As a librarian, I thought you might want to know about the debut (last Monday) of The Picnic Basket where library and school professionals taste new and forthcoming children's books with first-come, first-serve sample copies of books for kids of all ages. We send free books. You tell us what you t... more

As a librarian, I thought you might want to know about the debut (last Monday) of The Picnic Basket where library and school professionals taste new and forthcoming children's books with first-come, first-serve sample copies of books for kids of all ages. We send free books. You tell us what you think: look to see what’s in the weekly feast, request the books that you want to taste, read the books, and then post reviews on The Picnic Basket for your colleagues to read.


It’s a blog full of all you can read (and write) about children’s literature and I hope will become an additional resource for librarians. So far, the feedback’s been overwhelmingly positive. I hope you’ll take a peek and partake in the picnic.

Thanks,

Deborah Sloan
www.thepicnic-basket.com

Now available through the publisher! Official release date to book stores and distributors is October 28, 2008 but you can order early from the publisher now! See web address information below.
Thanks for your encouragement and support!
Diana Baird
"Mama Dai"
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Now available through the publisher! Official release date to book stores and distributors is October 28, 2008 but you can order early from the publisher now! See web address information below.

Thanks for your encouragement and support!

Diana Baird
"Mama Dai"



Mama Dai Fell Through the Floor
and Other Cultural Missionary Stories
by Diana Baird

"While serving as a foreign missionary in remote and tropical Papua, Indonesia, Diana Baird experienced action-packed fun and adventure, laughter, heartache, tears, and discouragement.

She relates her collection of short stories, Mama Dai Fell Through the Floor, to memories from her personal journals kept while serving in Indonesia. These journals will challenge those who say they could never go and live in a foreign country. Baird uses true life stories from her first few years of experiencing language and culture in Papua as a personal challenge for the reader.

Mama Dai Fell Through the Floor will have you crying, laughing, and reconsidering your thoughts about foreign culture and language adjustment. Find strength and encouragement to reach out to your own mission field in your corner of the world. “Where could we ever go that we could not have the opportunity to walk with the Lord through life’s events, step by step or moment by moment?” No where on earth.

Author Diana Baird still considers herself a missionary, while currently living back in America. She remains active in ministry, serving as a board member of an Indonesian non-profit ministry supporting national Indonesian missionaries.

Diana and her husband Ron have also founded an American non-profit organization, Beyond Cultures International, supporting foreign missions. Diana has written many stories and children’s books which have been used in literacy classes to encourage reading for children and adults in Papua. "

144 pages - $11.99 (paperback)

This item usually ships within 5 to 7 days.

To order directly from the publisher before the release date of October 28th:

http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-60604-126-0


Mama Dai Fell Through the Floor is also available in e-book and audio book form. Also see Tate Publishing's web page for details.