Our own Donna Shepherd has a new Children’s book in print - actually 2 in 1!

From Amazon.com: A Guardian Angel Double Doozie– Two Books in one. Snappy rhymes along with the colorful and fun illustrations help children see the need to protect their skin in the sun. Sun Safety Tips in the back of the book reinforce the book’s theme– OUCH! Sunburn.

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I was recently sent some books by the founder of Barefoot Books. I didn’t know much about the company or their products, so I was excited to check them out. What I found was a pleasant surprise. :)

The founders, Nancy Traversy and Tessa Strickland, were moms just like you and I who set out to publish books that would make a difference. They describe how it felt starting out:
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"Poetry Speaks to Children includes poems from authors like J.R.R. Tolkien (author of Lord of The Rings), Robert Frost and many more. This book is fun and comes with a CD with poems read by the poets themselves. There are a few spots that may not be appropriate for your children (Tolkien refers to beer in his poem/song sung by one of the hobbits in LOTR), but overall the book is fun and can help your child find an appreciation for poetry." - Jill Hart, CWAHM.com

"Wow! What a great book. This book is fun, easy to read and teached kids great table manners." - Jill Hart, CWAHM.com

"This book is SO fun! It will take your child to far away places while teaching them about Creation." - Jill Hart, CWAHM.com

"Count My Blessings is an adorable book that I enjoyed reading to my one-year old. It is written as a Thank You prayer and includes the full prayer at the back of the book so that you could easily use this prayer to teach your child to pray." - Jill Hart, CWAHM.com

"This eBook is adorable! You will love it almost as much as your children! The pictures are bright and vibrant and the rhyming helps keeps childrens’ attention while teaching them lessons about creation. It’s obvious that a lot of love went into this - it’s high quality and well put together." - Jill Hart, CWAHM.com

by Walter Wangerin, Jr., John Paquette, Anne Jennings and Dan Carr

"This easy to read book of prayers is perfect for the little ones in your life. Maybe of the prayers are written in rhymes which makes them easy for children to remember and pray." - Jill Hart, CWAHM.com

"If you’ve ever struggled to answer a child’s questions about the Bible, you’ll want to read them this book. It’s divided into three sections and each explains one part of the trinity - Father, Son, Holy Spirit. This is a great book for young children, but also very useful for older children who are able to understand more abstract concepts like the Holy Spirit." - Jill Hart, CWAHM.com

I had the pleasure of reading books one and two of The Fairy Chronicles. Book one, Marigold and the Feather of Hope, The Journey Begins introduces Beth Parish, a nine-year old who is spending two weeks with her aunt. Beth would rather do anything than spend part of her summer break with her eccentric aunt.

Shortly after arriving at her aunt’s house, her aunt reveals to Beth that she is a fairy and believes that Beth shows signs up being a marigold fairy. Beth thinks her aunt has finally lost her marbles. Then Aunt Evelyn *pop* turns into a fairy and Beth realizes that her aunt isn’t crazy after all.

Beth then learns how to take fairy form. She learns to fly and to do other fairy things like call for her wand and even talk to her aunt’s cat. Soon Aunt Evelyn takes Beth to Fairy Circle to meet the other fairies.

When the circle is interrupted by a brownie that needs help, Beth and Aunt Evelyn quickly form a plan and offer to help. Soon they are off on Beth’s first fairy adventure.

The second book in the series, Dragonfly & the Web of Dreams, centers around another of the fairies introduced in book one. Jennifer Summerset is a red dragonfly fairy whose special fairy gifts are speed and agility.

One day as she is sitting on her front porch visiting with some of her fairy friends, her "grandmum" and mentor, Madam Mum, tells them they are all needed at an emergency Fairy Circle meeting. When they arrive at the meeting, they learn that the Web of Dreams has been destroyed. The fairies head off, with the help of the brownies, to meet with the Dream Spider. They must repair the Web of Dreams or nightmares will continue to plague them. Can the fairies work together and find the strength needed to fix the Web?

These children’s novels by J.H. Sweet are beautifully illustrated and full of color. The stories are sweet and inspiring. Every little girl will love to envision herself as a fairy just like the characters in the books. The stories all help kids learn to value the world around them. The back of each book also contains fairy facts, activities and other fairy ideas.

Review by:

Jill Hart, CWAHM.com