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 Join author/illustrator Kevin Henke as Kitten experiences her first full moon. A giant bowl of milk sits in the sky above and Kitten knows it’s just for her. Read Kitten’s adventure in Kitten’s First Full Moon. It’s so close she can almost taste it. Will she?

Make Up Makeup. Applied correctly, it accents our positives, covers our blemishes, and minimizes our flaws. Base. Blush. Mascara. Each serves a purpose in the face we present. We do the same in our relationships. We do our best to make a great first impression. However, the closer we get to a person, the less…

If you’ve read Jordan Sonnenblick’s Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, you know all about Jeffrey. In Sonnenblick’s sequel, After Ever After, Jeffrey is the eighth grader now and this is his story—after the cancer. Walk the halls of middle school with Jeffrey as he struggles with the lingering effects of cancer drugs, a new girl,…

Dutch illustrator Peter Spier opens a door into the world of Noah’s life on the ark and allows the reader to become the third fly on the wall. Spier entertains us with colorful depictions of Noah’s potential challenges. Extra birds and bees. Mrs. Noah’s fear of mice. Owls keeping everyone up at night. A creative peek…

Have you ever had a rotten day? I was caught in one recently. A close friendship was shaken to pieces and I found myself clutching door frames in the aftershock. I awoke this morning hurting for those involved and saddened by the damage that occurs even among fellow Christ-followers. Then God directed my attention to…

This week I spotlight Roland Smith’s Storm Runners novels. If you like action, adventure, and weather, you’ll love this series. In Storm Runners, Chase Masters, his father, and co-worker Tomas, head to Florida to meet Category 5 Hurricane Emily. They set up shop at the Rossi farm where the circus family keeps their animals and…

David Macaulay’s Black and White gives the reader four stories in one, or does it? Follow the boy on the train, waiting commuters, parents who seem to have lost it, and an escaped herd of Holsteins accompanied by an escaped convict. Black and white dominate the color scheme but Macaulay gives his readers plenty of…

God’s Champion Knights in medieval times pledged to follow a code of chivalry. Part of the code was to champion the right and the good against injustice and evil. When my oldest son attended high school, I often prayed that he would be God’s champion there. He came home one day and told me how…

God’s Champion Knights in medieval times pledged to follow a code of chivalry. Part of the code was to champion the right and the good against injustice and evil. When my oldest son attended high school, I often prayed that he would be God’s champion there. He came home one day and told me how…

Luke–framed for a crime he didn’t commit. Will and Lyssa—sibling warfare out of control. Charla—athletic perfectionist. Ian—TV junkie. J.J.—celebrity kid gone bad. All six are condemned to a month out at sea with CNC, Charting a New Course, a sailing program designed to rehab troubled kids. When a fierce storm and a costly error by…