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Live on Facebook

Have you visited the Dernier Publishing facebook page? If you are looking for Christian books for the young people on your heart, we hope to inspire you with book reviews, snippets of information, news, events and special offers that may

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Discussion Questions

Did you know we have Discussion Questions for some of our books? You can find the questions here. They could be useful if you run a book group, want to discuss the book with your children, or use the group for as a class reader. To give you an idea…

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A New Me

If your church has an Easter outreach event for 10-12s, A New Me would be a great book to take home. The story features Jess, whose dad has left home because he drinks. Forced to move home as they are behind with the rent…

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Review of ‘Beech Bank Girls – Every Girl Has A Story’

Reviews like this brighten our day! This message is from a girl called Mary, who kindly took the time to write to us: I wrote a book review for my school work, and I was wondering if you would like

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Out of Poverty

Some of our books have reached this slum in Kenya. Please pray for the readers. Books will help with education, to help children find a way out of poverty: plus, with the message of the good news in all our

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Children’s Books set in WWI

A Pennyworth of Peppermints in set in the Great War. This is a lovely story for children studying the two world wars at school. There’s even a glossary at the end, and some recipes! Ben and his friends Sidney and

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Going to Hillsong Kids

Hello, thanks for dropping by! Janet here today with just a quick news update: I will be visiting Hillsong kids’ Sunday School group in May! (In London.) Lovely talking to one of the children’s workers, Gabi, yesterday. I’m looking forward

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Parcels of Christian Books for Kids

Books ready for the CLC warehouse in Chester! More books going to good homes, via Christian bookshops. 🙂 Please pray for the children who will read them!

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Books for Easter

If you would like to give books away to children who attend a church/school Easter event, let us know – we’d love to help (and can offer quantity discounts). Taking the message home is such a wonderful thing to do.

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Take it Seriously

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul with all your strength. These commandments should be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home when you walk

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Just Another Order?

Every new order is exciting! You never know where the books will end up. Who will read them? Will they change lives? These five books are off to an address in Chatham, Kent. May they be much used and loved!

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The BIG Newsletter!

Hi, Janet Wilson here, from Dernier Publishing. Every month I write a round-up of news, so you can be informed, inspired, buy books and pray for us! You can read the latest newsletter by clicking here. I hope you find

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Christian Books for Schools

These books are off to a school library in the Isle of Grain today. We hope they will be well used and enjoyed. 🙂

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Books for Lent

Lent is fast approaching! Why not take the time to read a selection Christian books with your children? Fill their minds with good things, talk about Christianity in real life, build your relationship. Could there be a better way to

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‘I Want to Be an Airline Pilot’ on Kindle

Good morning everyone! We’ve never given our kindle books a lot of publicity, so we thought we would give a little promotion to I Want to Be an Airline Pilot on kindle, and see how it goes. We have reduced

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Do You Write for a Reason?

Do you write novels for young people from a Christian perspective, or would you like to give it a go? Janet Wilson runs ‘Write for a Reason’, which is a resource for anyone who’d like a bit of help and

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Books Make Great Gifts

If you know a family who is struggling financially, why not buy them a book or two for their children? Parents might love to have a selection of Christian books, but not be able to afford to buy them. Your

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It’s Half Term!

It’s half term (in case you needed reminding!). Reading together is really cheap entertainment, for hours of pleasure! You can take your children to foreign places, meet amazing people, be encouraged and inspired together… all from the comfort of your

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Why Christian Books?

We are influenced by what we put into our minds – good or bad. Christian books help us think about spiritual and moral issues in a positive way. Christian characters can inspire us in the way they win through in

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Lent Books for Children

It won’t be too long before Lent begins (Tuesday 5th March is Shrove Tuesday). What about reading a Christian book with your child (or as a family) – a bit every day through Lent this year? Be a great opportunity to …

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Our books have arrived in Nigeria!

The two boxes of books we sent to Archbishop Ben Kwashi in Plateau State in Nigeria have arrived! We are delighted to hear this wonderful news, and are grateful to all who donated. These books will go to schools in

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Review of Deepest Darkness

Reviews like this make all the hard work worthwhile: A little boy said after reading Deepest Darkness, “It made me happy.” This little chap suffers from low self-esteem and anxieties. His mum, who read the book with him, said, “I

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25 Reasons to offer Christian fiction to young people

I’ve posted this before, but some things are worth repeating 🙂 1. Stories stick in your mind (Jesus told stories for a reason!)2. Christian books are a great way to share the good news.3. Young people can reflect on subjects

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One month ago it was nearly Christmas!

It’s nearly a month since Christmas! Please pray for all the children who received our books as Christmas presents…

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Larger Books

We are currently working on larger versions of The Birthday Shoes and I Want to Be an Airline Pilot. All good fun! These are such lovely stories, and I think the larger, updated versions will be great for readers. Discussion

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Bless Your Kids!

Christian books are an encouragement and blessing. Don’t forget to buy them for your kids, too. They need blessing and encouragement every bit as much as we do…

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Books to Burundi

We love seeing our books going to children all over the world. This box is off to an International Christian school in Burundi. 🙂

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Dernier Publishing Newsletter, January 2019

We can’t promise that any of our books will change lives. But it’s not our job to change lives – the only person who can do that is the Lord himself. Our job is to faithfully keep sharing the good news – and praying that the seeds …

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Books to Kigali

Please pray that a parcel of books we sent to this school in Kigali, Rwanda, will arrive soon! These children don’t have many story books, so our books will make a difference, both to their education, and perhaps the Lord

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Discussion Questions

We have been working hard to get discussion questions for our books here on our website. These questions can act as discussion starters for parents reading the book with a child, teachers with their pupils, church groups with their members…

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Know a Child who Lives with Fears?

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Welcome to the Last Dernier Newsletter of 2018

We don’t know who’s reading our books! We pray for all of the children who read our books. We don’t know many of them by name, of course, but we know someone who does. 🙂 This year we have sent

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Christmas is Nearly Here!

It’s not too late to buy a Christian book for a child on your heart for Christmas. Let them know you care. 🙂 Christian books can be more than just a fun story. They can reach down and touch the

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Christian Children’s Books for Christmas

Christmas is a fun time for most of us, but when the food and drink is gone, the decorations are back in their boxes and all the festivities are over, a Christian book can continue to bring light, life, hope,

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Christmas Gifts – Christian Books for Children and Young People

Christmas is a fun time for most of us, but when the food and drink is gone, and the decorations back in their boxes, a Christian book can continue to bring light, life, hope, faith, peace and joy, long after

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Pratts Bottom Christian Bookshop

Love seeing our books in Christian bookshops! Found these books are on the shelves at The Christian Bookshop at Pratts Bottom, Orpington. Thanks to Judith and the team for stocking and promoting them. 🙂

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Books to School in Rwanda

Sent off a box of books to Star School in Kigali, Rwanda, this morning! Our connection there is author Mary Weeks Millard, who was instrumental in setting up the school some years ago. The third picture is Mary (The Birthday

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Christian Coalition for Education

Dernier Publishing books are getting out and about! On Saturday we had a stand at a Christian Coalition for Education event in Oxford. We met quite a few teachers and headteachers, and we were heartened by the interest shown in

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Violence in Nigeria

You never know where our books are going to go next… this time it’s Nigeria! I was both delighted and honoured to meet Archbishop Ben Kwashi from Jos (Plateau State) yesterday evening. Archbishop Ben and his amazing wife, Gloria, have

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Christian Bookshops Support Dernier Books

We very much value our relationship with Christian bookshops, and our rep, Peter, who showcases them for us. This week Peter sent us orders from five different Christian bookshops all over the country (including 10 books to Motherwell in Scotland)!

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Christmas Shopping!

Now we are well into November, it’s time to turn our thoughts to Christmas! If we can help you choose Christian books for your children/teens, please contact us on email, or find us on facebook – we always love to

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Creative Writing II

Yay! Write-for-a-Reason.com has a brand new look! If you write stories for teens and pre-teens, do take a look – you might find just what you need to help you start, finish or publish you book!  

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Creative Writing

Do you write for children and teenagers? Would you be interested in receiving free writing tips via email? Click on the image below to take you to Write for a Reason. Enjoy!

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Christian Children’s Books on Audio

I (Janet Wilson) have been recording A New Me for Torch Trust… sorry it’s not a very good photo, but it wasn’t easy taking a selfie with the book and microphone! We are hoping to bring all Dernier books out

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Light of the World

A bit more of a personal post today. Janet here, founder of Dernier Publishing – thanks for being here! I helped at our church Glow Party yesterday evening. We gave a Christian children’s book to each of the children who

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Christian Books for Young People Going to Christian Bookshops

We are grateful to Christian bookshops all over the UK for stocking our books. Here are some orders ready to go – perhaps they will end up being Christmas presents! Please pray the books will be an encouragement to all

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Books to Uganda

Author Clive Lewis took some Dernier books to Uganda recently (The City Kid, I Want to Be an Airline Pilot, Living in Hope and Under the Tamarind Tree). Clive gave the books to Dickens Zziwa, National Director of Scripture Union.

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Dyslexia friendly books

A New Me is dyslexia friendly – see how easy it is to read? We would like to update all our books, eventually, to this style, to make them as accessible as we can to as many readers as possible.

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First Photos from the Book Launch!

So, here are the first photos from the book launch! Thanks to everyone who helped make the event a great success! Please pray for all the children who will read this book. Thank you!

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One easy way to build up your relationship with your children

One way you can develop a rich relationship with your children is to read stories together. Mums and Dads, get involved! Talk about the issues the characters face… in this way you can get to understand what your children are

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Kindle ebooks

All our books (except for the brand new one, A New Me) are available as ebooks on Amazon’s kindle store. So now you can read any book you like anywhere you like in the world. 🙂 Why not read the

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All Our Books!

All our books in one neat collage! Who do you know who needs a bit of encouragement? All these books are currently in stock!

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Only five days to go to the launch of A New Me! This lovely Christian book for young people (11-13-ish) shows how there is always hope, even when things seem to be going very wrong. If you can come to

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Planning BIG… Taking Small Steps

Planning BIG, Taking Small Steps Don’t laugh, but I have taken up running. Actually, feel free to laugh if you wish :-). For a long time I’ve been realising the need to do something to increase my level of fitness.

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Cat Standing in Your Way?

Hello, and welcome to the latest Dernier Publishing newsletter! Bold and Courageous What type of videos do you enjoy watching on YouTube? Surfing dogs, other people’s disasters, how-to videos, Tim Vine clips? (Or maybe you have better things to do!

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Thanks For Your Support

Hello again Friends, and thanks for sticking with us. We wouldn’t be here without you! GDPR has taken a lot of time, trying to get all the forms right, making sure our privacy policy says all it needs to, and

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Newsletter April 2018

Perspective I hope you all had a wonderful Easter, celebrating the sacrifice of Jesus for us; his death and resurrection. Recently I’ve been thinking about perspective. Allow me to share a couple of photos with you. I took this first

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Christian books for young people – all the latest news!

Welcome to our February Newsletter! How old were you when you became a Christian? I was 13. (I’m not telling you how many years ago that was, hehe!) In a recent survey, practising Christians were asked, ‘At what age did

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