The book features a series of short stories centered around a toy monkey, leading readers through exciting adventures with various animals, including crocodiles and cows. Each chapter concludes with a brief reflection, encouraging children to think about challenges they may encounter as they mature. This engaging narrative not only entertains but also fosters important life lessons.
Shema is an eight-year-old Rwandan goat herd from a child-led family. He has many adventures, including a goat eating his only T-shirt, a frightening visit to a medicine man and a dangerously close brush with a spitting black cobra! Through them all, little by little, Shema learns about 'Mr God' and discovers that although he is an orphan, he has a Father in heaven who cares for him. An inspiring, victorious, heart-warming story, with lovely background to life in rural Rwanda.
Emily Jane wants fashionable boots for her birthday, but is given fake crocodile-skin shoes instead. Trying on the hated shoes, she discovers that they hold an amazing secret! Join Emily Jane as she goes on a series of adventures in Africa, making friends and exciting discoveries about God along the way.
Joshua and Timo's lives are about to change forever. Their fathers are doctors and the boys have to leave their old lives behind to go and live with their families in rural Rwanda. The boys hate the thought of leaving their friends and almost everything they own behind, but soon make friends with Shema and a disabled lad and discover that God knows best. The exciting sequel to 'I Want to Be an Airline Pilot' and 'Living in Hope'.
The narrative centers on twins Morgan and Millie as they navigate their first year of school, discovering the changing seasons and the significance of various special events. Through their experiences, readers learn about the Christian festivals and the joy of seasonal celebrations, making it a delightful exploration of growth, learning, and cultural traditions throughout the year.
Ages 8 to 11 years. Shema can now go to school, and his dream of becoming an airline pilot has moved one step closer -- but he and his family and friends still have many challenges to face in the Village of Hope. Frida is tricked into leaving her brother and sister, Sam is falsely accused of stealing, a football match has an uncertain ending; will their faith triumph? Sequel to "I Want to Be an Airline Pilot" set in Rwanda.
An inspiring story from the frontline of practical faith in action. Mary Weeks Millard, a quiet and unassuming girl overcomes social shyness and childhood illness and a poor educational start to aspire to her heart s call to become a nurse on the mission field. She tells her own unique and inspiring life story by painting a colourful and often graphic picture of training as a nurse and midwife in the UK in the 1950s. Pressing ahead against all the odds Mary finds doors opening as she exercises her faith in a God of possibilities These doors lead her to adventures and challenges of working in East and Central Africa in the years following independence and civil war before returning to equally challenging situations in UK.' Who knows what God has in store for each one of us If there is a burning desire within our hearts to reach out and touch the lives of others in practical and spiritual ways this story is an encouragement for us all. As life has a way of weaving and turning so Mary found that each step of her journey was already planned and prepared, offering the opportunity to touch the lives of many people abroad and back in the UK.
Ages 8 to 11 years. While collecting driftwood on their local beach in Dorset, Ben and Sidney find a message in a bottle washed up on the shore. The message is written in rhyme -- is it just a poem? Through a series of adventures, the boys, along with Sidney's sister, Vera, discover that there is much more to the message than meets the eye... This delightful story captures a little of what life was like for families living through the Great War, and how faith in God can make a difference, whatever the circumstances.
'Run, run, as fast as you can!' the cry rings out in Tiago's ears as he flees his abusive stepfather and the only home he has ever known. Exposed and alone on the cruel London streets, and fearing for his infant sister's fate, he will have to learn fast if he is to survive and ever see her again. But when a chance encounter with a beautiful girl reveals a new threat, he runs to the coast where new opportunities and new dangers await. Vulnerable and in desperate need of support, Tiago will have to decide whom to trust if he is ever to stop running and discover the key to his dead father's past. But will his murderous stepfather find him first? And what about the girl whose help may just have saved his life?