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My sister, Diane Moody, has just released her newest book. Must admit, I almost read it in one sitting which is unusual for me. Could not put it down! Great historical fiction that tells the story of a little known part of WWII. As you will see on th

I just recently discovered T. L. Higley.  When I went to her web site, I found that she has some interesting offers.  Go to http://tracyhigley.com/ , then to "connect" and then click on "Great Book giveaway". 

We have recently discovered that many of our "JF" books are in the Accelerated Reader Program in the elementary schools.  We are promoting this with our church family which will help increase circulation in addition to giving the public school childr

A long-time friend of mine from my seminary days has just published an excellent new Bible study tool, Jeanette Ford. As the title indicates, Jeanette is an archivist who served with the National Archives in the 1970s and 80s. This new tool arranges

One of our heroes in church library ministry has written a devotional book--Keith Mee. Sometimes we don't consider devotional books for our libraries but I encourage you to consider this one. Keith has done an excellent job with these thoughtful Bibl

Fort Worth, TX - July 29, 2012 - “Since my eyesight has gotten so bad, I had quit coming to the library,” commented a senior adult to the library staffer at Wedgwood Baptist Church. She was one of the first to sign up for the library’s new eBook chec

I am trying to find good fiction books for a 9th grade boy.  He really enjoyed the Andrew Klavan Homelander series so maybe I need more books similar to this.

    Also, does anyone know of blogs I could read which give recommendations on children/tee

I am thinking that with all the service men returning from Irac there will probably be some of your congregations who will be  among them.  It is worth taking time to go internet and get all the information that you can gather about their efforts, fr

We have had some trouble with pages falling out of a few of our "I Can Read" Series of children's books.  I contacted Zondervan and they have been extremely helpful in trying to correct this problem for future printing and binding.  They even offered

Everyone needs to buy the new book  Eyes of The Ocean by Dan Morton.  This book is now in stores Target and Barnes and Noble to name a few.

Dan Morton will be in Myrtle Beach, SC later this week for book signing events.  He will also be in Florida

Remember when your school had a book fair and you had $5 to spend on the book of your choice to be placed in the school library?

I want to something similar based on what I heard at a recent visit to a church library.  They did a book fair by purch

We have purchased several titles in the Guidepost Series Mystery and the Minister's Wife.  We try to shelf the books in series order, but I have consulted several sources and have been unable to find any agreement on which is #1, which is #2, etc.  D

http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2011/01/18/ebooks-and-libraries-a-stream-of-concerns/

This is a rather long blog about public libraries and ebooks, but well-worth reading. If you have a Kindle, Nook, etc. or if you are considering adding eb

Life of Luther is an historic, comprehensive biography of the most influential leader of the Protestant Reformation. This detailed biography of Martin Luther was reproduced from an 1850 American Sunday School Union original. It brings to light the co

Mornings and Evenings with Spurgeon is a classic collection of daily devotions that have been updated to meet the needs of the modern believer. Written by the “Prince of Preachers,” Charles H. Spurgeon, these timeless devotions have been cherished fo

Based on an original work released in 1859, completed in 1879, and considered the literary text for evolutionists, On the Origin of the Species has become the foundation for modern textbooks discussing origins. Interestingly enough Darwin, the Father

I have found several really fine books by bidding on ebay and for an example, I wanted an old, 1920s edition of Children's Lit that my sister used in college. I had my copy rebound and gave it to her daughter for Christmas and I wanted to replace it

While we have a substantial number of non-fiction volumes. I am convinced that what will draw adults to our library is an excellent selection of Christian fiction books. We do have the Jan Karon series and about 50 other titles, but I am looking for