This week we talk with author Natalee Creech about her books “When Day Is Done,” “Something,” “Nothing,” and the possibility of “Everything” — and the importance of subtitles. 🙂 Our Guest: Natalee Creech Natalee Creech is a children’s author who is equally at home in Canada, (where she grew up) in the U.S., (where she studied education) …
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This week we visit with Kristin Wynalda who has an amazing website/blog sharing all kinds of tips about books for our kids and families called “Big Books, Little Ears.” She shares great information with us about navigating the public library and finding out about books for our kids. Our Guest: Kristin Wynalda Kristin Wynalda likes …
This week we want to bless moms with some book suggestions. We also want to hear your suggestions for fun, funny books for moms to read. What would you suggest? Comment below. Books Discussed in This Episode: Transcript with Links: Welcome to “Books That Spark,” a podcast for parents and caregivers, celebrating books that help us …
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In this episode we visit with author Mindy Baker. She offers many resources for families, has a mini magazine available, and enjoys doing school visits to talk about her beautiful picture book. For show notes and links, go to terriehellardbrown.com Our Guest: Mindy Baker Mindy Baker, author of Mouse’s Christmas Gift, Zonderkidz 2018, resides in …
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I’m so excited to offer daily texts again this year. We try to do these texts during the busiest times of our year. Why Now? “Why during the busiest times? I mean, don’t we have enough to deal with right now?” you may ask. Well, it’s during these busy times that we sometimes need reminders …
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In this episode, we talk with Mr. Mark Jones who has a fun picture book and several resource books and other resources for families, children’s ministries, and home schoolers. Our Guest: Mr. Mark Jones Mr. Mark serves as the Children’s Pastor of Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma Citywhere he loves and teaches preschoolers, children, …
In this episode we discuss the benefits of reading poetry and discussing it with our children. We can use it across the curriculum to teach topics and practice skills. Plus, writing poetry allows our children to be creative and enjoy breaking some of the rules of grammar just for fun. Books Discussed in This Episode: …
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In this episode, we talk with Rebecca Gomez about her fun picture books and her “Read, Discuss, Do!” plans on her website. These are excellent tools to use with your children as you read books together. Our Guest: Rebecca J. Gomez Rebecca J. Gomez enjoys writing stories as much as she enjoys reading them. When …
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In this episode, Pastor Dave Brown visits with us discussing how to open up the word of God correctly with our children, equipping them to understand the Bible. Our Guest: Pastor Dave Brown Dave is the interim pastor at First Baptist Church, Weleetka, Oklahoma. He is my husband, and he has been a pastor in …
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In this episode we look at some great Easter books written by our friends who have been on our show in the past. We share books for our youngest little ones to our older elementary readers. All of them are filled with the greatest story of all: Jesus’ story of His death and resurrection and …
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