Dandi Daley Mackall. Tyndale, $15.99 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-1-4964-2122-7
Mackall (My Boyfriends’ Dogs) provides a fictionalized account of her parents’ World War II marriage in this well-researched page-turner. Nurse Helen Eberhart had no intention of getting married, but when she enlists in the Army to care for the...
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Dandi Daley Mackall. Knopf, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-375-86897-9
In rural 1960s Missouri, 13-year-old aspiring journalist Tree is looking for a story to write to earn a spot on her school newspaper when a man is shot on her street. Her father, the town doctor, calls it an accident, but Tree saw Mrs. Kinney, the...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author . Jossey-Bass $12.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7879-6968-4
This follow-up to Kids Say the Best Things About God
addresses some of the topics that come up in spiritual conversations. What is heaven like? ("All the beds have gold sheets with no holes in them," says a seven-year-old.) How should kids...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author Dutton Books $16.99 (232p) ISBN 978-0-525-47780-8
High school senior Mary Jane has two voices in her head: Plain Jane puts her down and demands that she be a good girl, while M.J., ""a voice that can only be described as sexy,"" encourages her to take what she wants. These two voices battle it out...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author Jossey-Bass $12.95 (195p) ISBN 978-0-7879-6967-7
Many parents find it hard to schedule spiritual time with their children in the busy round of homework, soccer matches, dance lessons and TV. But Mackall, a freelance writer and mother of three, says that it is indeed possible for families to grow...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, illus. by Carlynn Whitt. Amazon Children's Publishing, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-6191-3
A young chimp is doubtful that there's a baby inside his pregnant mother's stomach, and with good reason: "I was in there once, four years ago. I didn't see anybody else." When the boy's father assures him that he'll be getting a new playmate, the...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, illus. by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Dutton, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-42276-1
Mackall takes a contrary approach to the traditional silence of Christmas Eve, inviting readers to consider the sounds implied in the story of the birth of Jesus: the flap of Joseph’s sandals as he walked, the noise of the crowd that so filled...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author, R. W. Alley, Illustrator , illus. by R.W. Alley. Harper/Festival $8.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-694-01505-4
With a minimum of words and a rapid tempo emphasized by a steady stream of exclamation points, Mackall's (Until the Christ Child Came, reviewed below) rhythmic verse suggests the haste with which the shepherds, wise men and angels raced to...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author, Anna Vojtech, Illustrator , illus. by Anna Vojtech. Zonderkidz $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-310-71331-9
During a chilly spring, Tressa is concerned about a robin's eggs, but her grandmother assures her that God will protect them. In a scene that readers might find unsettling in the context of the preceding, the two blow the “gooey insides
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author, Sally Wern Comport, Illustrator , illus. by Sally Wern Comport. Concordia $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7586-0021-9
Young readers spend some time in Mary's shoes in this quietly inspirational story of how the young woman accepted the immense challenge and blessing of being Jesus' mother. In fluid rhyming text, Mackall (Horsefeathers!) depicts Mary in all...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author, Barry Gott, Illustrator, Barry Gott, Author Little Simon $4.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-689-85024-0
An insert with more than 30 prismatic stickers gussies up It Must Be Halloween by Dandi Daley Mackall, illus. by Barry Gott, in which it's not just children dressing as monsters but monsters dressing as children.
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Dandi Daley Mackall, illus. by Richard Cowdrey. Zonderkidz, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-310-74964-6
New artwork from Cowdrey accompanies this faith-centric Easter story, first published in 2010. A golden-haired girl named Tressa is concerned about the robin’s nest on her grandmother’s windowsill: “A million things could go wrong when a robin tried
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author, Gene Barretta, Illustrator Tommy Nelson $9.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4003-0373-1
A companion to their Off to Plymouth Rock!, Dandi Daley Mackall's Journey, Easter Journey!, illus. by Gene Barretta, pairs mostly happy, cartoonlike art with rhyming verses charting Jesus' life, death and resurrection as parts of a journey: ""Jes
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author, Keiko Motoyama, Illustrator, Mackall, Author Little Simon $5.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-689-85025-7
Dandi Daley Mackall, an author known for such Christian titles as those in the Little Blessings series, turns out Who'll Light the Chanukah Candles?, illus. by Keiko Motoyama, a paperback with rhyming text (""Vacuum's humming!/ Company's coming!...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author, Shannon McNeill, Illustrator , illus. by Shannon McNeill. Dutton $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-47095-3
The two tykes in this rhyming, rhythmical picture book heighten the familiar lament of road trip veterans with much melodrama: "It's too hot!/ It's too cold!/ Pretty sure I'm growing old!/ Look! My sandwich/ turned to mold!/ Are we...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author, Hala Wittwer, Illustrator Little Simon $4.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-689-85803-1
Readers will discover just why Mama and Papa love their Baby Bunny in Love and Kisses, Bunny by Dandi Daley Mackall, illus. by Hala Wittwer. The gently rhyming story, just right for bedtime, will likely leave children as warm and fuzzy as the ...
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Dandi Daley Mackall, Author, Tiphanie Beeke, Author, Tiphanie Beeke, Illustrator , illus. by Tiphanie Beeke. Harcourt/Silver Whistle $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-216577-2
Despite her spiffy new Mary Janes and a backpack filled with fresh-from-the-store school supplies, the young narrator's excitement about the opening of school evaporates as reality sets in. "Don't go, Dad!/ Can't Mom stay?/ Help me...
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