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Dogs: A Kid’s Book of Dog Breeds

If a dog is called man’s best friend, then perhaps it follows that a puppy could become a child’s best friend. But not all puppies are alike, and even more so, the dogs they grow up to be. Finding a good match between child and puppy (dog) is worth taking the time to learn everything you can about different temperaments and physical attributes of the dog breeds that interest you. Even if you decide on a mixed breed, it would be well to

A strong defense of Christian faith through Grace – for teens and reluctant readers

The Case for Grace: Student Edition: A Journalist Explores the Evidence of Transformed Lives  Author: Lee Strobel Board Book: 132 pages Language: English ISBN 13: 978-0-310-73657-8 List price: $9.99Reviewed By: Janice D. GreenRating:      In The Case for Grace, author Lee Strobel bares his own soul as he shares his personal struggle with accepting the Christian faith, and more specifically understanding

When God Turned on the Light by Allia Zobel Nolan

I was given a copy of Allia Zobel Nolan’s book When God Turned on the Light to review; and the more I read it, the more I fell in love with it. Not only do I see it as a wonderful book for children, but it has inspired me to write about the Bible in a delightfully new way. What a glowing example of good writing! This is a book about creation. It isn’t exactly Genesis, but it is. It takes the theme of the light and weaves

Let There Be Light by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, il. by Nancy Tillman

Let There Be Light  Author: Archbishop Desmond Tutu Board Book: 280pages Language: English ISBN 13: 978-0-310-73396-6 List price: $7.99 Reviewed By: Janice D. Green Rating: (5 Smiles) This book is just precious! It tells the days of creation in ultra simple language that even the youngest children will be able to follow and identify with. The author ties God’s creation in beautifully with his love. The first page starts out with “In the very beginning, God’s love bubbled over when there was nothing else – no trees, no birds,

Great-Grandma’s Gifts by Marianne Jones

Great Gandma’s Gifts Author: Marianne Jones Picture Book: unpaged Language: English ISBN 13: 978-0-9812516-9-1 List price: $10 paperback Reviewed By: Janice D. Green Rating:     Great-Grandma’s Gifts is a children’s book after my heart. My earliest memories of my mother are of her sewing clothes, and like Arlene’s mother, she gave me scraps to play with. So I quickly related to Arlene who learned to love to sew at a very early age. This gentle book begins with Arlene’s childhood and shows how she grew up using her love for sewing to give joy to