Christian children’s books – Page 2

Official Photos from CRT and the Award!

Janet Wilson of Dernier Publishing, accepting the Accessible and Inclusive award from Torch Trust.

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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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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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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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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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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Clive is Back!

Author Clive Lewis with Rev Eunice Opok from Uganda

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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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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More books going out!

Selection of books for 8-11s from Dernier Publishing

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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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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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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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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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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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!

audio cover Revenge of the Flying Carpet

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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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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Stock Taking

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

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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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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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Take it Seriously

New Year New StartRead Christian Books with Your Children!

“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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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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‘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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Books Make Great Gifts

All Dernier Publishing Christian books for young people

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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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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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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Christmas is Nearly Here!

Girl reading Revenge of the Flying Carpet

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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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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