Category: books

Play-Doh and Silver Dolphin Books have teamed up to create an entire line of fabulous books and activity sets with the fitting tagline “Where Learning and Creativity Take Shape.”  Just in time for holiday gift giving, Silver Dolphin is debuting three new titles literally bursting with colorful images, engaging stories and craft ideas and classic Play-Doh components, including cans of Play-Doh, plastic shaping utensils and double-sided play mats.  Truly the COMPLETE package!

Whispers of Hope, Beth Moore
Scripture tells us to pray without ceasing, but how in the world do we do that? In fact, how should we effectively pray to begin with?

Best-selling author Beth Moore addresses these practical and pervasive matters in Whispers of Hope by walking readers through an easy to remember and apply method of prayer, coupled with seventy daily devotionals and followed by prompts to put this prayer method into practice.

If you’re a fan of Treme on HBO then you probably caught the New Orleans critically-acclaimed drama for its fourth and final season premiere on December 1st.  To commemorate Treme’s closing chapter, HBO Global Licensing launched a cookbook based on the vibrant series – Treme: Stories and Recipes from the Heart of New Orleans, created by Treme story editor, award-winning food writer and New Orleans native Lolis Eric Elie.

Inspired by a true story, A Christmas Gift for Rose is a heartwarming novella of sacrifice and deep love.

Born in the midst of the hardships of the Great Depression, Rose grew up in Berlin, Ohio, in the arms of a loving Amish family. But as she prepares to marry, she’s thrown into confusion when she learns the truth of her birth. She was born Englisch and abandoned when the family moved on in search of work.

Books written in blood.  Most are lost, their Keepers with them.  A curse that befell a people.  A Kingdom with no King.  Life couldn’t get more harrowing fro the Elfies, a blend of Elves and Fairies.  Or for sixteen-year-old Jules Blaze.  Or could it?

For Jules, the heir of a Keeper, no less, suspects his family hides a forgotten secret.  It was bad enough that his people, the Elfies of Reign, triggered a curse which reduced the entire inhabitants to a mere inch centuries ago.

Have you heard that a movie adaptation of THE BOOK THIEF (Twentieth Century Fox ) is being released in select theaters November 8?  It stars Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Sophie Nélisse.

ABOUT THE MOVIE

Based on the beloved bestselling book, THE BOOK THIEF tells the inspirational story of a spirited and courageous young girl who transforms the lives of everyone around her when she is sent to live with a new family in World War II Germany.

Bestselling author Tullian Tchividjian is convinced our world needs a fresh encounter with grace. (And just as an aside; did you know that he’s Billy Graham’s grandson?)

One Way Love

Real life is long on law and short on grace—the demands never stop, the failures pile up, and fear sets in. Life requires many things from us—a stable marriage, successful children, a certain quality of life

It’s true that many people get anxious when they are told they have to give a speech.  My daughter is one of them?  Are you?  If you were told today that you had to give a speech tomorrow would you seize up in fear or would you eagerly take on the task? 

Either way the book “Secrets of Dynamic Communication” by Ken Davis is a great resource to have on hand.

What is the most important ingredient for an effective speech or presentation?

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review!  If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button.  We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books.  A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured.  The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non-fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between!  Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You neer know when I might play a wild card on you!

I just finished reading one of the most fun books ever.  Bugs in My Hair.

Is something bugging you? Bestselling award-winner David Shannon shows the funny side of waging war against–oh no!–head lice.

This book is guaranteed to make you laugh–and itch! From the opening picture of a happy, oversized louse appearing with his suitcases, you know these bugs are determined to stay, and Mom is about to go nuts!

Nobody talks about them, but they are everywhere. (Some estimate 20 million children a year host them.) Oh the shame and humiliation of having bugs in your hair!