Tag Archives: Religion & Spirituality

A Children’s Guide to Worship

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Ruth L. Boling
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

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This delightfully-illustrated book serves as a guide for parents and children to Sunday worship in traditional Presbyterian churches, enlisting parents as the primary tutors of their children in the life-changing, wonderful discipline of Christian worship.

What Dogs Want for Christmas (Holiday Series)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Kandy Radzinski
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

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Proving that cats dont have the last word when it comes to making Christmas lists, author and artist Kandy Radzinski returns this holiday season with the canine companion book to last years favorite, What Cats Want for Christmas.
Using witty poems and winsome illustrations, What Dogs Want [...]

Irene Jennie and the Christmas Masquerade: The Johnkankus

Author: Irene Smalls
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Anticipating the wonderful Johnkankus parade on Christmas day, a young slave girl, Irene Jennie, is saddened that she cannot share the festivities with her parents, who have been loaned to another plantation master.

The Priest With Dirty Clothes A Timeless Story Of God’s Love And Forgiveness

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Dr. R. C. Sproul
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

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Based on the story of Joshua the high priest, a priest desperately searches for a way to cleanse his dirty clothes and is sent to the Prince. The Prince offers the perfect gift – his own clothes. A dual story relates a grandfather telling two [...]

Christmas Lizard

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Cory Edwards
Publisher: Cook Communications

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Join Oscar, Charlie’s bright green pet igunana, as he takes a midnight adventure to find out why Charlie’s mom has placed glittering greena nd red decorations all around the house.

An Amish Christmas Coloring Book

Author: Cheryl Benner
Publisher: Good Books

Currier & Ives Christmas: Dreams and Secrets/Snow Storm/Image of Love/Circle of Blessings (Inspirational Christmas Romance Collection)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: DiAnn Mills
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated

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The artistry of renowned lithographers Currier & Ives captures the beauty and nostalgia of simpler days and Christmases past. Yet, while a picture may be worth a thousand words, there are times when even the best illustrations leave viewers with a yearning to know more. Inspired [...]

Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend

Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Julie Stiegemeyer
Publisher: Concordia Publishing House

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Many parents and teachers struggle with how to approach the Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus dilemma. Many deal with this by telling children that the legends surrounding Santa Claus are based on a real, hi

A Christmas Carol and Four Other Christmas Novels by Charles Dickens (Classic Christmas Stories)

Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: ignacio hills press (TM) IgnacioHillsPress.com

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NOTE: This edition has a linked “Table of Contents” and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader.
Between the years 1843 and 1848, every Christmas (except 1847), Dickens released a “Christmas Book”.
Until the start of the 20th century, “The Cricket on [...]

Traveling Home for Christmas: Four Stories That Journey to the Heart of Christmas (Radio Theatre)

Rating: (1 reviews)
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Publisher: Tyndale Entertainment

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Celebrate the joy of the season with this collection of Christmas classics. Radio Theatre presents O. Henry’s “Christmas by Injunction” and everyone’s favorite “The Gift of the Magi.” Listen as Tolstoy’s Russian classic “Shoemaker Martin” and Anthony Trollope’s “Christmas at Kirkby Cottage” come alive! Radio Theatre is innovative audio [...]

A Christmas Carol

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.

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This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the reader fully appreciate the beauty and humor of Dickens’s work.
In his “Ghostly little book,” Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world’s most adapted [...]

Lars Arctic Christmas Advent Calendar

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Hans de Beer
Publisher: NorthSouth

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The latest Advent Calendar from Hans de Beer! Lars, the Little Polar Bear is happy ensconced on a Christmas Tree shaped ice floe surrounded by gaily wrapped presents and friends. Lars has graced several of our best-selling Advent calendars over the years, as well as, starred in [...]

First Christmas, The (Candle Playbook)

Author: Juliet David
Publisher: Candle Books

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Kids can peer through the peepholes and read the story of this wonderful, interactive book that follows Mary and Joseph to the stable in Bethlehem. Toddlers learn the real story of Christmas as they read and play with this sturdy board book.

Thank You, God, for Christmas (Happy Day Coloring Bks)

Author: Standard Publishing
Publisher: Standard Pub

T’was the Night Before Christmas and Other Seasonal Favorites (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)

Author: William Lach
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Product Description
A holiday keepsake featuring magnificent art from the Met
Perfect for gift-giving, this beautiful volume of holiday writings is lavishly illustrated with artwork from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Through holiday-rich artwork-from a medieval stained-glass window, a Currier and Ives print, and Arthur Rackham illustrations, to woodcuts [...]

The Miracle of Christmas

Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press

The Screwtape Letters: First Ever Full-cast Dramatization of the Diabolical Classic (Radio Theatre)

Rating: (24 reviews)
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Publisher: Tyndale Entertainment

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From the award-winning audio drama team that brought you Radio Theatre’s Amazing Grace and The Chronicles of Narnia. In his enduringly popular masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Lewis suggests that demons, laboring in a vast [...]

A Crime for Christmas (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Super Mysteries #2)

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon Pulse

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Nancy Drew teams up with the Hardy boys in New York to find a pair of big-time cat burglars who are expected to hit a museum next.

The Christmas Box

Rating: (129 reviews)
Author: Richard Paul Evans
Publisher: Pubs Wholesale

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“Whatever the reason, I find that with each passing Christmas the story of the Christmas box is told less and needed more. So I record it now for all future generations to accept or dismiss, as seems them good. As for me, I believe. And it [...]

Christmas Songs Sing Alg (Golden Sing Along)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Golden Books
Publisher: Golden Books

Mama Had to Work on Christmas

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Marsden
Publisher: Viking Juvenile

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Gloria always spends Christmas with Papi, Mama, and Nana. But this Christmas, Papi is away picking oranges and Mama has to work at the hotel where she is a maid. Gloria is miserable when Mama makes her go with her-until they get to the hotel with its [...]

Ministry Ideas for Celebrating Advent and Christmas with Teens, Families, and Parishes

Author: Janet Claussen
Publisher: Saint Mary’s Press

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For many people, the secular preparation time for Christmas takes precedence over the spiritual meaning of the season. Once Christmas arrives, the spiritual significance is lost amid the boxes and ribbons. Most Catholics don’t realize that the season extends all the way through Epiphany to the Baptism of Our [...]

Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas Treasury for Kids: A Story a Day from December 1st through Christmas for Kids and Their Families

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Jack Canfield
Publisher: HCI

Product Description
Celebrating the holidays will be a special treat with this new Christmas Treasury.
Christmas is a wonderful time for kids-the anticipation of gifts under the tree, the aroma of once-a-year treats in the oven, the excitement of decorating for holiday festivities, the joy of being with family and friends, [...]

Christmas in Mexico (Christmas Around the World) ((Christmas Around the World Ser.))

Rating: (1 reviews)
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Publisher: World Book

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Each 80-page Christmas Around the World book includes full narratives explaining the customs of the region covered, photography and illustrations, special sections of native songs, recipes, and fun-to-do crafts.

Christmas Alphabet Cards

Rating: (40 reviews)
Author: Robert Sabuda
Publisher: Running Press

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With “Season’s Greetings” written on the inside of each card, and 26 of renowned pop-up artist Robert Sabuda’s intricate and eye-catching designs, there is a card in this beautiful set for every letter of the alphabet. Based on Sabuda’s best-selling children’s book The Christmas Alphabet, you’ll find [...]

A Pinata in a Pine Tree: A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Pat Mora
Publisher: Clarion Books

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An award-winning author and a rising star artist have put a festive Latino twist on “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” populating it with piñatas in place of partridges, plus burritos bailando (dancing donkeys), lunitas cantando (singing moons), and much more, all displayed in the most vivid colors [...]

Bear’s Berry Christmas (Bear in the Big Blue House)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Kitty Richards
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

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Discover all the little things that make the holidays so berry special! Everyone at the Big Blue House has the holiday spirit and is having a lot of fun decorating and baking. But when Jack, a lonely stray dog, shows up, how can Bear and his friends [...]

Elijah’s Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Michael J. Rosen
Publisher: Voyager Books

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Michael and Elijah are friends, but when Elijah gives Michael one of his special carved angels, Michael doesn’t know what to do. How can be possibly take home a Christmas angel–a forbidden graven image–especially on Chanukah? Full color. Amazon.com Review
A child’s vision of religious tolerance is [...]

I Think, I Am!: Teaching Kids the Power of Affirmations

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Louise Hay
Publisher: Hay House

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“Your thoughts create your life!” This is the message that Louise Hay has been teaching people throughout the world for more than 27 years. Now, children can learn and understand the powerful idea that they have control over their thoughts and words, and in turn, what happens [...]

A Christmas Carol (Radio Theatre)

Rating: (1 reviews)
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Publisher: Tyndale Entertainment

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Experience Charles Dickens’s beloved story of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future in a 90-minute full-cast drama production. Since 1996, Focus on the Family Radio Theatre has produced innovative audio entertaiment for families and individuals. These dramas feature cinema-quality sound design and [...]

The Twelve Days of Christmas : A Pop-Up Celebration

Rating: (27 reviews)
Author: Robert Sabuda
Publisher: Little Simon

Product Description
The timeless song of the The Twelve Days of Christmas springs to life in this lavish pop-up edition by award-winning author, artist, and paper engineer Robert Sabuda. Sure to be a classic, this elegant keepsake will be treasured by all, each and every holiday season. Amazon.com Review
Robert [...]

The Crazy Christmas Angel Mystery (The Cul-de-Sac Kids #3) (Book 3)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Beverly Lewis
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers

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It’s almost Christmas, and Eric Hagel is spying on the new neighbor. What’s going on next door? Why is the house always flickering with candlelight? And what about the eerie flute music every morning at 6:00?
When Mr. Tressler puts up a Christmas tree, Eric’s eyes nearly [...]

Fallen

Rating: (57 reviews)
Author: Lauren Kate
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.
Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where [...]

The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Trilogy (Hardback))

Rating: (105 reviews)
Author: James Dashner
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open [...]

Fun with Christmas Stencils (Dover Little Activity Books)

Author: A. G. Smith
Publisher: Dover Publications

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Six open stencils (no cutting or punching out needed) let youngsters trace and color a candy cane, Santa, bell, snowflake, Christmas tree, stocking.

Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

Rating: (127 reviews)
Author: Alex Harris
Publisher: Multnomah Books

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Most people don’t expect you to understand what we’re going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don’t expect you to care. And even if you care, they don’t expect you to do anything about it. And even if you do something [...]

Large Print Word Search Book

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: School Specialty Publishing
Publisher: American Education Publishing

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The Large Print Word Search collection is the perfect series for building vocabulary skills while having fun at the same time. Filled with interesting and engaging word lists, each puzzle promises to stretch your mind. Plus, the large, bold type makes each puzzle easy to [...]

A Christmas Carol Special Edition: The Charles Dickens Classic with Christian Insights and Discussion Questions for Groups and Families by Stephen Skelton

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Standard Publishing

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Celebrate the season with Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, and the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future—and discover how the greatest Christmas classic was based on the greastest story ever told.
This special edition includes the complete text of A Christmas Carol along with notes [...]

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Advent Calendar

Rating: (5 reviews)
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Publisher: NorthSouth

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A Santa and all of his reindeer are silhouetted against the snowcovered forest as they fly through the air in this traditional advent calendar.

B Is for Bethlehem: A Christmas Alphabet Board Book

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Isabel Wilner
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

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Tender and joyful, this alphabet board book tells the story of Jesus’ birth in graceful couplets. Radiant collage art shimmers with all the glad expectancy of the Christmas season. The original picture book edition was an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists and a Child Study Association [...]

The Gift of the Christmas Cookie: Sharing the True Meaning of Jesus’ Birth

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Dandi Daley Mackall
Publisher: Zonderkidz

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Jack helps his mother bake special Christmas cookies and learns about how people long ago used Christmas cookies to tell others the story of Jesus’ birth. This story inspires families to share this important tradition with others.

The Case for Christmas – MM 20-Pack: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger

Author: Lee Strobel
Publisher: Zondervan

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By focusing on the “hows” and whys” of Christmas, this warm yet journalistic book will help believers reaffirm their faith while guiding seekers as they pursue solid answers about this miraculous occurrence. With material from The Case for Christ as well as new ideas from author Lee Strobel, this book is [...]

Mark Wilson’s Complete Course in Magic

Rating: (52 reviews)
Author: Mark Wilson
Publisher: Running Press Kids

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From one of the world’s premier practitioners of classic magic, with years of experience instructing younger readers in the magical arts, comes this new revision of his complete guide to learning and performing fantastic feats of prestidigitation. Acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times as “the text [...]

The Official SAT Question of the Day 2009 Calendar

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: The College Board
Publisher: College Board

Product Description
The College Board–maker of the SAT (R)–provides the only pager-per-day calendar with Official SAT practice questions.  Every day, students can practice with a question just like the ones on the SAT and PSAT/NMSQT (R).  The calendar features 365 questions (one per page); critical reading, writing, and [...]

Crime and Punishment

Rating: (37 reviews)
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher: Vintage

Product Description
With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Pevear and Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of Dostoevsky’s classic novel that presents a clear insight into this astounding psychological thriller. “The best (translation) currently available”–Washington Post [...]

The Big Picture Story Bible

Rating: (41 reviews)
Author: David Helm
Publisher: Crossway Books

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Rather than simply retelling the most familiar short scenes from the Bible, this book presents the big picture the unified story running through the Old and New Testaments. This delightful book will help children learn the Bible s whole story and begin to appreciate the fulfillment of [...]

The Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guide to Money: Getting Smart About Making It, Saving It, and Spending It! (Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guides)

Author: Jessica Blatt
Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Product Description
Suze Orman advises women on how to handle their money–and now Jessica Blatt advises the women of tomorrow on how to handle theirs. The newest addition to the Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It series empowers girls by showing them why money matters. From making money, to saving money, to investing money, to spending [...]

Writers Inc.: A Student Handbook for Writing And Learning

Rating: (40 reviews)
Author: Sebranek, Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper, Verne Meyer
Publisher: Great Source Education Group

Amazon.com Review
It’s meant for high schoolers, but adults who haven’t inhaled chalk dust for years might appreciate it even more. The process of organizing, researching and writing a paper is laid is out in easy-to-understand normal-speak. The chapters on grammar and [...]

The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series

Author: Lois H. Gresh
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Product Description

Everyone’s in love with vampires, and if his name happens to be Edward Cullen, then readers of the wildly popular Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer can’t help but be crazy about him. For all those who adore Bella Swan, Edward, and the rest of the Cullen family and can’t get [...]

The American Heritage Student Dictionary

Rating: (11 reviews)
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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The perfect dictionary for students in grades 6-9. This edition has been updated to reflect up-to-the-minute developments in all subject areas, from technology to world affairs.