NEW RELEASE: MARCH 2016 NATURE PUPPET BIBLE MANIA BY KAREN WHITING

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Nature Puppet Bible Mania March 14, 2016 Release This handbook is full of construction ideas, technique, character voice advice, and Bible story skits for a wide variety of animal and nature puppet characters. The construction materials recommended are easy to find, and include foam, felt, cloth, paper, cardboard, gloves, wigs, boxes, sacks, and various dollar store items. The book includes drawings, patterns, and pictures to assist in helping make the various characters take shape. Lists of ideas for using each puppet to teach nature facts, character traits, and biblical truths will inspire puppeteers to create skits.

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The Prayer Warrior: The Syrophoenician Woman

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Hello! It’s Kathy Collard Miller from the Southern Californian desert in the Palm Springs area. From Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:24-30, we learn about the Syrophoenician woman who truly represents a prayer warrior. Her request is dire for her and her daughter. What’s amazing is she is a Gentile. In this account, Jesus goes to the region of Tyre and Sidon, on the Mediterranean coast. This is the only time Scripture indicates Jesus left the land of Israel. Just as he had to go through Samaria to meet the needy woman at the well, so he needs to leave his…

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NEW RELEASE: MARCH 2016 – LOVE, LEXI: LETTERS TO GOD BY SHERRY KYLE

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Love, Lexi: Letters to God (Tyndale House Publishers, March 2016) What is a girl to do when her rival wants to nab the attention of the one boy she’s liked since he shared his peanut butter sandwich with her in the first grade? Love, Lexi follows seventh grader Alexis Dawn Cooper (Lexi) as she navigates middle school and being a middle child. But this is no ordinary middle-school novel. Love, Lexi is a unique combination of a fictional story combined with a devotional and journal to allow readers to watch Lexi learn to seek God first above all else, while…

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NEW RELEASE: FEBRUARY 2016 – THE GIRL’S GUIDE TO LIFE BY SHERRY KYLE

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  Life is not perfect, but The Girl’s Guide to Life helps make it a little easier! (RoseKidz, February 2016)   Packed with Christian advice for girls ages 10-12, The Girl’s Guide to Life talks about many of the issues girls face today as they grow up to be young adults, such as dealing with family, friends, boys, school, money, nutrition, fitness, and standing firm when temptations appear. The Girl’s Guide to Life is for girls who want a road map to lead them through life’s journey. The Girl’s Guide to Life points to the Bible, the best map of…

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NEW RELEASE: DECEMBER 2015 – SHOCK THE CLOCK BY JEANETTE LEVELLIE

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  Unlike other time management programs, Shock the Clock is a unique approach that empowers you to focus on your strengths and minimize your weaknesses to make the best use of your limited writing—or other creative time. Jeanette (and her zany artist son) share practical tips and creative insights that will enable you to say “no” with confidence, delegate with grace, and find your car keys. Shock the Clock includes time management tips from: New York Times Bestselling author Cecil Murphey Award-winning novelist Jody Hedlund Director of Professional Writing Department at Taylor University & author of 54 books Dennis Hensley

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NEW RELEASE: OCTOBER 2015 – THE TWELVE BRIDES OF CHRISTMAS

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From The Snowbound Bride by Davalynn Spencer in Barbour’s historical romance novella collection, The 12 Brides of Christmas – On the run from a heartless uncle, Arabella Taube hides in Nate Horne’s farm wagon just as a harsh winter storm sweeps into Colorado. Snowbound with strangers in the heart of winter, Ara is more at home than she ever was with her own family. And despite her mysterious background, Nate’s mother thinks she is the answer to a long-ago prayer and the hope for his future.

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