Bookstore
Over the years, Write2Ignite! has hosted a number of experienced writing professionals. The Write2Ignite! 2012 Conference will add to this list with an exceptional list of presenters.
Below are the most recent books by the Write2Ignite! Presenters and Leadership Team. For a complete list of books by these authors, click the authors name. Many of these will be available at the conference March 16th – 17th but in case you’d like to get a copy before you arrive at the conference, here’s a list.
Carol Baldwin
Teaching the Story: Fiction Writing in Grades 4-8
Finally, a book of mini-lessons that takes the mystery out of teaching creative writing to students in grades four through eight!
Teaching students the craft of short story writing is a great way to challenge them and channel their creative energy into a written format. But writing fiction is more than strictly creative it will also help your students prepare for standardized testing and for writing academically. As students move through the process of brainstorming thoughts to writing a cohesive story, they will learn the importance of planning and writing in a logical, sequential manner. In addition, your students will critique their own and their peers writing, so these lessons will develop their critical-thinking skills as they analyze and evaluate.
Robbie Goodall Boman
Miracles of South Carolina: True Stories of Grace in the Palmetto State
Robbie Goodall Boman s new book, Miracles of South Carolina, is for believers and skeptics alike. True stories of grace fill its pages, many told publicly for the first time. From a Providentially inscribed Bible to a lakeside guardian angel to forewarnings, saving voices, and comforting visions, Boman tells of firsthand experiences of faith, surprise, and the miraculous. Healings of the body and the soul are scattered throughout, as are angels, reassuring messages from loved ones now gone, and more.
More Miracles of South Carolina: New Stories of Grace in the Palmetto State
“Miracles don t really happen here. Only in stories on TV, or in ancient times.” Just a few years ago, many in South Carolina had little reason to think otherwise.
But Robbie Boman changed that with her first book, Miracles of South Carolina. Thousands of readers found hope and encouragement in it pages, and they wanted more.
Carol Crane
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On November 21, 1912, the schooner Rouse Simmons set sail from a small northern Michigan town across Lake Michigan. Affectionately dubbed the “Christmas Tree Ship,” this was an annual trek from the Rouse Simmons.
But the schooner never makes its destinaiton. The ship’s wreckage is not found until 1971.
Reading level: Ages 4-8 ; Library Binding: 32 pages; Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press (September 3, 2011); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1585362859; ISBN-13: 978-1585362851
State birds, flowers, trees, and animals brought to board book form for the youngest book lovers.
Toddlers will delight in these books filled with rhyming riddles, framed by brightly painted clues that introduce elements that make each state so special.
Reading level: Baby-Preschool; Board book: 20 pages; Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press; Brdbk edition (March 3, 2011); Language: English; ISBN-10: 158536486X
ISBN-13: 978-1585364862
State birds, flowers, trees, and animals brought to board book form for the youngest book lovers.
Toddlers will delight in these books filled with rhyming riddles, framed by brightly painted clues that introduce elements that make each state so special.
Reading level: Ages 4-8; Board book: 20 pages; Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press; Brdbk edition (July 1, 2010); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1585364878; ISBN-13: 978-1585364879
State birds, flowers, trees, and animals brought to board book form for the youngest book lovers.
Toddlers will delight in these books filled with rhyming riddles, framed by brightly painted clues that introduce elements that make each state so special.
Reading level: Ages 4-8; Board book: 20 pages; Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press; Brdbk edition (July 1, 2010); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1585364886; ISBN-13: 978-1585364886
Joyce Hostetter
Ann Fay Honeycutt accepts the role of “man of the house” when her father leaves to fight Hitler because she wants to do her part for the war. She’s doing well with the extra responsibilities when a frightening polio epidemic strikes, crippling many local children. Her town of Hickory responds by creating an emergency hospital in three days. Ann Fay reads each issue of the newspaper for the latest news of the 1944 epidemic. But soon she discovers for herself just how devastating polio can be. As her challenges grow, so does her resourcefulness. In the face of tragedy, Ann Fay discovers her ability to move forward. She experiences the healing qualities of friendship and explores the depths of her own faithfulness to those she loves – even to one she never expected to love at all.
Now that Daddy has returned from fighting Hitler and Ann Fay is home from the polio hospital, life should get back to normal. But Ann Fay discovers she no longer fits easily into old friendships and Daddy has been traumatized by the war. Her family and social life are both falling apart. Ever responsible, she tries to fix things until she finally admits that she herself needs fixing. She travels to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, founded by Franklin D. Roosevelt, where she finds comfort, healing, and even a little romance. Although this invigorating experience does not solve all her problems, it does give Ann Fay a new view of herself. In this sequel to Blue, Ann Fay makes new friends, reevaluates old relationships, and discovers her unique place in the community.
Nineteenth-century Hawaii. Thirteen-year-old Pia’s life is forever changed by leprosy. Pia has never known his real father. But Kamaka, a family friend, has taught him how to work, explore, and take on physical challenges. Pia believes Kamaka is fearless. He never suspects that a time will come when Kamaka could actually be afraid of him. Neither does he expect his own body to betray him, or his government to tear him from his family and send him into exile.
When Rhoda, a young Mennonite staying with her grandparents for a year, meets Nadia, a Ukrainian immigrant, they vow to be best friends until the day they die.
Reading level: Ages 9-12; Paperback: 93 pages; Publisher: Friendship Pr (April 1995); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0377002976; ISBN-13: 978-0377002975
Gloria Repp
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Gaffer’s story shell, the delight of Friendship Bog, has disappeared. Did someone steal it? Do those very large tracks belong to a thief? If only Leeper were here, that brave, strong frog would have a plan. But now it’s up to Pibbin, and he sets off to track down those tracks . . . alone. This story is written for the beginning reader who wants the challenge of a “real” book with chapters, but it may also be used to provide the reluctant reader with an adventure that he can easily enjoy. Ages 6 and up.
In the Alaska Territory in 1951, two young missionaries worry about how to fight superstition, especially that of one young boy, but a surprise gift of the gospel of Mark translated into Eskimo brings hope.
Reading level: Ages 9-12; Paperback: 147 pages; Publisher: Journeyforth (September 2003); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1579248179; ISBN-13: 978-1579248178
Steve and Lily Bailey continue their work to bring God’s Word to troubled villagers with the help of their new Cessna airplane.
The Mystery of the Indian Carvings
A teenager’s new-found faith is put to the test when she visits relatives in British Columbia and is swept into a controversy surrounding a missing Indian relic.
Vonda Skelton
Bitsy and the Mystery at Hilton Head Island
The twelve-year-old tomboy Bitsy travels to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, where she expects sun, fun, and a baseball trophy, but as usual, things never quite work out as she expects. It’s bad enough that she has to move in with strangers and that her baseball glove is missing, but the problems don’t end there—Bitsy and her new friends, Cole and Mallory, discover a loggerhead turtle thief is on the loose. The robber could be right under their noses. As Bitsy tracks down a criminal and tries to lead her team to victory, she begins to learn the truth about lies.
Twelve-year-old Bitsy Burroughs has vowed to turn over a new leaf, cause no more calamities, and live at peace with everyone. But while spending a week with her friends Garrett and Ellie on Amelia Island, Florida, the neighborhood bully pushes her too far, and Bitsy’s promise of peace quickly comes to an end. With a bruised body and a deflated ego, she must gather her nerve and compete in Amelia Island’s July Fourth Talent Show. When strange things begin happening, Bitsy and her friends reluctantly join forces with the bully, Ernie, and his twin sister, Bernie, to discover the dark secrets of a nearby abandoned house. A talking cockatoo and a retired police dog help them along the way as they search for a ghost, run from a witch, and attempt to find out what’s so important about a mysterious family portrait, all of which teaches Bitsy the true meaning of the “best things in life.”
Bitsy and the Mystery at Tybee Island
Set on Tybee Island, Georgia, the story is told by Bitsy, a twelve-year-old tomboy whose imagination and curiosity repeatedly get her into trouble as she searches for hidden treasure, discovers a skeleton, and faces a kidnapper. Local points of interest contribute to the story, including the Tybee Island Lighthouse and Museum, historic Fort Screven, and Chapel-By-The-Sea Baptist Church.
We have been seduced by half-truths and whole lies since time began. Remember the garden? In Seeing Through the Lies, author and speaker Vonda Skelton humorously addresses the disappointments women experience as they search for truth while believing a lie. Each chapter opens with amusing anecdotes from real life and ends with answers and guidance straight from God’s Word. Exploring topics such as pride, fear, motherhood, and the busyness of life, this book offers practical steps for peeling away the layers of deceit and finding the joy of living in real truth.
Terry Burns
Brother’s Keeper is a humorously delightful story written from the hand of well-known western author and storyteller, Terry W. Burns. From the first page Terry grabs our emotions as James Jackson faces the devastating loss of the family farm. With no way to provide for his aging mother, and his twin brother, Ross, long gone, James does the only thing a decent son can do. He heeds his ma’s request and they go looking for Ross with all of their earthly belongings strapped into a wagon. Terry has the gift of plopping you into the opening scene and not letting go until the last page has turned. Wonderfully written!
Burns took a greedy con man and made me care about him. Amos is typical of many people today, carrying on deviously, and caring only about himself and not how his actions affect others. MYSTERIOUS WAYS shows how God can use even the worst of sinners to get His message across. Burns took what some would look at as the least of characters, an old, blind black man, and made him an instrument of the Lord. Joseph is an inspiring character, stubborn and faithful to the Lord, even when what God asked of him seemed ridiculous.
Mr. Burns stands in a long line of cowboy storytellers, and Shepherd’s Son is vintage Terry Burns. In this deceptively simple story of a sheepherder clashing with cattle ranchers and finding true love in the process, he spins another one of his signature yarns of grace and subtlety. Reading a Terry Burns novel is like sitting around a campfire out on the trail under a sky full of moon and stars, listening to tales shared by the cowpokes in their soft, unhurried drawl.
Beyond the Smoke by western writer Terry W. Burns is historical fiction set in the American Wild West. When Bryan Wheeler’s parents are killed by Comanche raiders, he wonders how he will survive without them. With a few supplies, two guns, and his mother’s Bible, he sets out to create a new life for himself in the western wilderness. During his travels he meets new friends, including an eccentric trader, a Texas ranger, and an orphan girl. But enemies lurk in the West, too, and in this Christian fiction novel these enemies force Bryan to make difficult choices to survive.
Kristi Butler
Gracie’s Groundhog Day Surprise
It’s Groundhog Day in Amazing Grace Acres! All of the woodland creatures have been invited for a grand celebration. Gracie Groundhog holds the spotlight as the official forecaster of spring, but her brother, Grover, devises a plan to steal the show! Will Grover’s plan succeed? Will Gracie fi nd a way to forgive her brother? Will spring come early or will the groundhogs have to hunker down for six more weeks of winter? Find out in Gracie’s Groundhog Day Surprise!
Grover Groundhog Is Not Hibernating This Christmas!
Grover Groundhog is awakened to loud “Fa-la-la-la’s” and strange goings on above ground! Far too excited to hibernate, Grover wakes up his sister, Gracie, and the two of them cautiously trek outside to see what’s going on. As they peek in the window of the home near their burrow, both Grover and Gracie are amazed by what they see! But will Grover and Gracie be discovered by the humans? Or will they make their own discovery about the true meaning of Christmas? Find out in Grover Groundhog Is NOT Hibernating this Christmas!-a must-have for your Christmas library!
Jill Roman Lord
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 16 pages
Publisher: Candy Cane Pr
Brdbk edition (October 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0824918630
ISBN-13: 978-0824918637
This title suitable for ages 2 to 5 years. If Jesus lived inside our hearts, would it show? This delightful little story explores just that as the toddlers in the story learn to be kind and generous in a variety of situations.
This is the third in a series of board books that parents can use as an introduction to Jesus and the ways in which we can have a personal relationship with him.
What if Jesus walked beside you — just for one day? Would you rely on him for strength and comfort and guidance throughout the day? Designed to give the young child hope and confidence, this delightful book supposes just that and uses rhymed verse to describe Jesus beside a child at play, at home, and at school. With the accompanying gentle watercolors, the result is a tender book that can serve as an introduction to Jesus for children or serve to strengthen their relationship with him. Ages 3-6.
What if Jesus came to visit just for one day? This delightful book supposes just that and reflects on the ways in which young readers might interact with Jesus. The story can serve as an introduction to Jesus for children or serve to strengthen their relationship with him. Ages 4-6.
Samantha Bell
Jake, the Hedgehog, is excited-it’s his birthday! But the party isn’t until 6:00 pm, so Jake will have to wait. As readers follow along with Jake’s daily activities-playing outside, reading, taking a bath. They can watch the clock for him, too. Suggested age for readers: 4-8
