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Stuffy nose. Achy head. Know the feeling? In Karma Wilson’s Bear Feels Sick, Bear’s friends do their best to nurse him back to health. Unfortunately, those nasty germs attach themselves to Bear’s friends, too. What can a bear do when his buddies feel blue? Bear care to the rescue. If you’re down with the sniffles,…

Good Vibrations Think of one person you love to be around. What makes this person so special? I think of my friend, Becky. Becky smiles alot and kind, encouraging words flow from her. She is one of the happiest people I know and she brightens my day. Solomon tells us in Proverbs 15:30 NIV, “A cheerful look…

Markus Zusak’s Book Thief holds some of the best writing I have ever read. Each page paints pictures in your mind. Zusak’s novel, a Holocaust story, endeavors to show the good that existed within the Germany of World War II and the country’s struggle to break the oppression of Hitler and the Nazis. In an…

Pinkalicious Pinkerton has lost her tooth—her sweet tooth. Now, everything tastes awful. She asks the tooth fairy to send her something sweet until the new tooth grows, only to find her fairy off on a special assignment. Join Cupid, the Easter Bunny, and Elf #351 as they teach Pinkalicious that true sweetness comes from within.…

Response Time When we call 911, we expect a fast response time. Firemen and police arrive on the scene in a matter of minutes. It’s an emergency and we need help—fast. When we send up a heavenly 911, we expect fast help from God too. God, help me with ______. God, get me out of…

Dicey, James, Sammy, and Maybeth sit, abandoned, in the mall parking lot. Momma had hurried into the mall that morning, but now, night encroaches and the children huddle in the car. Thirteen-year-old Dicey, however, proves resourceful. She washes windows, carries groceries, and counts every penny as she shepherds her family towards their great-aunt’s house in a nearby…

Splat the Cat faces a catastrophe: the first day of school. Wrought with worry and needing the comfort of a good friend, Splat stows his pet mouse Seymour into his lunchbox. Will Splat survive his first day of school? Will Seymour survive Splat’s first day of school? Check out Rob Scotton’s Splat the Cat.

A Parade of Nations I can’t wait for the Summer Olympics. Nation after nation will parade in the opening ceremonies. Athletes will proudly carry their country’s flag and wear their country’s colors. Some large, some very small, all will be present for the XXX Olympics in London this summer. Long ago, God singled out a…

William Hobbs’s Crossing the Wire relates the struggle of Victor Flores, a Mexican teenager who tries to support his mother and siblings by scratching a corn crop from the Sonoran desert. When his best friend leaves the village for El Norte, Victor realizes America holds his best hope of providing for his family. Crossing the Wire…

Summer in Texas holds as much heat as a heap of jalapenos. Ten-Gallon Bart understands. Dog City heats up in the summer too and Bart longs to escape. Paradise calls his name, so Bart heads north for snow, gold, fishing, and sledding. But the critters up north give Bart the cold shoulder and he finds…