Good News Christmas 2016
The Latest and Greatest Christmas Products for Your Family
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Where is Baby Jesus?
Kim Mitzo Thompson & Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand
All the animals are snuggling their babies in the stable that first Christmas night. Help Little Lamb find baby Jesus in this engaging lift-the-flap book with beautiful illustrations and repetitve text. Ages 3-6.
7x7” Lift-the-Flap Board Book.........................................13.95
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Best Thing About Christmas
Celebrate all the wonderful things about Christmas—decorated trees, caroling, family, and best of all, the gift of Jesus—with this charming rhyming storybook. Then, sing along with the original song, which follows the story wordfor-word, and other Christmas favorites on the included CD! Ages 3 and up.
6.75x6.75” Padded Board Book with CD........................ 13.95
My First Read-Along Christmas Story
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The story of Jesus’ birth presented in easy-to-read text with vibrant illustrations. Also includes a music CD featuring the story, word for word, and favorite Christmas carols. Ages 3-6.
6.75x6.75” Padded Board Book with CD....................13.95
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First Christmas Sing-a-Story Book
In this tender storybook inspired by the classic song “The Friendly Beasts”, your little ones will witness how each animal in the stable honors Jesus in its own special way. The included CD features word-for-word read- and sing-along options. Ages 3-8.
6.5x9” Board Book with CD.................................................... 13.95
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Christmas Joy
Stunning black and white art with bursts of brilliant color will capture your baby’s attention alongside the Christmas story told in simple text. Includes 3 free song downloads. Ages 3-6.
6x6” Board Book with music download.............................6.95
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M is for Manger
Crystal Bowman and Teri McKinley
From the angel who tells Mary that she is God’s chosen vessel to the zillions of stars that paled in comparison to the star that announced the birthplace of the newborn King, travel through the alphabet with this beautiful rhyming storybook that tells the story of Jesus’ birth.
8x8” Board Book..............................................................9.95
Journey to the Manger Advent Calendar
Take your family on a fun-filled journey to the manger this Christmas season! Engaging family devotions and activities for each day of Advent, plus an Advent poster to complete with included Bible character stickers. Also, kids can dig deeper into each day’s lesson at ClubhouseMagazine.com Ages 7-11.
8.5x11” Softcover with Poster & Stickers......... 13.95
Guess Who? Christmas Christina Goodings
Rediscover the story of the Christmas baby with this bright and beautiful book. Guess which Christmas character is concealed under each of the twelve large flaps before lifting it up to see the picture! Ages 3-5.
7x7” Board Book.................. 13.95
Glitter Christmas Art
Simple pictures to color telling the story of Jesus’ birth. Includes eight fun pictures with colorful, glittery backgounds! Ages 4+
6.5x8” Softcover with 4 markers............................................. 6.95
Away in a Manger Martin Luther
Read and sing along as the beloved Christmas carol comes to life in this storybook that includes puzzles, activities, and stickers. Ages 3-7.
Faith That Sticks Book with stickers!..................5.95
Story of Christmas
An early reader book teaching the story of Christmas—from the angel’s announcement to Mary through the wise men’s visit. Ages 3-7.
Happy Day Book............................................. 3.95
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Story of Christmas Coloring & Activity Book New! New!
Fun Bible-related coloring pages, dot-to-dots, word finds and other activities to keep your kids entertained while learning the story of Jesus’ birth. Ages 5-8.
8.5x11” Softcover....................6.95
Easy-to-Make Christmas Crafts for Kids
Children will enjoy learning the Christmas story and related scripture verses with these easyto-make crafts from refrigerator magnets to the nativity scene. Includes a full-length album download of favorite Christmas songs! Ages 4-6.
8.5x11” Softcover....................6.95
Jesus is Born Wipe-Clean Storybook
Place more than 100 reusable stickers to complete the pictures on the glossy pages of this adorable storybook which retells the story of Jesus’ birth. Also includes tracing activities to be done with a dry-erase marker! Ages 3+
8.5x11” Softcover with 100 stickers.............8.95
Nativity Floor Puzzle
Learn about Jesus’ humble birth and celebrate the Christmas story with this fun activity set! The 24x36” puzzle features 48 large, sturdy pieces perfect for little hands, and the CD includes 25 Christmas carols for kids and coloring and activity pages to print from your computer that teach the true meaning of Christmas! Ages 4+
Floor Puzzle, Music CD & Printable Coloring & Activity Book....................................................... 20.00
Christmas Story Puzzle Cube
Share the Christmas story with your little ones with these simple, vibrantly colored cubes which create six puzzles depicting important Christmas scenes. Includes a read-along storybook! Ages 3+
8x8” Boxed Puzzle .......................................................... 17.00
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No Room at the Inn Jean M. Malone
A simple, easy-to-read story of the very first Christmas, retold for early readers, using longer sentences, simple dialogue, and picture clues. Ages 5-7.
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Penguin Young Readers................................ 5.95
Andi’s Circle C Christmas Susan K Marlow
Andi’s fun holiday break is spoiled when a grumpy, bossy visitor arrives. No more running. No catching spiders. No wearing overalls. But will she learn she can help this unwelcome guest in a way she never imagined? Ages 6-8.
Circle C Beginnings #6........................................................................5.95
Danger on a Silent Night
Marianne Hering & Nancy I. Sanders
Cousins Beth and Patrick travel back to the first Christmas in the Imagination Station. While Patrick travels with the Wise Men toward Jerusalem, Beth sees King Herod’s reaction to the newly born baby. Ages 7-10.
Imagination Station #12............................................................... 6.95
Prophet, the Shepherd & the Star Jenny L. Cote
Animal friends Max & Lizzie’s 700-year mission began with helping Isaiah, who prophesied about the coming Messiah, and climaxes as they watch the unfolding Christmas story. Ages 9-13.
Epic Order of the Seven #1............................................................................19.95
Action Bible Christmas Story Doug Mauss & Sergio Cariello
Let the powerful images and words of this 18page comic book retelling of the Christmas story draw your family in to God’s redemptive story. Ages 8-12.
Softcover...............................................................1.95ea or 25 for 32.95
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Plain & Sweet Christmas Romance Collection Jerry Eicher, Olivia Newport & others
Enjoy a simple Christmas, sweetened by love, as couples from the Quaker, Mennonite, Amish and Amana plain faith communities face influences from outside their traditions, are affected by world events and are reunited with childhood sweethearts. Each story also includes a recipe for a sweet traditional treat.
6x9” Softcover with flaps..............................................................19.95 New!
White Christmas Brides
Susan Paige Davis & others
Alma is determined to make her arranged marriage festive. Stagecoach driver Jacob delivers a Christmas tree to Polly on the bleak prairie. Annabelle visits cousins in the North for a white Christmas. Ewan must do something special to impress Kate’s banker father. Four romances play out against the dream of a snowy white prairie Christmas and reveal the joy of giving from the heart.
5.5x8.25” Softcover. ................................................. 11.95 now 9.95!
Basket Brigade Christmas
Judith Miller, Nancy Moser & Stephanie Grace Whitson
Not even the Civil War can smother the spirit of Christmas in Decatur, Illinois, where three Basket Brigade ladies board trains to minister to Union soldiers who haven’t eaten a home-cooked meal since enlisting, maybe finding love along the way...
6x9” Softcover with flaps............................................................ 19.95
Christmas Brides Collection
Kelly Eileen Hake, Kristin Billerbeck, Vickie McDonough & others
The anticipation of Christmas is different for nine bridesto-be whose lives are on the cusp of change in settings that include Colonial Jamestown, a California ranch, war-torn Virginia, and prairie homesteads. As life hands them doubts and troubles, romance steps in to offer hope and love.
5x8” Softcover, 450 pages. ...................................11.95 now 9.95!
Patchwork Christmas Collection
Judith Miller, Nancy Moser & Stephanie Grace Whitson
Jilted by her fiancé, Karla packs away her wedding quilts. Widow Jane travels to marry a man she barely knows to give her daughter a better life. And wealthy Ada inadvertently injures a poor man she once considered a catch. Three Christmas romances from Victorian-era America, full of second-chances and patchedtogether lives and loves. Includes bonus sewing patterns and cookie recipes!
5x8” Softcover. ................................................................................12.95
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Christmas Secret
Wanda E. Brunstetter
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Elizabeth Canning discovers an awful secret in her deceased mother’s diary. Believing her chances for a happy marriage are spoiled, she leaves her fiancé a letter and flees town. Can David root out the truth and bring back his bride in time for their Christmas Eve wedding?
Author of Lopsided Christmas Cake....................16.95
Lopsided Christmas Cake
Wanda Brunstetter with Jean Brunstetter
As the Hochstetler twins bumble their way through baking a cake for a charity auction in front of a live audience, they attract the admiration of two bachelors from a neighboring Amish community.
5.5x8” Softcover with flaps.....................................16.95 New!
Angel of Forest Hill Cindy Woodsmall
Four years ago, Rose married grief-stricken widower Joel Dienner, to care for his two small children and newborn baby in the tiny Amish community of Forest Hill in the Appalachian mountains, far from Rose’s home. Has Joel finally opened his heart again—not to her? Or, will a Christmas miracle help him see his “angel” as she really is?
Hardcover.......................................................................19.95
Amish Christmas at North Star
Cindy Woodsmall, Mindy Starns Clark, Amanda Flower & Katie Ganshert
Four novellas from your favorite authors! One wintry night in 1989 at an Amish clinic, a midwife assists in four births. “Rebekah’s babies” soon went their separate ways, but 25 years later, will Eden, Savilla, Noelle, and Andy be reunited for the first time as they all spend Christmas in North Star, Pennsylvania?
5.5x8” Softcover.............................................................................. 20.95
Beyond the Farthest Star Bodie & Brock Thoene
When a nativity display on public property sparks a national debate, then an old high school friend reveals a past secret, Pastor Adam Wells must fight for the heart and soul of his marriage, his daughter, and redemption. Will he discover the meaning of the story he’s been preaching all his life?
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5.5x8.5” Softcover. ........................19.95 now 9.95!
Christmas Tails
Melody Carlson
A collection of three contemporary Christmas stories of our beloved four-legged friends. In Christmas Cat, a young man inherits six homeless cats. Christmas Dog shows us miracles can happen—even through an insignificant little brown dog. And, a little girl’s Christmas dreams seem impossible in Christmas Pony.
5.5x8.5” Softcover, 512 pages. ............................20.95 now 9.95!
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All is Bright
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Nancy Guthrie
A coloring book devotional journey that reminds us all of what the season really calls us to: worship. 31 days of Advent devotions with intricate designs to color, plus bonus activities and kid-friendly coloring pages.
9.75x9.75” Softcover............................................20.95
God is in the Small Stuff Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz
Really experience Christmas this year, with 28 family Advent devotions on the characters and places, symbols and celebrations, and feelings of the season.
5.5x6.5” Hardcover.......................................................................... 12.95
Living Christmas Every Day Helen Steiner Rice
Embrace important elements of Christmas—the joy, the giving, the celebration, the prayer, and the Greatest Gift—and extend the Christmas spirit throughout the year.
5.5x6.5” Hardcover..............................................................12.95 New!
Comfort & Joy Cookbook
Hundreds of tasty recipes for Christmas comfort foods, organized into a variety of categories, including appetizers, brunch, dinner, and desserts.
6x9” Comb-bound Softcover..................19.95 now only 9.95!
Traditional Turkey Cookbook New!
A collection of Christmas recipes for traditional favorites for your holiday feast!
Festive Family Fun Cookbook
A delightful collection of Christmas recipes and ideas including dozens of family friendly dishes and ideas for making your holiday merry and memorable!
5x5” Softcovers....................................................... 5.95 each
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Non-Fiction
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Color the Psalms 2017 Weekly Planner Michal Sparks
Create a plan for each week and color away your cares with this beautiful appointment book with coloring pages featuring the Psalms.
6x8” Layflat Softcover with Flaps ..........................................19.95 New!
Everyday Prayers & Praises 2017 Planner
Featuring monthly and weekly calendars, a yearat-a-glance section, pages for frequent contacts, and more, this 15-month planner offers an important reminder: part of God’s plan for life includes moments filled with prayer and praise.
5.5x7.5” Spiral Softcover..................................10.95
Nativity Puzzle
A beautiful illustration of the animals’ wonder as they gazed upon Jesus in the manger, this puzzle is a perfect activity for families as they celebrate Christmas!
500 piece Puzzle......................................................................17.00 New!
Stickers: Christmas Greetings
6 sheets of acid-free stickers, perfect for scrapbooking, envelope seals, gift labels, card making and more!
Six-4 x 5.75” sheets of Stickers.......................................................... 3.50 New!
Stickers: Christmas Variety Pack
This collection of Christmas-themed stickers is perfect for the holiday season. With 12 different sticker sets (and 4 sheets from each set), this collection contains 810 stickers—a great value!
48-4 x 5.75” sheets of Stickers...............27.00
Giftware
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Christmas Cuties
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Sing Praise
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12 cards; 3 designs • KJV Scripture • 5 x 7” • 8.00 • Die-Cut • Full Color Interior
12 cards; 4 designs • KJV Scripture • 4.5 x 6.5” • 8.00 • Die-Cut • Full Color Interior
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Christmas Candles 12 cards; 4 designs • KJV Scripture • 4.5 x 6.5” • 8.00 • Full Color Interior
Traditional Christmas 12 cards; 4 designs • KJV Scripture • 4.5 x 6.5” • 7.00
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Boxed Cards
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Winter Wonderland 12 cards; 4 designs • Full Color Interior • KJV Scriptures • 4.75 x 6.75” • 8.00
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Home for Christmas 12 cards; 4 designs • Full Color Interior • KJV Scriptures • 4.75 x 6.75” • 8.00
Holiday Horses
12 cards; 4 designs • Full Color Interior • KJV Scriptures • 4.5 x 6.5” • 8.00 • Full Color Interior
Christmas Value Box 24 cards; 24 designs • KJV/NIV Scriptures • 4.5 x 6.5” • 13.00
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Electric Christmas
When Dylan enters Odyssey’s Christmas yard decorating contest in hopes of winning the grand prize speedster bike. When he glimpses his neighbor’s over-the-top display, he switches his design from a humble manger scene to a mega-watt wonderland, and learns a powerful reminder grounding them all in the true meaning of Christmas.
Adventures in Odyssey #7. 30 min. DVD ...............15.00
Follow the Star
A trip in the Imagination Station lands Connie and Eugene in first-century Israel! Connie befriends a Roman soldier working for the evil King Herod, while Eugene meets three wise men, learning about the faith that inspires their journey. Eventually, they come to a small stable---and witness a very special baby’s birth!
Adventures in Odyssey 60 min. CD.................................4.00
Countdown to Christmas
Enjoy a very special Advent in Odyssey with 24 episodes, one for each day of Advent, selected to help your family understand Christmas in a new and meaningful way.
8 CDs; 9 hours.................... 47.00
Kids Celebrate Christmas
Celebrate the birth of Jesus with over 30 best-loved Christmas carols and upbeat original songs for the entire family.
Breath of Heaven
20 vocal and 20 instrumental carols and songs in an intimate, peaceful style. Includes Amy Grant’s Breath of Heaven.
Jesus Messiah
30 beloved Christmas songs in a vocal praise & worship style, including Chris Tomlin’s Jesus Messiah, plus 10 instrumental classics reimagined for contemporary worship.
Mary Did You Know
40 beloved Christmas songs performed in Celtic style, headlined by one of today’s most popular songs, Mary Did You Know?
2 CD Sets................................................................. 13.00 each New!
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Miracle Maker
It’s nearly Christmas, but in tiny Woodhaven, work is scarce, money is tight and love is lagging. When news hits that the Miracle Maker is coming, the town anxiously waits for someone who can change their lives. But the ragged traveler who appears isn’t who anyone expects.
DVD..................................................................................27.00
Christmas Project
When mom decides that the Buckley boys are going to secretly deliver Christmas treats and gifts to the Hagbarts, the meanest bullies at their middle school, will eleven-year-old Matthew Buckley learn to do good to those who hate him?
DVD................................................................................27.00
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