From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread their wings and fly.

Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God's divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves.

'Cause when God made YOU, somehow God knew
That the world needed someone exactly like you

The mission was supposed to be fun--even funny--but things got serious quick. What follows is a daring journey with narrow escapes, attack dogs, deadly fires, and a friendship forged in shared peril.

Three friends embark on an intrepid quest to retrieve a priceless treasure guarded by a menacing villain. But this is no fantasy. For Scott and his friends Tommy and Dooley, the danger is all too real. Unlikely heroes will emerge. Enemies will become allies. Powerful truths will be revealed.

When Carson wakes up one Saturday morning, his mom reminds him it's his day to volunteer at a baseball game. But this baseball game is different. The team Carson is helping is called the Challengers, and it's made up of kids with all different kinds of disabilities. Carson and other typically-abled kids partner with the Challengers to help them play the game. Throughout the morning, Carson learns about selflessness, humility, kindness, and God's plan to use all of us exactly how He made us.

Based on a real baseball team, The Very Best Baseball Game is a sweet, endearing story that helps families begin conversations about disability, empathy, and God's design for every person. People aren't all made the same, but we are all made in God's image. Illustrator Anastasiya Kanavaliuk depicts a wide representation of joyful kids with disabilities while author Katie Blackburn tells a story that's sure to warm your heart.

By the time Carson is heading home in his car, he understands that every person is valuable regardless of their abilities and deserves to be treated with dignity, kindness, and respect. It's the best baseball game he ever played.

2025 Independent Press Awards - Childrens: Christian Fiction

2025 Illumination Award Gold Medal

Celebrating God's Gifts for Everyone

Penny began to wonder, Could I tell stories that help people think about big things? Could I teach God's words to others?

Penny loves Sundays. Her favorite part? The sermon! Captivated by the idea of speaking God's words, Penny is inspired to preach herself. But when preaching from the front porch to her friends doesn't turn out quite as she expected, Penny wonders if she was wrong to want to teach others about God.

Penny receives a heartwarming reminder that God's gifts are for everyone, and she learns valuable lessons about sharing God's message--and what it means to use the gifts He has given her. This story invites children into a vision of a church where everyone's gifts can shine.

What Makes This Book Special?

• A Message of Empowerment: Penny's story celebrates the gifts God has given to all His children.
• Joyful Illustrations: Bright, colorful illustrations bring Penny's adventures to life.
• Encouragement for Big Conversations: Penny Preaches includes a thoughtful note from the authors to start discussions about God's gifts.

Written by Amy Dixon and Rob Dixon, and featuring delightful illustrations from Jennifer Davison, Penny's story reminds us that God gives good gifts to everyone. Discover how Penny's story can foster conversations about God's gifts in your home, classroom, or church-get your copy of Penny Preaches today!

What makes you...YOU?

Children from a young age wonder what makes them special. They wonder how they can find their unique place in a big world. Of all God's creation, we are His masterpiece. God's amazing qualities are planted deep inside us, just waiting to spring to life.

Filled with rhymes of affirmation and charming illustrations, In the Image of God is a beautiful reminder that our identity is found in Him. Children will be inspired to see themselves just as God made them, full of creativity, wisdom, power and love.

Harbor View Was No Place for a Girl--Until Now.

Meet Morgan, Amy, Carlie, and Emily, unlikely friends brought together when they come to live in the Harbor View Trailer Park. Discover what happens with these four friends join forces to make their world a better place.

Girl Power: When local bullies begin tormenting the girls, they decide to work together to transform and rejuvenate the trailer park--only to have their work destroyed. Together, the girls must find the courage and means to transform their lives.

Mystery Bus: The girls' trailer park renovations are rewarded when the landlord gives them an old, abandoned bus to fix up and use as a clubhouse. It seems like a simple project, until the girls uncover long-hidden mysteries involving old records, dusty books, and a private journal filled with secrets that someone at Harbor View does not want revealed.

Picked on for being a Republican, the little Republican stands up for what he believes in even when it's not popular. In a country where liberals increasingly own the share of voice, The Little Republican is an engaging way to teach elementary-age children about Republican beliefs and why it's important to stand up for what you believe in. Additionally, The Little Republican helps break political stereotypes and teaches people of all ages that it's possible to rise above partisan politics and treat everyone with respect.

This inspiring board book explores themes of compassion and empathy, encouraging children to take positive action when they see a need in the world around them. From big things--like helping to plant a community garden or trying to find a home for an animal in need--to small things--like making a card or welcoming someone new--there is always something we can do!

The book's lyrical refrain will stick with kids long after the book is closed: If there's something that you notice, there is something you can do. Keep your kindness radar working--maybe something starts with you!

After breaking a neighbor's window, a young child discovers friendship, transformation, and new beginnings in an unlikely story of peace. Gentle and moving, this poetic tale offers readers a hopeful path in the face of gun violence and despair, showing kids how peacemaking can turn conflict into friendship and new beginnings--and forge guns into garden tools.

Children grow up with lockdowns and gun violence as part of their reality. As parents, caregivers, and educators, how should we respond? Sparking Peace provides a springboard for those seeking to discuss gun violence and trauma with children in a safe way that highlights help rather than harm. This picture book helps children learn about conflict while also carefully addressing gun violence and peacemaking. It includes resources that equip parents and educators to talk about gun violence and trauma, using a story of a broken window to show kids how conflict can be transformed through acts of peace. Suggested reading for ages 5-9.

Experiencing loss, whether sudden or expected, is extremely challenging at any age. For children, this time is not only scary, but also can be overwhelming and sometimes lonely.

A little turtle loves doing fun things with his mommy that include flying a kite. But his world is turned upside down after his mother suddenly falls ill and goes to the hospital one day. When the turtle's father tells him she has gone to heaven to live with God, the turtle must somehow learn to live without her. The turtle misses his mommy so much. While he wonders if she is living in a cloud, his grandmother and others help lead him through all of his feelings as he moves through the first year following her death and learns that it is okay to cry, laugh and be happy, and forever love his mommy with all his heart.

In this beautifully illustrated and touching tale, a young turtle learns how to deal with loss and grief after his mother suddenly dies and leaves him believing she is watching over him from her heavenly cloud. This book provides numerous recommendations for adults supporting the grieving child. These include suggestions for honoring memories, creating tangible remembrances, and working through shared grief in a gentle and supportive way.

Grow with the spirited, sometimes awkward, but always charming Lily as she learns what real beauty is.

In this fun, entertaining story, readers meet awkward sixth grader Lily Robbins who, after receiving a compliment about her looks from a woman in the modeling business, becomes obsessed with her appearance and with becoming a model. As she sets her sights on winning the model search fashion show, she exchanges her rock and feather collection for lip gloss, fashion magazines, and a private club with her closest friends. But when the unthinkable happens the night before the fashion show, Lily learns a valuable lesson about real beauty.

This best-selling, biblically based fiction series for girls--with a fresh new look and updated content--addresses social issues and coming-of-age topics, all with the spunk and humor of Lily Robbins as she fumbles her way through unfamiliar territory. As readers come to love Lily and her stories, they'll also benefit from the companion nonfiction books that will help them through their own growing pains.

There is no such thing as neutral.

According to the Ambassadors 4 Kids Club, one out of every four students is bullied--and 85% of these situations never receive intervention. Parents, students, and teachers alike have amped up the discussion of how to solve the bullying problem for a networked generation of kids.

Written by bestselling author, Nancy Rue, each book in the Mean Girl Makeover trilogy focuses on a different character's point of view: the bully, the victim, and the bystander. Each girl has a different personality so that every reader can find a character she relates to. The books, based on Scripture, show solid biblical solutions to the bullying problem set in a story for kids.

So Not Okay, the first book in the series, tells the story of Tori Taylor, a quiet sixth grader at Gold Country Middle School in Grass Valley, California. Tori knows to stay out of the way of Kylie, the queen bee of GCMS. When an awkward new student named Ginger becomes Kylie's new target, Tori whispers a prayer of thanks that it's not her. But as Kylie's bullying of Ginger continues to build, Tori feels guilty and tries to be kind to Ginger. Pretty soon, the bullying line of fire directed toward Ginger starts deflecting onto Tori, who must decide if she and her friends can befriend Ginger and withstand Kylie's taunts, or do nothing and resume their status quo. Tori's decision dramatically changes her trajectory for the rest of the school year.

With simple descriptions and rhyming text, Jill Roman Lord shares the message that God created each of us in just the right way in a manner that even the youngest child will understand. Bright and engaging illustrations from Amy Wummer pair perfectly with the text in this fun and meaningful read-aloud.

Empower children to embrace their individuality and recognize that they are beautifully created by God with a unique purpose. A perfect gift for baby showers, christenings, baptisms, birthdays, Easter, and Christmas.

Blues and Yellows just don't mix, and that's how it's always been. No one remembers why. But then comes the day Midnight Blue takes a tumble along the road. His friends Navy and Powder Blue don't even stop to help! It's only when a Yellow comes along that everything changes forever.

This creative story is sure to prompt rich conversations, encouraging new ways of seeing our neighbors and ourselves. A note for parents and educators is included.

In simple, lyrical language, appropriate for young readers, Tomie dePaola introduces the best-known parables of Jesus, including the Mustard Seed, the Prodigal Son, and the Lost Sheep.

Illustrated with bold, jewel-toned paintings inspired by early Christian art of the Romanesque period, this collection is perfect to share with families or classrooms as an introduction to these familiar Biblical tales.

Originally published as The Parables of Jesus, this new edition features a graceful new design.