Summer Book Review: The Singing Serpent
Mermaids, monsters, and mysteries oh my. Find them all in the Singing Serpent, the perfect summertime read.
How to Get $1.49’s Worth of Writing Advice
Jean Fritz. If you know her work, you’ll be smiling at the mere mention of her name. Her humor has wooed and wowed millions of kids into learning American history. I want to be her when (if) I grow up. See that book below? You can get it for $1.49—what are you waiting for? Didn’t […]
A Take On Making Short Videos Part IV by Guest Blogger, Hadassah Murdock
Hadassah explains how to edit a video and gives some helpful links.
Who Made You? Staying Grounded While Working in Creative Fields
Basic faith questions can help us stay grounded when we discuss our creative gifts and how to use them in the world
A Prayer for Our Country: A Picture Book Review by Gail Cartee
My friend recently introduced me to the picture book A Prayer for Our Country (Zondervan, 2022) written by our senate Chaplin Rear Admiral Barry Black (Ret.) I immediately fell in love. I kept thinking this is exactly how we need to teach our children to not only love our country but to pray for our country. It’s also […]
THE WORDS WE CHOOSE TO USE
As children’s writers, we all know the importance of choosing the right word to use. Shakespeare has a famous quote “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” That philosophy might work in Romeo and Juliet’s situation but not for ours. In a nonfiction book […]
Trouble in Obedience
Have you ever followed instructions – doing exactly what you were told to do – and failed miserably or had the whole thing blow up in your face? Or maybe you went out of your way to help someone else, having the purest motives, only for them to end up in a worse situation than […]
10 Ways to Use Mentor Texts to Write Better Devotions by Guest Blogger, Tammy Brown
10 ways to use mentor texts when you’re writing devotionals.
3 Books Guiding Christian Teens to Make Wise Decisions – by Sally Matheny
Sally Matheny recommends 3 books for Christian teens.
Book Coaches, Pt. 2
Take a careful look at the painting below. Would you hang that in your home? Neither would I—and I painted it. That’s my artwork I created at a Painting with a Twist party. Can you tell I copied a “masterpiece.” To get better at painting, I’d need an instructor. Obviously, I need to learn the […]