Upcoming Books and Projects
News about Cindy Kenney
I'm very pleased to announce the release of my new book series: The Precious Girl's Club - A Little Bit of Faith.
This is a wonderful new series that encourages girls ages 6-11 to celebrate who God made them to be and use their special gifts to make a positive difference in the world. These are beautifully illustrated chapter books with color pictures scattered throughout.
The stories follow a girl named Katie Bennett who moves to a new town in Shine, Wisconsin, but Katie doesn't make friends easily and she feels lost and out of place. To make Katie feel better, her father brings home a lovely musical snow globe that has an angel named Faith who dances around her world of snowy white. Then one day, when Katie is feeling particularly down, Faith springs to life to help and encourage her friend. The problem? No one else can see or hear Faith - which leads to all sorts of fun!
Katie's mom and favorite Aunt Ella want to remind her that God made her to be a special young lady with many wonderful gifts to share with others. They make her a pretty charm bracelet with indivudal charms to represent each of Katie's special abilities like being helpful, witty, creative, and kind. Katie is encouraged to put those skills into practice at her new school, and when she does, things start to change!
With the help of her mom and aunt, Katie starts The Precious Girl's Club, a special group of girls who gather to celebrate who they are and then use their talents to help others.
ONE OF THE BEST PARTS of the series is how girls can interact with the series by starting a Precious Girl's Club of their very own! To support this effort, Precious Moments has created a wonderful website experience at: www.PreciousGirlsClub.com where girls can go and play games and do various activities to discover how God made them special. Girls are encouraged to put their gifts to good use in the real world, too. When they do, they can earn virtual charms - or parents can reward their girls with real world charms that can be purchased in stores.
To support moms, another website was created: www.PreciousMoms.com where moms can monitor their daughter's internet activity, encourage their daughters, and send notes of praise when girls have used their gifts to make a positive difference!
The second book in the series has already been written and the third is well underway! Book two will celebrate the gift of kindness and book three will celebrate respect.
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I'm also thrilled to announce that I have been offered a wonderful new book deal from Tyndale Publishers to create a Bible for children with my good friend and colleage, Crystal Bowman. Crystal and I put a proposal together this past spring with the hope that Tyndale would be our publisher. This year, at CBA, we were given the great news! Stay tuned for the release of this book in 2009!
Wait! Don't forget to check out these new books too:
BOZ's Big Book of Fun: God's World and Me (from Cook Communications)
BOZ's Big Book of Fun: Jesus and Me (from Cook Communications)
Many have been asking when my new E-books will be available for sale. You won't have to wait much longer! This fall they will be available HERE online at my website. I am working on several short books about writing, one longer book about how to be a great children's writer, and have already put together outlines for several more books beyond that! In addition, I'll be selling several fun, creative products for writers, parents and kids. Hopefully those will be available this Christmas.
