A Cloudy Tale
This is a tale about clouds. It is a picture story of different kinds of clouds passing by, each with a lilting poetic verse describing what is happening. The bright blue sky is quiet and still. Then it starts to be filled! First come the horsetails, wispy and frail. Next come ones all fluffy and round. They build and grow and with thunder do sound! They rattle our windows. Their lightning does flash. They send down rain that hits with a splash. Then they pass on, and quiet ensues. And then quiet life can begin to resume. With a thunderstorm progressing through the town, this story shows the progress from its beginning to its end. This shows each stage of a developing and passing thunderstorm with photographs that children can easily see. This knowledgeable book will help those who fear these storms to be less scared and help those become more interested in natural occurrences.
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Ivy Blossoms
In this book is Nature’s rainbow in full bloom! It is filled with original photographs of blossoms from a variety of flowers found in the central United States. They are arranged in spectrum order (from purple to red) plus a few other colors.
Most people know flowers can be white and pink, but did you also know they can be brown? You can find out about those flowers in this book’s pages. And while you’re at it, enjoy the enchanting rhyme accompanying the photographs. Help youngsters learn basic colors as well as something about flowers. See if your little one can answer the quiz questions in the last few pages of the book!
Kevin D. Finson originally wrote this book for his granddaughter who has autism and is developmentally disabled. Her love of flowers made this book a wonderful aid in helping her learn basic colors. Let it help you teach your youngster, too! May it add color to your lives and help the joy of reading blossom in your hearts!
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The Twelve Gifts of Christmas
Christmas was coming, and Annie had no idea what to get for her mother as a present. What could she possibly get her mother that would show her how much she loved her? She had to make a decision sometime in the twelve days that were left before Christmas arrived. Come and journey with Annie each of those days as she searches for that perfect present. Then, discover what that very best gift actually was!
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Written on My Heart: Grandpa’s Letters to Gabriella (The First Ten Years)
Travel along the road of life with the Kevin and his granddaughter. He has undertaken the loving task of sharing with her episodic memories of his and her lives mixed with touches of science and history. From the day she was born Kevin decided to write letters to Gabriella each month, most of them on the day of the month on which she was born. This book is a compilation of the first ten years’ worth of letters Kevin wrote to Gabriella. It is through such letters that one can come closer to family and become more understanding of one’s roots. These letters are more than just a diary since Kevin wrote them to Gabriella rather than to himself. The purpose of each letter is to provide short stories in the context of real life and how it relates to growth and development in one’s faith in God. The central message is to seek ways to have a strong faith and unwavering trust in God as she navigates the roads of life that lie before her.
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Written on My Heart: Grandpa’s Letters to Ivy (The First Ten Years)
Teach a child in the way she should go. Kevin took this admonition to heart as he undertook the loving task of sharing with his granddaughter episodic memories of his and her lives mixed with touches of science and history. From the day she was born Kevin decided to write letters to Ivy each month, most of them on the day of the month on which she was born. This book is a compilation of the first ten years’ worth of letters Kevin wrote to Ivy. Ivy is a child with special needs and may not ever be able to read his letters. Nevertheless, Kevin felt it important to share in a way that could provide short stories in the context of real life and how it relates to growth and development in one’s faith in God. The central message to Ivy or others is to seek ways to have a strong faith and unwavering trust in God as one navigates the roads of life that lie before her.
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Written on My Heart: Grandpa’s Letters to Savannah (The First 10 Years)
Teach a child in the way she should go. Kevin took this admonition to heart as he undertook the loving task of sharing with his granddaughter episodic memories of his and her lives mixed with touches of science and history. From the day she was born, Kevin decided to write letters to Savannah each month, most of them on the day of the month on which she was born. This book is a compilation of the first ten years’ worth of letters Kevin wrote to Savannah – plus a couple of extra ones. It is through such letters one can come closer to family and become more understanding of one’s roots. These letters are more than just a diary since Kevin wrote them to Savannah rather than to himself. The purpose of each letter is to provide short stories in the context of real life and how it relates to growth and development in one’s faith in God. The central message to Savannah is to seek ways to have a strong faith and unwavering trust in God as she navigates the roads of life that lie before her. Come and share in her journey!
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Starduster
What was Starduster’s purpose and role in God’s plan to fill the universe with light and warmth? Come and share in Starduster’s story as the very first star created by God in His plan to pierce the cold darkness of space and bring life into it. See how Starduster gave of itself in God’s plan to make billions of stars and planets, and more specifically how it led to the creation of the earth and life on it. Find out how Starduster’s legacy lives on in the guiding light illuminated by the Bethlehem Star.
This story was inspired by a letter Kevin wrote to one of his granddaughters.
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The Red Marble
Leo’s friend at school was from a very poor family, and Leo wanted to give him something very special for Christmas. While shopping during the week just before Christmas, Leo finds his way into an old toy shop where the owner shares with him the loving histories of six very special marbles. Leo knows they would be the perfect gift for his friend, but he is unable to buy them. Leo returns home saddened that his mission to get something for his friend has failed, but is surprised on Christmas morning by finding out he has succeeded beyond his dreams.
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Strings and Wood
The mysterious guitar was found in an old attic. Nobody knew where it came from, how it came to be in the attic of the old house, or even how long it had been there. It wasn’t until someone in the family decided to dust it off and begin playing it that its healing wonders were revealed. Not everyone wanted the healing music to be heard and tried to destroy the guitar. Yet the healing music was resurrected from the shattered remains of the guitar and would not be silenced.
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The Rainbow Tree
The mysterious seed came upon the winds blowing from heaven. It came to rest on the shore of a mountain lake where it sprouted and grew into a beautiful tree full of rainbow colors. A little girl discovers the tree and finds peace and solace in its beauty. But her peace is ruined by a storm that rages through the mountains. What happens to her rainbow tree? Will the little girl’s peace and comfort be gone forever, or will it be restored – not only for her, but for others, too? Come read this allegorical story about the coming of Jesus, the storm that seemed to break Him, and His resurrection in the lives of people throughout the world.
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My Maple Tree
My Maple Tree takes the reader through the changes a maple tree makes throughout the four seasons. This is the story of the life cycle of a maple tree. In the spring, a maple tree seed sprouts, takes root, and then reaches its sapling toward the sky. The sapling grows through the summer and eventually becomes a mature tree with a full canopy of green leaves. In the autumn, the maple tree’s leaves become brilliant scarlet, and soon begin to fall. The tree is bare in the winter snow, but revives the next spring as it brings forth new green leaves and then seeds to begin the life of new maple trees. The book illustrates these changes in the life of the maple tree using actual colored photographs and rhyme narrative that speaks to what is being shown in each photograph. My Maple Tree can easily be paired with other books about other kinds of trees or plants, as well as books about persons who have interacted with trees. Kevin wrote this book about a maple tree in the yard of his home. The tree started when a seed fell into a flowerpot on his daughter’s balcony. Soon, the seed sprouted and grew into a small sapling. Kevin and his daughter took the sapling and transplanted it to Kevin’s front yard where they nurtured it and helped it grow into a strong small tree. Years later, the tree had grown large and provided wonderful shade for the house, and showered the area with its own seeds to populate the area with even more maple trees that everyone could enjoy.
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The Flower Painter
The Flower Painter is about Gianna, a young girl, who learns about how the flowers in the family’s garden get their colors. As she and her mother tend to the garden preparing it for new spring growth, her mother tells the tale of how the flowers get their colors. That tale reveals there is a heavenly creature called “the flower painter” who is responsible for painting all the flowers in their brilliant and subtle colors. The flower painter shares knowledge of where in God’s creation the colors are gathered and teaches how the colored flowers are a way God helps people live in joyfulness, beauty, and peace. Gianna longs to see the flower painter, and many years pass before her desire is fulfilled. She has now grown into a woman and has her own daughter. On a day when both are in the family garden, Gianna sees in her daughter all the beautiful colors the flower painter gathers from God’s creation and comes to understand that her daughter is a flower in God’s garden.
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The Lesson of the Sunflowers
A young pre-teen girl named Ruth lives with her family on a farm in the very rural and poor part of the back county during the 1930s. One day she discovers her grandfather is planning to plant a field of sunflowers. Ruth learns how something as simple as a sunflower can lead one to contemplate the power of Jesus’ message and how one can find grown in their spiritual life through simple everyday things. The sunflowers are used to teach a lesson that extends through many days, and through it, Ruth learns about the deep meaning of giving to others who are in need, including a special neighbor.
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Dragon Sign
The time for young Oel to take “The Walk” has arrived, just as it had for other youngsters for as long as anyone in the village could remember. During his trek with Grandfather, Oel begins to learn how to read the “signs” present in nature ranging from tracks to the characteristics of plants, and what those signs teach about life that God brought forth. Oel learns about dragons God created and sent to protect the earth. The dragons have long-since gone away, but signs of their impacts on life in the mountains and valleys remain, pointing to how to live a virtuous and good life. Through Grandfather’s tellings, Oel begins to understand them, and learns why the presence of dragons is no longer necessary because of The Child. By the time the two return home, Oel has changed from the naïve adolescent into a young adult ready to contribute to the life of his family and village.
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The Legend of the Sacred Wood
The Legend of the Sacred Wood is a Christian-themed historical fiction about an old-line extended family of craftsmen, particularly woodworkers, who seek a place to live where they can practice their faith in peace and honor God. The story is loosely based on the early persecutions of Catholics in England under the rule of King Henry VIII and the resulting immigration of people to the New World. The family in the story helps establish a colony in the New World, and after some years the authorities from the Old World arrive and begin persecutions once again. The story tells of the family’s struggles and successes as they move westward into the wilderness to establish homesteads where they can live their lives according to their faith in obedience to God and in harmony with the world He created. Throughout, they explain why the wood that is at the center of their livelihood is sacred.
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The Paper Ghost
Thurmond is a book restorer living in 1868 England. He is sent on a week-long journey by his employer to personally deliver a restored book at the request of the book’s owner. Prior to the journey, Thurmond receives a mysterious letter that seems to be haunted, and he receives messages through it from a spirit that resides within the paper itself. The letter leads Thurmond and a companion on a sometimes-hazardous journey to solve a puzzle presented through the changing messages that appear in the letter as well as in the paper pages of books through coded messages in the form of ciphers. Through his search, Thurmond discovers information about his employer that changes his understanding about the man, and learns from the paper ghost’s messages that its intent has been to lead him to a “treasure” that has secretly been reserved for his employer for many years.
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The Tree and the Stones
This is a story of how something seemingly insignificant and unworthy can end up having a role larger than life. It is told from the perspective of the tree that became the cross upon which Jesus was crucified. The cedar tree was growing alone atop a stone ridge, constantly belittled by the large stones surrounding it and told how uselessness it was compared to the stones’ more enduring strengths. The tree’s life was upended the day a special man came and prayed beneath the tree’s shade and spoke to large crowds of people. Soon after, the tree found itself being cut down and dragged into town where it was hewn into beams. The tree did not understand why any of that was happening and worried about what was to become of it. The men used the beams to make the cross upon which the special man was nailed. Because of what that man had done and the tree’s role in his final hours, the tree’s life had now become far more important and enduring than that of any stone.
NOTE: The illustrations in this book include some showing Jesus after the scourging. The author encourages parents to read this book with their children.
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Leo’s Great Cave Adventure
Follow Leo as he explores a dark cave and encounters a variety of imaginary creatures that live there. As Leo journeys deeper and deeper into the cave, learn what happens when he meets each of the unique creatures. Even though each acts differently, there is something that all of the creatures have in common. Discover the mystery of what that commonality is. And let your imagination be tickled by it all!
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The Fifty-Dollar Eggs
One of the true gems of life is when someone gives of themselves to help others. It is especially true when that giving arises on the spur of the moment in unplanned ways. This is a story of a young man’s search for special gifts for his family that would go beyond just the basic necessities, and how he found a much larger treasure in sharing what he found with strangers who were in need. What he found in that second-hand store that day would find a place in his heart and would bring him more deeply into a life lived well.
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