The Backyard Builders: Thad & Harvey

We live in a world saturated with video screens, virtual experiences, and push-button play. All those things have their place. But I wonder what we are losing as hands-on activities, and imagination-driven learning are increasingly driven out of childhood?

Zeb, the Cow’s on the Roof Again!: And Other Tales of Early Texas Dwellings

A collection of stories introducing the dwellings of some early Texas inhabitants, including the Comanche tipi, the settlers’ dugouts and dogtrots, and the Greek Revival mansion of the Civil War period.

Jesus Lives! (In the Picture with Jesus)

Jesus Lives! contains nine stories that bring the Gospel to life! These exciting stories and lively illustrations take you on a journey through Jesus’ final days on earth—from the first Palm Sunday to the Ascension. More than a storybook to enjoy, Jesus Lives! offers a wide variety of learning experiences, including 56 reusable play-action stickers to help kids imagine themselves “on the scene,” a variety of people and objects in each picture, discussion guide for parents and teachers to help kids apply biblical truth to their daily lives, and a creative map of Bible lands.

Miracles and Wonders (In the Picture with Jesus)

What would it have been like to have seen Jesus showing God’s power over nature, life, and death? This book helps children imagine for themselves nine exciting events from Jesus’ life. They can put themselves into each story (with play-action stickers!)—while having fun looking for Jesus and His 12 disciples. Parents and teachers can also spark special discoveries with questions, a map, and discussion guide.

People and Places (In the Picture with Jesus)

From Jerusalem to Bethany—everywhere Jesus went, people wanted to be with Him. What would it have been like to meet face to face with the Son of God? This book contains nine richly illustrated stories that help children of all ages imagine the excitement and joy of meeting Jesus when He was on earth. Kids can have fun looking for Jesus and His 12 disciples while they get to know some of the people He met and places He went. Kids can also put themselves in the picture with play-action stickers, and parents and teachers can spark special discoveries with questions, a map, and discussion guide.

A Childs History of Texas

A brief history of Texas, from its earliest human habitation to the present.

Burro & the Basket

When his burro is found nibbling on the beautiful basket Roberto had made as a Navidad gift for the poor, he must be very resourceful to make a new gift in time.

Mr. Green’s Magnificent Machine

In 1899, a ten-year-old boy gets to accompany “the biggest man in Dallas,” Col. E.H.R. “Ned” Green, when he takes a train to pick up his motor car–the first automobile to be seen in Texas.

Chico and Dan

When eleven-year-old Dan Deweese leaves home to work on his great-uncle’s ranch in Nevada in 1915, he forms an attachment to a wild colt and uses that relationship to try to reclaim six steeldust mares which get stolen by a wild mustang.