Sparkhouse

So Big and So Small

A tale of how kids are both big and little--just the right size to be exactly who they're meant to be.

9781506460581

Countdown to Christmas

This Christmas board book transforms the weeks leading up to December 25 into a fun-filled celebration of Jesus' birth for the whole family.

Filled with songs, treats, and presents under the tree, the long wait for Christmas day can seem almost endless. With activities and opportunities for reflection for children and families, Countdown to Christmas transforms these weeks of excitement and anticipation into a fun-filled celebration of the true meaning of Christmas. Daily prayers and Bible verses help young children think about the meaning of Jesus' birth as they wait for the big day.

9781506448541

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.

9781506448725

The Bedtime Bible

Turn bedtime into an exploration of God's word. Featuring 46 stories retold in child-friendly language and colorful illustrations, The Bedtime Bible will become a treasured addition to your bedtime routine.

9781506413266

Lift-the-Flap Easter Stories for Young Children

A celebratory collection of Easter stories with secrets to unfold on every page.

9781506469911

Welcoming and Affirming: A Guide to Supporting and Working with LGBTQ+ Christian Youth

A handbook for pastors, youth workers, church leaders, educators, and other adults in Christian settings, this guide provides answers to the most pressing questions about sexuality, gender, mental health, safe sex, and more. You'll walk away with a lot of insight, prepared to love, affirm, and accept the LGBTQ+ teens in your community the way God does--exactly as they are.

A companion book to Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens.

9781506464985

Catching Thoughts

A child learns to acknowledge an unwanted thought, show it compassion, and then actively let it go so she can focus on positive thoughts instead.

9781506464169

Don't Forget to Flush: A Bathroom Devotional for Kids

A pre-teen devotional they'll actually read!

9781506427010

The Holy Moly Easter Story DVD

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You Are Revolutionary

This empowering picture book teaches all kids, no matter their age or abilities, that they have what it takes to change the world. They don't need to wait until they grow up, and they don't even need any special skills. They can make a big difference--just as they are.

9781506478302

The Animals Speak: A Christmas Eve Legend

Long ago and even today, the story is told of how all the animals in the world, at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, speak. With their newfound power of speech, the animals rejoice at the birth of Jesus, born humbly in a manger and surrounded by animals. Singing in treetops, braying in stables, barking in yards--the animals all rejoice and proclaim, "The Child is come."

9781506466439

Youth Ministry as Peace Education: Overcoming Silence, Transforming Violence

Youth Ministry as Peace Education offers clergy, students, and practitioners a new approach to youth ministry--to equip young people to transform violence and oppression as part of their Christian vocation. In this theologically robust and pedagogically innovative and tested resource, Elizabeth W. Corrie shows that youth, like all of us, are meant to work to establish God's shalom--peace, justice, and well-being--on earth as it is in heaven.

9781506469454

Monsters Like Us

Monsters may look and act scary, but deep down they're not so different from you and me.

9781506460598

When Things Are Hard, Remember

A seed falls to the ground. A child moves away from home. Can life bloom in a new place?

9781506463803

Little Ewe: The Story of One Lost Sheep

An endearing tale of a distracted sheep and her persistent shepherd, inspired by the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Luke 15.

9781506464701

Finding Beauty

Beauty is far more than something you can have. It's also something you have to find. In other people. In nature. In acts of kindness. In math, and art, and music, and sports.

9781506463797

You Are So Wonderful

Featuring a diverse cast of children and adults, this joyful picture book celebrates and affirms that every child is unique and deeply loved by God.

9781506463766

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.

9781506457819

The Boy with Big, Big Feelings

Meet a boy with feelings so big that they glow from his cheeks, spill out of his eyes, and jump up and down on his chest.

9781506454504

Stay Through the Storm

A moving meditation on the power of friendship to carry us through dark times.

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