Fiction
Let It Be Me – Becky Wade
Gulp! My heart was in my throat as I read this book…Let It Be Me touched me way down deep. I just love this series by Becky Wade! These stories about the kids on a […]
Articles by Josh Olds
Fiction
Paint and Nectar – Ashley Clark
Paint and Nectar is an enchanting story. I loved revisiting Charleston and these lovely people. While you will definitely want to read the first book – The Dress Shop on King Street – it isn’t entirely […]
Articles
Transcript: A Conversation with Joni Eareckson Tada
The following is a transcript of “A Conversation with Joni Eareckson Tada,” S02 E09 of Beyond the Page, a Life is Story podcast. SUMMARY KEYWORDS people, book, disabilities, life, god, josh, jesus, church, johnny, chronic […]
Children's Books
Facing Fear: An Immigration Story – Karen Lynn Williams & Sara Palacio
My favorite thing about Eerdmans’ Books for Young Readers is that they do not shy away from important and complicated issues, nor do they treat these issues as anything but the nuanced and complex things […]
Children's Books
Sleep Like Me – Tatia Nadareishvili
A perfect bedtime book, Sleep Like Me explores the different ways animals sleep as seen through the eyes of a young boy trying to find the perfect sleeping position. You and your children will laugh […]
Articles
Play Dead: A Conversation with Ted Dekker
Play Dead: An Exclusive Interview with Ted Dekker Ted Dekker’s latest novel, Play Dead, just released and is his first solo thriller in nine years. Josh Olds recently talked with Ted in this Life is Story exclusive. Play […]
Fiction
Is It Any Wonder – Courtney Walsh
Courtney Walsh does it again. I laughed, I cried, I empathized. I loved these people. Louisa Chambers was a heroine I absolutely loved. And her relationship with Cody Boggs…smashingly sweet. They’d been best friends growing […]
Fiction
Night Bird Calling – Cathy Gohlke
Night Bird Calling is such a bittersweet story with many hard things – A story that is both really good and very difficult to read. Good because it is so very well written. I just […]
Children's Books
Hello Earth! – Joyce Sidman & Miren Asiain Lora
Hello Earth! is a collection of poems to the earth, written by Joyce Sidman and illustrated by Miren Asiain Lora. This is a big book—each panel is the size of an 8.5”-11” standard size piece […]
Children's Books
Ninos: Poems for the Lost Children of Chile – Maria Jose Ferrada & Maria Elena Valdez
A few months ago, I reviewed a children’s book called Mexique that chronicled the story of a ship laden with children on a journey to escape the Spanish Civil War. Displaced in Mexico, few of […]