by Sarah Purdy | Oct 30, 2018 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
In her latest children’s book—Will You Be My Friend?/Serás tú mi amigo?—Pella author Karen Fitzsimmons has a simple message: While it feels good to have a friend, it feels great to be a friend. “I wanted to get across to young readers what being a true friend is all...
by Sarah Purdy | Oct 16, 2018 | Nonfiction, Our Books
by Bev Roozeboom Mental illness is real, and our children are not exempt. Yet mental illness—especially when it affects children—remains a hidden affliction. It is unmentioned at family reunions, misunderstood by society and not talked about in social circles. It’s...
by Sarah Purdy | Oct 15, 2018 | Children's Books, Our Books
by Shannon Basinger-Kotz Eight-year-old Marlene has only one Christmas wish: to be healed of cancer. After she writes a letter to Santa, the jolly saint decides to make a Christmas Eve hospital visit to share with Marlene the power of prayer—and show her that, even in...
by Sarah Purdy | Oct 5, 2018 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
“If you truly love the sport of fishing, you are no longer the one doing the catching,” said author and lifelong fisherman Ben Chiodo. “The fish have bagged you.” In his book Fishing: More Than a Passion—published this fall by the Write Place—Chiodo uses a mix of...
by Sarah Purdy | Sep 18, 2018 | Children's Books, Our Books
by Susan Lienau Ruford is a four-month-old eagle who lives in Decorah, Iowa. His parents have decided he is ready to take his first solo flight! While soaring over the bluffs and farmland, Ruford’s curiosity draws him to North Star Farm. He meets all kinds of...
