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Christian Books for Kids – Three Bits of News!

Dear Dernier Friends, Easter is now over, but the wonder of the resurrection still remains – Jesus is alive forever, and because he lives, we live! I went to the funeral of a wonderful godly man yesterday… he was a

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37 Ways to Inspire Your Children to Love Reading

Supporting the National Year of Reading 2026 Do you struggle to get your kids to read? If so, the great news is… that’s about to change. An impossible dream? Not at all! Hi, Janet Wilson here – book lover, mum,

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World Book Day 2026

We love seeing children enjoying books on World Book Day! Shout out to the pupils of St James School, who are reading Dernier books from the school library (below)! We hope you all have a wonderful day, enjoying books! P.S.

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News!

Book Night Dear Dernier Friends, The joy of reading is starting to get lost. We are all so addicted to our phones, we can hardly bear to put them down out of sight, and constantly check them for anything new.

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The Joy of Books!

Dear Dernier Friends, There’s so much to tell you about this month! Joy 1 – Fan Mail! How heart-warming is this? We love it when readers take the time to write to us – in this case, all the way

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New Life in Christ

Dear Dernier Friends, What a lovely month March can be, as the spring flowers that we have been watching so carefully burst out, blossoms begin to bloom, and even as I write I can see a bee out of the

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Best Series!

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September News

Hello everyone, and welcome to the first Dernier newsletter of the autumn term! I must admit, going back to school always used to make me anxious, as a child (especially maths class), but the one thing I did love was

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New Book and More News!

Dear Dernier Friends, I hope you are keeping well and enjoying the summer – it’s quite chilly in the UK at the moment, but at least everything looks lovely and green, and the days are long and light! Perhaps we’ll

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Latest News

Dear Dernier Friends, We’re already well into August… How did that happen? Sometimes it seems as though time really does have wings… Waiting for exam results Let’s pray for all the young people who are anxiously waiting for exam results.

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Concerning Changes in Culture

Dear Dernier Friends, We have a serious problem. Children are being caught up in a whirlwind of strange ideas. I was talking to a friend recently, who knows a child who ‘is’ a dinosaur at school. He roars instead of

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It’s Competition Time!

The Treasure Hunt has arrived, in plenty of time for your family summer reading… We were wondering how to celebrate, and have decided to set up a COMPETITION! Buy a copy of this exciting story from our website, and you

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2023!

Dear Friends, It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with you over the last year, to help you get books into the hands of the children you love and are concerned for. Isn’t it just brilliant to be working together

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Christmas is Fast Approaching!

Dear Friends, The days are drawing in, winter has arrived, and we need to start thinking about Christmas! Christmas is a time of light, love and laughter… well, that’s the plan anyway. 🙂 Jesus’ miraculous arrival on earth is certainly

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All the Latest News!

Hello and welcome to the Dernier Publishing newsletter. Thanks for being here – I appreciate it so much. I don’t know about you, but a couple of years ago, when we had been in lockdown for a couple of months,

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All the Latest News!

The last few weeks have had their share of problems… I went down with a virus, the storm damaged our garden office roof (where I work), our internet went down, and we got locked out of the Dernier website! With

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World Book Day!

Janet, our CEO, is speaking at these World Book Day events, organised by the Association of Christian Teachers. Readers are leaders, and it’s great to encourage our young people to get stuck into good books!

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December News

Hello, and welcome to our newsletter – filled this time with all the info you need to find the perfect Christian books for the children on your heart! We’re all short of time at this time of year (24 days

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News of the Latest Treasure!

Dear Dernier Friends, Firstly, thank you for your prayers and support – without you we wouldn’t exist! Real Treasure I’ve been thinking about the pearl of great price, recently. Could anything be more important than our faith in Christ? To

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Beech Bank Girls Videos!

We have some fabulous videos to share with you… do share with your friends! This year, let’s get the good news into as many young people’s hands as we can. Every one deserves to hear it. Every one is precious.

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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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Book: £5.99 | Faith: Priceless

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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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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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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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Stock Taking

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Changing Lives, a Little at a Time

Newsletter January 2018 Lego Cathedral Though we are many, we are one body. We all know that, of course! On a recent visit to Chester, we visited the cathedral. They are building a Lego model of the cathedral, one brick

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The Last Dernier Publishing Newsletter of 2017!

Live, Love, Laugh Have you seen the slogan Live, Love, Laugh? It seems to be the in-thing to have inspirational thoughts like this on plaques, calendars, pictures and ornaments. If you could give anything to the ones you love this

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Launch of the Flying Carpet, Reviews and More!

Celebrating the launch of Revenge of the Flying Carpet

Welcome to the Dernier Publishing Newsletter, November 2017 Launch of the Flying Carpet! We had a great time at the launch of Revenge of the Flying Carpet. Thanks to all who came, young and old! It was great to celebrate

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Prison, Palace, Parties, Pebbles and Revenge!

Dernier Publishing Newsletter October 2017 Once again we have reached autumn and harvest time – how time flies, along with the swallows! Hope you have had a good summer. Last weekend I went to stay with my brother, who moved

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Newsletter: September 2017

Dear Friends and Supporters, Thank you for reading this! And thank you so much for all your prayers for Dernier – please be assured they are making a massive difference. We are finding more and more outlets to get the

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Faith, Hope and Love

Book Launch We had a wonderful time at the book launch of Rebecca and Jade: Choices last month. Thanks to all who prayed! Thanks also to author Eleanor and all at Bethesda Evangelical Church in Hay-on-Wye for hosting this lovely

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You Can Be a Youth Worker!

Yes, you can be a youth worker! All you have to do is give a Christian book to a young person, pray for them, and let the book (and the Holy Spirit!) do the work for you. But how do

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Spring Catalogue – Please Share!

Wooo hooo, our new online catalogue is with us! Want to browse all our Christian books for young people easily, all in one place? Follow this link to see the catalogue! Please email this link to your friends/Sunday School leaders/school

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New Leaflets

We have had some new leaflets printed, for churches and schools, very similar to this one! All our books are chosen for their excellent Christian content as part of a gripping story . . . pass the news on, and

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All You Need Is New Sofas!

Newsletter October 2016 All You Need is New Sofas! I know we haven’t reached Christmas yet, but the ads on telly have already begun . . . and just in case you haven’t heard, I’d better tell you that all

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