Christian children's books Archives

Excellent, Relevant, Fun Christian Books for 10-14s

We all want our 10-14s to read more! But unless we give them books they will absolutely love to read what’s the point of giving them a book? This bundle of books contains different styles and lengths of books, from

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Why Give Children Christian Books to Read?

Why would you give your children Christian books to read? Great question, right? Let’s look first at why we should encourage our children to read any books: Ten Reasons to Encourage Children to Read What About Christian Books? So why

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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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Last Chance Books for Christmas

Parcels We absolutely love sending out books! Who will read them? Will they become favourites? Will they get lent out to others? It’s exciting to consider the possibilities! If you would love a parcel like this, simply order a book

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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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Christian Books for Kids and Teens

Is it Worth it? Our founder, Janet Wilson, recently wrote an article, entitled Christian fiction for children: is it worth it? for Evangelicals Now magazine. You can read the article here.

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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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February 2025

Dear Dernier Friends, It’s such a joy to write to you with all our news, knowing you are there, praying for us as we work to supply exciting books for you to give to your kids and teens. It’s like

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5 Ways to Inspire Your Kids to Love Reading

Reading is great in so many ways! Try these ideas tonight and get your kids engaged in stories. 🙂

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Darkness v Light

As the days get shorter and darker, we can begin to feel the darkness seeping into our spirits. Halloween parties and trick and treating are now pretty much part of our culture now, aren’t they? – the shops are full

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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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Dear Dernier Friends, Just a quick note to let you know that we now have brand new copies of our latest updated story, Mystery in the Snow, ready to bring joy to your 8-11s! Yaaayyyy!!!! It’s the sequel to The

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December News

Books make fabulous Christmas gifts! I Want to Be an Airline Pilot is now available! Yaaayyyyy!!! I Want to Be an Airline Pilot is the third of our older books to receive a makeover this year! (the other two are

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Books to Bring Light at Christmas

Dear Dernier Friends, The clocks have gone back, Hallowe’en has been and gone (phew!), and now we can look forward to Christmas. 🙂 True Light We love Christmas, don’t we, and all that it means to us. Jesus was born

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September News

Dear Dernier Friends, Boy do we have a wonderful, growing list of Christian fiction for you to give the children on your heart! What a privilege it is for us to offer these books to you, and hear your reviews,

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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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Seeking Treasure?

Dear Friends, Once again I’m writing to you from a sunny desk, on a beautiful day. I love this time of year when it’s warm, everything is green, and flowers of every size and colour are blooming for us to

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The Ups and Downs of Life

Dear Dernier Friends, Summer is coming, along with warmer weather and exams! I hope you are keeping well and enjoyed the coronation of our new King? Pity it rained! Every season has its good things and struggles, doesn’t it –

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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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Prayer/Newsletter

Thanks for being here – I hope you will find this letter a wonderful encouragement! I saw this quote on twitter recently: “We cannot force someone to hear a message they are not ready to receive. But we must never

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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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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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Our ‘Treasure Chest’ Box of Books

Are you looking for a gift for a family or readers, for a school or church book corner, with exciting stories to grip readers? Want to encourage and inspire these precious children in their faith? This box of books is for you. It really is a treasure chest, ready to take readers to far away places… all with biblical values. Don’t let yours miss out. Get your box here.

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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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Would You Like to Write Books for Kids?

If you would like to write books for kids/teens, Janet Wilson is running a free Zoom training tomorrow (Wednesday 27th) at 11am, 3pm and 7pm, called Writing Stories for Our Time. We would love for you to be there! This

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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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The October Dernier Newsletter

Oliver’s Secret is a wonderful story about seven-year-old Clare, who has moved from China with her family, and who is now feeling lonely in her new home. She prays for a cat, and along comes Oliver… but who does he belong to?…

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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