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Dernier Publishing Online Catalogue

Take your children on a faith-building adventure! Choose which one here…

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Latest News from Dernier Publishing

If you want to encourage a family in their faith this Christmas, or reach out with the good news in a gentle way, this is the perfect gift for 6-8s/family reading. Luke learns about prayer, faith and trust as the stray dog in the park learns to trust him…

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10 Reasons to Buy Christian Fiction for Your Children

10 reasons to buy Christian books for your kids…

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Books Change Author’s Life

Author Mary Weeks Millard knows how books can change lives – because they changed hers! She says, “I loved school, but was very shy and had few real friends. My friends were often my books! I read avidly and was

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Hope – an Anchor for the Soul

Good morning! It’s sunny here right now, though I don’t know for how long! I do love the sunshine. It raises my spirits and somehow brings hope with the warmth and light; especially now, in these difficult times, as the

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The Dernier Book Club is now LIVE!

One thing some families have in these tough times, is more time to read stories together! In previous emails and posts on social media I’ve mentioned that we are setting up a Dernier Book Club… well as from today we

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Dernier News!

Wow, what a time we are living in. The news has just come in that from Monday, only six people will be able to meet together (that’s in England). And we just don’t know what will happen next…

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August News

As we press on in these difficult times, are you looking for ways to reach out to your neighbours and friends? So many people are looking for the way, the truth and the life, but they don’t know where to find it. Books are a great way to share your faith with gentleness and respect – they allow the reader to make up their own mind, without you having to say anything more than, “I saw this and thought of you.” Particularly when you can’t invite them to a meeting!…

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July News

Could you buy books to give to family, to loan to children, for chaplains, for Sunday Schools and groups, to give to neighbours and your children’s friends? Who knows how far your seeds might go, and what fruit might grow? Our church donated Dernier books to families who come to the Community Fridge. People with no previous contact…

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Sowing Seeds with Christian Books

Be the one who buys the book who changes the life. How do you know your books will change lives? You need to keep sowing seeds. The more you sow, the more fruit will grow. Some seed will fall on

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Video Reviews

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June newsletter

We love our sparrows! They nest in the hedgerow opposite our house, and in trees in surrounding gardens. They have their enemies, though. This year we have had an influx of bold magpies, arriving in chattering groups, plunging into the trees to steal the nestlings. Horrid…

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Christian Books for Children and Teens; Write for a Reason; Competitions and Prizes; Building Faith in Families.

April was a full month! We started a new Write for a Reason course, which is always exciting. This course is for anyone who wants to write novels for children/teens from a Christian perspective. The need for good reading material for our young people is huge, so it’s wonderful to be able to train more writers in the art of story writing…

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Good News in the Darkness

He wanted to try to escape and run home but as he tried to call out “help!” his voice just seemed to dry up inside his mouth. He knew, too, that these huts were away from the road and the other houses, so nobody …

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Our Children’s Security is at Risk

In the very depths of our souls we all long to feel safe and settled. We have jobs so we can provide for our family and locks on our doors to keep out intruders. The idea of ‘living peacefully under our own fig tree…

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Why We Exist

Too many children are leaving the church, and growing up not knowing that God loves them. We believe every child should have access to fun, relevant Christian books that share the good news of Jesus.

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Easter Good News?

We mustn’t miss this opportunity – people are desperate for good news. Congregations can be encouraged and whole families reached with Christian books for their children, especially as they see the church caring for their children in a tangible way…

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Rebecca & Jade: Choices, Discussion Questions

Rebecca and Jade are at a clinic specialising in teenage pregnancy. One of them is pregnant; the other has come to give support. Do you know any teenage girls who are pregnant, or think they could be? What advice would

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Good News for Dark Times

Good morning from the quiet outskirts of London. It’s nearly 9am as I write this, and usually the road is busy, but right now there’s just the odd car passing by. These are extraordinary times, aren’t they? We need to keep praying for all those affected….

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“No other medium can witness so daringly, abide so persistently, or influence so irresistibly as the printed page.”

“No other medium can witness so daringly, abide so persistently, or influence so irresistibly as the printed page. It can be obtained and studied secretly, get undivided attention in quiet hours, leap…

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All the February News in One Place :-)

Yippeee and hallelujah! Our first book is being printed in Kenya through our partners in Nairobi! Thank you to Grace and the team from CLC Nairobi, who have helped us to make our dream come true. Now we no longer have to ship books to this region…

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Our ‘Pilot’ Book

Hello, Janet here with exciting news… our first book will be printed in Kenya tomorrow through our partners in CLC Nairobi! We will see this sample via Whatsapp video – amazing! As a pilot (sorry for the pun!) …

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FREE Writing Workshop

Have you ever thought about writing stories for children? Fancy attending a workshop? Janet here, founder of Dernier Publishing and Write for a Reason. I’m running a FREE writing workshop…

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I Want to Be an Airline Pilot

Please pray for us as we work to get this book printed in Kenya. Thank you!

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Nobody’s Dog – Sneak Preview

We’re working on some new books – Luke learns about prayer and trusting God in Nobody’s Dog…

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New Book!

We are really excited to tell you about a new book we are currently working on, called Nobody’s Dog. This lovely story by Eleanor Watkins features a dog who lives in the park opposite Luke’s apartment…

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January 2020 News

Firstly, Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed the Christmas and New Year festivities. Probably, if you’re like everyone else, there were lovely moments and more difficult times. Trials are part of life, and as Mr Bronzovi says to Luke in Nobody’s Dog (see below!) “…we’ll get through…

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Getting Ready for World Book Day!

We are counting and packing up books for World Book Day today, to be distributed to Christian bookshops in the UK…

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Our Mission Statement

Many children are growing up not knowing that God loves them; Christians have a responsibility to let them know. Stories help us make sense of the world, so we produce fun, relevant stories for children with a Christian element. These range from spy…

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A Pennyworth of Peppermints Reprint

These arrived on a lorry today, unexpectedly – our new reprint of A Pennyworth of Peppermints! We weren’t expecting them until the New Year – good thing we were in the office…

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Kids Excited for Christmas?

Kids getting excited for Christmas? You could always download one of our books on kindle, or on audio! Nothing like a good book to encourage and settle down for a while. 🙂 Click…

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The Greatest Christmas Gift

Some children will receive lots of expensive gifts for Christmas… some not so many… some may not have anything to unwrap, but the free gift of God is salvation for all who call on him, however old they are. If

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Don’t Leave it Too Late!

Last call for books for Christmas! If you know a child who loves to read (or loves being read to), now’s the time to show them you care.

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Know a Child Going Through a Tough Time?

Child on your heart? Bring them the message of the good news in a story… If you need help choosing, please ask! 🙂 We’d love to help you choose.

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Reading Aloud

Did your mum read to you when you were little? Or your dad? Or anyone else? Who was your favourite? We would love to hear your memories! 🙂 Don’t forget, many of our books are now available as audiobooks. There’s

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Angel Tree

We were delighted to receive this in the post – we’re so pleased to be working with Prison Fellowship, and specifically Angel …

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New Titles

We are going to be bringing you new books next year! 🙂 As soon as we have the contracts in place we will give you …

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Books to Scotland!

These books are on their way to Scotland! We hope and pray they will be well used and loved. 🙂

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Review of Deepest Darkness

We very much enjoyed spending this time together. With two younger siblings, we don’t have many opportunities to spend time just the two of us. His brother and sister would play in their …

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Christmas Gifts

Have you started to think about Christmas presents? We all know books make the perfect gift…

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Award!

We’re in the Together magazine (for everyone involved in the Christian book trade). Here’s proof we are award-winning publishers! 😁 Thanks to Torch Trust for the award, and for everyone who helped make this possible. We are delighted to still

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International Day of Children

Today is International Children’s Day, but some don’t have story books. We’re doing what we can, but it feels like a drop in the ocean. Every child should have books to read! Books bring life and fun – they help

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Under the Tamarind Tree for Children of Prisoners

Please pray for the 500 children who will receive copies of Under the Tamarind Tree this Christmas, from a parent in prison. Angel Tree (part of Prison Fellowship) organise this wonderful initiative, with help from prison chaplains and volunteers. Thank

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Black Friday

Dernier Publishing is not going to be participating in Black Friday this year, so if you want to buy books from this website or from Christian bookshops, you can do it anytime between now and Christmas, knowing…

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Books for Christmas

Don’t forget to check out our catalogue for books for your children this Christmas! Dernier Publishing Online Catalogue Christian books change lives, not just give enjoyment for a few days. Not saying it’s not great to have fun and celebrate

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Deepest Darkness Review

“The message of freedom and light was clear. This is a really well written and entertaining story.” Katie read this with her 11-year-old son. Want one? Order here, or buy from your local Christian bookshop. Don’t leave it – time

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Readers with Sight Loss

Sadly, not all children have story books available to them, for lots of different reasons. We are proud to work with Torch Trust to make our books available in Braille, large and giant print, and on audio. (We even got

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Books for Education Bridge Africa

Today we packed up a box of books for children in Kenya who don’t have story books. Thanks to all who have donated books! 50 books will soon be on their way for the #readtolead project, for children in desperately

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Box of Books for African Children in Need

#readtolead Dernier Publishing is delighted to be part of the #readtolead project with Education Bridge Africa. Education is a way out of poverty for many children, and reading is a big part of that (as well as being fun!). If

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Writing for Young People

Do you write Christian novels for young people? Looking to take your writing to the next level? Janet Wilson, founder of Dernier Publishing, is running an online course called “Easy but Brilliant Ways to Make Your Story Fun” for £1

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October News

Now Halloween is over (phew!), the nights are drawing in, and like it or not, we can’t help but start thinking about…

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Sold Out

We have sold out of the first print run of The City Kid. There are mixed feelings – it’s great that all these books are now out in the world, but we’re sorry you can no longer…

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Jesus, Light of the World

Halloween is over for another year. Now it’s time to begin preparations for Christmas, when we celebrate Jesus, the…

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Christian Bookshops

The world can be a dark place for Christians. Christian bookshops do a great job, shining like lights on the High Street! How far do you have to go to your local bookshop? If you’re anywhere near Streatham, pop in

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Books Are Treats!

If you’d like Christian books to give to trick or treaters, contact us. 🙂 We’d love to help! #halloweenisapproaching

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Christian Resources Exhibition

It was great to see our books being sold at the Christian Resources Exhibition in Surrey last week! Thanks to…

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Gifts for Special People

Could you afford to buy a Christian book every month/term for your godchild, grandchild, or your Sunday School group? If you write a verse in each one at the front, your special people will have an amazing stack of encouragement

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Children in Thika

Dernier Publishing is delighted to be part of the #readtolead project with Education Bridge Africa. Education is a way out of poverty for many children… and they are desperate for…

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Books Going into the Wide World

These Christian books were ordered today… they will be off to Surrey shortly, in the mail. Who will read them? Will they get passed on? How many lives will they touch? So many seeds in one small package! 🙂 #christianbooksforkids#everychildisprecious#dernierpublishing#booksmakegreatgifts#bookschangelives#sodoesprayer

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Books to Bookshop

This selection of books was ordered by Soham Books in Cambridgeshire… Wouldn’t it be great to know where they end up!

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World Mental Health Day

#worldmentalhealthday If you know a child who suffers from anxiety, Deepest Darkness is a lovely book which has helped many 8-11s. Get your copy here.

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Dyslexia Awareness Week

It’s dyslexia awareness week! We realised the importance of dyslexia friendly books a while ago, so our last few Dernier Publishing releases have had a brilliant, spacious new look inside, with wider margins, better spacing and a dyslexia friendly font.

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Collection

Books waiting to be collected for Angel Tree today: final destination will be prisoners’ children. How wonderful is that! 🙂 500 copies of this lovely book are waiting in these boxes. Seeds ready to be sown. You can read more

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Angel Tree

We are getting ready to send 500 copies of Under the Tamarind Tree to Angel Tree (part of the Prison Fellowship), thanks to a generous supporter. These books will go to prisoners’ children at Christmas, as a gift from their

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Official Photos from CRT and the Award!

Hi, Janet here – that’s me in the middle (below), receiving our award! Every year Christian publishers and retailers get together for the Christian Resources Together retreat. At this event we have an exhibition, worship together, eat together, share news…

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Christian Resources Together

Hello, Janet here! The last few days I have been at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, for the annual Christian Resources retreat. As well as celebrating the 10th birthday of the first of the Beech Bank Girls books, we

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Beech Bank Girls are Ten Years Old!

Can you believe it’s ten years since these girls began sharing their stories with us? The book (and the sequels) are…

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Online Writing Course

In the parable of the talents, the servants who received the gifts had to put them to work… the servant who buried his talent was in trouble – don’t let that be …

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Angel Tree

These two fabulous titles will be going to prisoners’ children via Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree programme this Christmas. Delighted to be part of this brilliant project, keeping prisoners connected with their children, and knowing the kiddies have a Christian book

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Birthdays, Book Clubs, Beech Bank Girls and more!

Some children are already back at school – some will be heading out this week. Let’s pray for all those who love the Lord, that they will be strengthened in their faith and hold on to what…

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Books Make the Best Gifts

Why not keep a stock of Christian books to give away to your children’s friends and friends’ children? You could be giving much more than a book – you could be planting seeds for eternal life.

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Christian Audiobooks for Children

Did you download and listen to any or our Christian audiobooks for children over the summer? If you did, we’d love to hear from you! .

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Let’s Pray!

Children all over the world will have attended camps and clubs run by missions and churches over the summer months. Let’s pray that seeds sown will bear fruit! 🙂

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Book: £5.99 | Faith: Priceless

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It’s Raining!

It’s raining! What about a good book? How about this one? You can get the kindle version or the audiobook instantly, or order from the website for the next wet week! Don’t let the children you love miss out on

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The Birthday Shoes on Audio

Want to encourage your girls to keep walking with Jesus? Try this audio book! Available all over the web, including on Google Play for a once-only purchase, if you’re not looking for a subscription.

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Raining?

It’s getting towards the end of the summer holidays, and the evenings are drawing in. Time for some family reading! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to spend some time together…

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Beech Bank Girls

If you are looking for a book to build your girls’ faith, or show girls who have no church background that it’s great to be a Christian…

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Something is Eating My Beans! – All the Latest News from Dernier Publishing in One Place

A pastor’s wife I know through social media, Claire, gave her daughter A New Me to read. This is what she said, “Just a bit of encouragement for you – my daughter has just finished reading this book… and LOVED…

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Try Before You Buy!

Try before you buy! Get your FREE copy of The Treasure Hunt ebook (pdf) when you join our email list. Read this exciting story (featuring four children from a church…

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Summer Journey Ahead?

If your kids get bored on long journeys, download one of our audiobooks! Search for any of our titles on Audible, iTunes, Scribd, Google Play (if you want a one off instead of a subscription) and enjoy together! Christian books

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Hottest Day of the Year!

Kids hot and bored? You can buy Dernier books on kindle and give them to your kids NOW! USE the weather and inspire them in their faith – read together, discuss the issues and multiply the good stuff! Try this

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London’s Gone on Audiobook

More of our books are now out as audiobooks, ready for kids who are not so keen on reading, or for all the family…

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Audiobooks!

Do your kids love to listen to stuff on their phones? But there are so many voices out there! Want to give them an exciting Christian novel to listen to? Another of our books is now on audio…

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Girls For God

If your 10-14-year-old girls love listening to stuff on their phones and you want them to keep walking with God, you can now get all these fun Christian books on audio from Google Play. We can’t change lives ourselves, but

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Don’t Delay

More and more church kids are walking away from faith, and many young people are growing up never hearing the good news of Jesus. There are so many conflicting…

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More Audiobooks for Girls!

We are delighted to bring you the second of the Beech Bank Girls books in audio format, which is brilliant for girls who love their phones…

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Clive is Back!

Clive Lewis (author of The City Kid) is back from his trip to Uganda. Thanks for your prayers! Clive says, “I returned from Uganda last week and enjoyed great fellowship with family, friends and Christian brothers and sisters.” Clive and his team took…

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Books Going Out Today

More fun, faith-building Dernier books are winging their way out into the world today! Here they are, boxed up and ready to go! If you don’t want your children to miss out, order your books today. We’d love to help

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All the News in One Place!

In Deuteronomy 11, the Lord, through Moses, urges the people, concerning his commandments: “Fix them in your hearts and minds.
Teach them to your children,
talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” This isn’t an “if you like” suggestion. The words are so familiar that they can wash over us. But…

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Read to Lead

Last year we started sending boxes of books to Kenya, for children in slum schools on the outskirts of Nairobi. This is such a heart-warming picture – I was told the children were…

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Christian Camps Coming Up!

Let’s pray for the preparations of summer camps and clubs starting soon! They can be such a vital time in the lives of young people – fun and good news are a fabulous combination! If your church or organisation is

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Do You Write?

Hello, Janet here, founder of Dernier Publishing. I just wanted to drop in and let you know that as well as working on books, I also run a resource for Christians who write …

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More books going out!

These books for 8-11s are off to a bookshop. We don’t know who will buy them and who will read them… but we can pray for them! Will you join us? So many issues are bombarding our children. Let’s be

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Beech Bank Girls on Audio

You don’t have to join a subscription programme to listen to Beech Bank Girls, Every Girl Has A Story. You can download it direct from Google Play and enjoy it forever!

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Faith-building Books on Audio

Do you have children who don’t enjoy reading, but love listening to a story? Want to build their faith? You do not have to subscribe to a monthly programme to benefit from audio books – you can download whichever book

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More Christian Audio Books for Kids

Yipppeee! You know we exist to unite concerned Christians with life-changing stories for the 8-16s on their hearts? Well, we have three more inspiring books now on audio, so you can share these great stories with the young people in

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Books to New Homes

These books are off to Coventry! May they be much read and loved. We love uniting concerned Christians with life-changing stories to share with the children on their hearts.

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Sowing Seeds

Christian books can change lives. Sometimes the seeds take a long time to grow. Sometimes they fall in thorns and weeds, or on the path, or on rocky ground. So we need…

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Praying for Persecuted Christians

Prayer is an enormous privilege, and a huge responsibility – here’s a resource to help your young people to pray! Millions of Christians worldwide suffer persecution for their belief in Jesus Christ. As well as our help, they need our

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More Books To Uganda!

Author of The City Kid, Clive Lewis, is off to Uganda again soon, with a mission team. Clive’s church made an appeal for books to take to children who so badly need them, and raised the amazing total of…

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John Ouma is off to Uganda

John Ouma (aka The City Kid) is getting packed up ready for his flight to Uganda next month. Ultimate destination:

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Exam Prayer

Last week GCSEs started, and SATs began. A levels will be starting soon, along with college/uni exams. It can be such a stressful time. We had such good feedback from the exam prayer we put on social media, we have

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Do you have children in your church?

Not all churches now have children, sadly. If yours does, would you like to give out some of our leaflets? Not all children read, but almost all love to have a story read…

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CLC Distribution

If your church has children (sadly, not all do), would you mention our books to your children’s worker or minister, as ideas for prizes? Even children who don’t love reading themselves usually love being read to!…

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Visit to Hillsong Kids

Hello, Janet Wilson here. I visited central London yesterday – Hillsong Kids (7-11s), to give a talk about books! It was a delight to meet so many keen readers. I got to talk to some of the children individually as

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Prayer for Exams and Tests

The exam season is on us once again… let’s pray for all our children and young people doing tests and exams. It can be such a stressful time. But the Lord can give strength! Below is a prayer you can

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Going to Hillsong!

Hi, Janet Wilson here, founder of Dernier Publishing. On Sunday I have the privilege of speaking to the Hillsong London Kids’ 7-11s about Christian books! I have a little talk planned, and aim to encourage them to be brave, because

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New Homes for Books

Books all boxed up and ready to go out into the world!

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First Audio Book for Sale!

We are absolutely delighted to let you know that our first audio book is now for sale on Audible and iTunes! So now, if your child doesn’t love reading, or you want to listen together on a journey, you can

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Audio Books Approved!

Exciting news! We have just heard that our first audio book has been approved by Amazon/Audible and iTunes! It will be on sale in “2-3 days”. Be sure we will let you know!

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Beech Bank Girls Reviews

“I really like Beech Bank Girls. It is about six teenage friends, Annie, Willow, Rachel, Amber, and Chloe. Holly is on holiday!
In this book, a new girl, Madalina…

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Happy Easter

We would like to take this opportunity, as we take a few days’ break to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus, to thank everyone who has supported and prayed for Dernier. We appreciate you all. We would like to

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Easter Books

Last call for books for Easter! Want to give more than chocolate? Want to share the good news of Jesus? You need to be quick! Send in your orders today. 🙂

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More Audio Book Covers

While working on the audio files, we’ve also been working on the covers! What do you think so far? Do you enjoy audio books? .

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More Audio Book Covers!

All this week we will be working on our audio books… please pray with us as we seek to serve our children/young people in this way. Thank you! Here are some more of the covers: If you’d like to be

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Audio Books

Please pray! After months of hard work and lots of hiccups we have uploaded our first audio book (Revenge of the Flying Carpet) to audible and itunes… it’s awaiting approval (which could be up to fourteen days). Once this one

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Stock Taking

Busy stock taking! Please pray for the young people who will eventually read these books! Thank you. 🙂

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Newsletter March 2019

All the news from the last month, condensed into one handy place! 🙂 Enjoy and be encouraged… and thanks for all your support and prayers. Easter.. If Jesus hadn’t died for us, if he hadn’t been raised from the dead, we would be lost forever, with no hope. It’s hard to express, for those of us who are children of God, how much that means to us. Words can not convey the gratitude, however much we try. This story, of all stories, is so full of joy after sorrow, hope after despair, light after darkness, truth after deception, life after death, undeserved forgiveness. Once again at this time of year, our hearts overflow with awe at the amazing grace of God – his sacrifice for us…

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