Review: A Child’s Garden of Verses

Happy Poetry Month! In an effort to have more poetry in my life and my children's lives, I decided to get a book of poetry just for them (ok, and for me too). I first borrowed a copy from the library. But after reading it with my kids (my three-year-old son especially seemed to love …

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Review: The Big Father and His Little Boy

Though this small child is thrown into a harsh, unloving world, he is not abandoned, for he has a Father who truly loves him and sends His people and creatures along his path to guide him to safe pasture. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will see the blessings of God in this little adventure from chapter to chapter.

Illustrating My Book

When I published my first book, Names, Nations, and the New Testament, I told myself I would never do another book with images. That book was fraught with issues. I changed my formatting and notes halfway through (zero stars; I do not recommend doing that) and hand-drew my own maps for my book. While those …

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Old Books, New Books, Kid Books, My Book

Around three years ago, I was holding my son in my mother's kitchen. I think we were making pretzels. My baby was in one of my favorite onesies for him: it had little stripes and a little sauropod dinosaur sticking its head out of his shirt pocket. It was one of the few items I …

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On Banned and Challenged Books

Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere. G. K. Chesterton