexplicably attracted to a tenderfoot accountant. Vivian shuns marriage until meeting a nomadic photographer. Lacey’s cooking draws a quiet blacksmith out of his shell. Tracker Bessie Mae helps a ranger hunt down a villain. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Award-winning author Lena Nelson Dooley has had over 800,000 copies of her books sold. She is…
NEW RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 2015 – MYSTERY RIDER BY MIRALEE FERRELL
In the third installment in the Horses and Friends series, thirteen-year-old Kate Ferris already has one problem. Snooty, well-to-do Melissa is boarding her horse at Kate’s family stable. When Melissa suddenly turns nice, Kate is shocked … and suspicious.
NEW RELEASE: MAY 2015 – RED IS FOR ROOKIE BY ANNE GREENE
RED FOR RACE Private investigators don’t usually track kidnappers, but Matt is Holly’s lifelong friend. During the race to save him, Holly discovers Matt’s in love with her. RED FOR RISK Holly’s world is dangerous. Her mother’s convinced Holly will end up dead, so she hires a PI to protect Holly.
NEW RELEASE: MAY 2015 – ANGEL WITH STEEL WINGS BY ANNE GREENE
ANGEL WITH STEEL WINGS is a World War II romance where Steel Magnolias meets Band of Brothers. While test flying repaired planes as a Woman Air Service Pilot, WASP, Mandy McCabe escapes her dead-end life in Hangman’s Hollow, Tennessee. Major Harvey Applegate lost his wife to the WASP program, and he’s convinced Yankee Doodle Gals have no place flying in the war effort. He determines to protect the ladies by sending them back home. Both Mandy and Harvey experience immediate attraction. Will their new love survive the test? One love. Two goals. Someone has to give.
NEW RELEASE: JULY 2015 – MIND OF HER OWN BY DIANA LESIRE BRANDMEYER
Louisa Copeland’s life is anything but exciting. Her attorney husband, Collin, is busy and away from home so much that they can barely consider themselves roommates. While preparing dinner, Louisa is hit on the head and now insists she is someone named Jazz Sweet, an author who does not have any idea who this man is and who these children — who insist they belong to her — are. As their lives go through one comedic turn after the other, each of them learns something about themselves and one another.
