Summary

With 101 great stories and poems, this book is created for Christian parents to read and enjoy themselves or to share with their children. All of the selected stories are appropriate for children and are about raising Christian kids twelve and under. Parent will enjoy reading these heartfelt, inspiring, and often humorous stories about the ups and downs of daily life in today's contemporary Christian families, written by other Christian parents. The first Chicken Soup for the Soul book was published in 1993, and became a publishing industry sensation, ultimately selling eight million copies. Since then, more than 150 Chicken Soup titles have been published, selling more than 100 million copies. Chicken Soup for the Soul has won dozens of awards over the past 15 years, and its founders, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen have become celebrity motivational speakers and authors.

Author Biography

Jack Canfield is co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor of The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. He is a leader in the field of personal transformation and peak performance and is currently CEO of the Canfield Training Group and Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Foundation for Self-Esteem. An internationally renowned corporate trainer and keynote speaker, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Mark Victor Hansen is a co-founder of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

A Special Foreword	p. xi
Christian Kindness
My Little Buddy	p. 1
Caroline's Compassion	p. 5
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them	p. 8
The Hug of a Child	p. 11
Altar Boys	p. 13
The Greatest of These	p. 17
Lifted by Love	p. 20
Stories and Songs
Hezekiah	p. 29
And the Answer Is...	p. 32
A Mother Sings	p. 36
Jesus Loves Me	p. 39
Hidden Wings	p. 41
Favorite Kid Quotes
Who's Going to Stop Me?	p. 49
Gold, Common Sense and Fur	p. 50
Finger Play	p. 55
Be Slow to Anchor	p. 54
Do You Disciple?	p. 56
You Better Watch Out!	p. 57
The Debut	p. 59
Step, Step, Roar	p. 62
The Moses Connection	p. 63
This I Pray
The Native	p. 71
Grandma's Prayers	p. 75
The Egg	p. 78
A Child's Prayer	p. 80
A Piece of Chalk	p. 84
Family Time
Reptiles Reconciled	p. 93
The Commandment	p. 95
Three Days Old	p. 96
Peaceful Coexistence and the Bogeyman	p. 99
You Are on Speaker Phone	p. 101
Innovation 101	p. 103
Just One Wish	p. 107
Where's My Little Sister?	p. 110
Caregiver's Handbook	p. 112
The Good Night Kiss	p. 116
The Hymnbook	p. 119
The People We Know in Heaven
Dial H for Heaven	p. 127
Nellie	p. 129
Grace	p. 132
Black and White	p. 136
Don't Forget to Wait for Me	p. 137
The Great Fish Story	p. 140
Tammy and the Diamond Dress	p. 142
The Swing	p. 146
How Many Grapes Does It Take?	p. 149
Giving
The Drummer Boy	p. 159
Buying Something for Herself	p. 163
Lights for Lena	p. 166
I Baptize You...	p. 170
Helping Lauren	p. 174
Happy Heart Day	p. 177
Presence and Accounted For	p. 179
The Easter Egg Christmas	p. 181
Miracle on Mercer Street	p. 185
Ashley's Garden	p. 188
The Easter Bunny	p. 191
Creatures Great and Small
Mound of Dirt	p. 199
A Lesson on Faith	p. 203
Mosquitoes	p. 206
Blu Parts the Veil of Sadness	p. 207
Polar Wish	p. 211
Hope	p. 214
Send Me a Sign
Grandma's Cloud Game	p. 221
Kristina	p. 224
Flying a Kite	p. 227
Mended Hearts and Angel Wings	p. 229
Olivia	p. 232
God's Angels
Pushed by an Angel	p. 241
Mr. Oberley's Star	p. 243
Daddy's Guardian Angel	p. 246
Harry and George	p. 247
Little Angel in Heaven	p. 250
The Snow Angel	p. 254
Daddy's Angels	p. 256
A Matter of Believing	p. 258
River Baptism	p. 260
Sister Said	p. 263
For Our Moms and Dads
Make a Wish, Mommy	p. 273
One Mother's Dream	p. 276
Mother's Day Flowers	p. 280
The Birthday	p. 282
Letting Them Go	p. 285
Table of Plenty	p. 288
Mommy's Moon	p. 292
Miracles Happen
Covered	p. 301
Our Little Pink Blanket	p. 304
Abigail's Dove	p. 307
The Almost-Missed Miracle	p. 311
The Red Sled	p. 315
The Wisdom of Children
You Are Never Too Young to Take a Stand	p. 325
Straight to the Heart	p. 328
Without You	p. 331
Tammy's Trauma	p. 334
The Breathin' Part	p. 336
The Empty Hook	p. 338
We Believe
Children's Eyes	p. 347
An Act of Faith	p. 349
God on Her Side	p. 353
The Smell of Rain	p. 358
Grandma's Garden	p. 361
More Chicken Soup	p. 368
Who Is Jack Canfield?	p. 373
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?	p. 375
Who is Amy Newmark?	p. 377
Acknowledgments	p. 379
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