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Let the Children Come: Reimagining Childhood from a Christian Perspective

In Let the Children Come, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore explores the question, What does faithful parenting look like today? As she addresses this query, she updates outmoded and distorted assumptions about and conceptions of children in popular US culture. She also shows important insights and contributions religious traditions and communities, Christianity in particular, make as we examine how to regard and treat children well.

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God Loves You!

Pictures of babies making lots of different faces celebrate the fact that God loves babies no matter how grumpy or messy or silly they are. And families do too!

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The Memory Book: A Grief Journal for Children and Families

The Memory Book helps grieving families process their emotions together by remembering their lost loved one and creating their own memory album full of photos and keepsakes of the person they lost. With gentle prompts and ideas for journaling, drawing, and talking through grief, this journal will bring comfort in the midst of loss and be a treasured keepsake for families.

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Mightier Than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing

Interactive and inspiring, Mightier Than the Sword celebrates the stories of over forty diverse, trailblazing people whose writing transformed history.

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Precious Baby

This light, rhyming board book celebrates the wonder and joy of welcoming a new baby into the home.

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Happy Birthday, Ava!: A Book about Putting Others First

Ava's friends keep coming up with things to do to celebrate her birthday. When Ava gets frustrated, the friends realize they need to think about what Ava likes, too.

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You Don't Owe Anyone: Free Yourself from the Weight of Expectations

You Don't Owe Anyone invites perfectionists, workaholics, people pleasers, and strivers to make surprising choices that free us from the weight of expectations. Caroline Garnet McGraw's personal stories serve as a compassionate witness and a wakeup call, inspiring us to move our life in new, positive directions. She shows us what it looks like to refuse to over-function in the old ways, empowering us to move past perfectionism to heal our hearts.

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A Doll for Grandma: A Story about Alzheimer's Disease

A Doll for Grandma poignantly and sensitively tells the story of a girl's empathy and kindness in the face of her grandmother's growing dementia.

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This Is the Church

This update to the classic children's rhyme is an introduction to church for a new era and teaches children that ultimately the church is the people.

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Hal and the Very Long Race: A Book about Self-Acceptance

It's the day of the big race and Hal wants to win. After a frustrating start, Hal learns to celebrate how we all grow at our own pace.

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The Story of Christmas: A Spark Bible Story

Based on the award-winning Spark Story Bible, the story of Jesus' birth is told with colorful illustrations. Includes activities and questions to help preschoolers engage with the story.

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Sacred Balance: Aligning Body and Spirit through Yoga and the Benedictine Way

In Sacred Balance, certified yoga instructor and spirituality blogger Melinda Emily Thomas helps you align body and spirit through two timeless traditions: yoga and the Benedictine Way. Studded with illustrations of basic yoga poses and ideas for wellness, prayers, and meditations, Sacred Balance offers an abundance of wisdom for daily life that guides us toward peace and wholeness.

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Expecting Wonder: The Transformative Experience of Becoming a Mother

Pregnancy isn't just a physical transformation. An emotional and spiritual journey is also taking place: you're becoming a mother.

In Expecting Wonder, Brittany L. Bergman explores this identity transformation with wit and grace, offering a heart-level guidebook for women in the season of pregnancy. By sharing her own journey of fear, change, and hope, Bergman offers readers a picture of the miracle that God is working not just in her body, but in her soul.

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The Lord Is My Shepherd: A Psalm 23 Pop-Up Book

One of the most beloved passages of the Bible gets a respectful and charming pop-up treatment in Agostino Traini's The Lord Is My Shepherd.

Scenes of a shepherd protecting his sheep will have children thinking about the ways that God loves and cares for them.

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The World of the Old Testament: A Curious Kid's Guide to the Bible's Most Ancient Stories

A visual guide to the history and culture of the world of the Old Testament, with vibrant illustrations and maps.

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This Risen Existence: The Spirit of Easter

Although Easter is the most significant event in the Christian year, we rarely take time to explore what it means in detail. Best-selling author, Paula Gooder, leads us on a biblical exploration of the resurrection through seven weeks of reflection.

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Hunger and Happiness: Feeding the Hungry, Nourishing Our Souls

Read Fortress Press's interview with Shannon Jung, only on fortressforum.com ! In a world where there is so much food, why are so many people hungry? Amidst...

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When Charley Met Emma

This delightful book will help kids think about disability, kindness, and how to behave when they meet someone who is different from them.

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In the Midst of Chaos: Caring for Children as Spiritual Practice

In the Midst of Chaos, by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, explores parenting as spiritual practice.

Both honest about the difficulties and attentive to the blessings present in everyday life, it explores how parents might use seven daily practices, such as play, reading, chores, and saying goodbye or goodnight, as rich opportunities to shape both parent and child morally and spiritually.

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The Story of Christmas: Spark Story Bible Adventures

The story of Jesus' birth comes alive for children in the first animated video from the Spark series. The Story of Christmas helps kids celebrate the gift of baby Jesus.

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