A beautiful princess with curly hair down to her feet is the stuff of fairy tales, but what happens when the princess tires of the upkeep and stubbornly declares a hair care holiday?  Anyone with curly hair knows the answer to that question—a disaster!

Mistaking her knotted hair for a nest, a large bird lays her eggs while the Princess is dozing in the garden and sets into motion an unexpected turn of events as the princess is flown far away.  Getting back home will require that she focus her stubborn streak in a new direction, and getting back to normal will require she truly see herself for what she has become.

This is the story of The Stubborn Princess, written by Jodi Bowersox, and illustrated by Tracy Bowersox and Jodi Bowersox.  This picture book will delight little princesses aged 4-9 and teach them that big responsibilities begin with small details.  The simple acts of personal care set us on the road to who we want to become.

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copyright 2012

Benefits Tracy Bowersox, the illustrator, who has cystic fibrosis.

Diana, a little black cat, is bored. Cyrus, her older and wiser friend, tries to keep her out of trouble, but sometimes it's hard to resist a bit of mischief.

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copyright 2006

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Swinging songs tied together with war-time correspondence and excerpts from actual World War II speeches, Hearts Asunder is fun, informative, touching, and patriotic.

Written for a wide range of ages, Hearts Asunder can be used for homeschool groups, public school, or even community performances.

Props, costumes, and choreography suggestions are included, as well as commercial sources for the music.

Suggested songs:
Side by Side    Chattanooga Choo Choo    Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree    You are My Sunshine
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy    Don't Fence Me In    Over the Rainbow    Lullaby of Broadway
Deep Purple    Grand Old Flag

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Beginning with Jesus as King in Eternity, you'll journey back to the baby Jesus worshiped by kings. 
Written for three narrators, this Christmas Service would be suitable for a Christmas Tea, Christmas Eve Service, or even family devotions.

approximate running time: 30 minutes 

Suggested songs:
For Eternity    Worship Christ the Risen King    You Are My King    All Glory, Laud, and Honor
Mary, Did You Know?    One King    Hark the Herald Angels Sing    Silent Night    O Holy NIght
Joy to the World

Commercial sources for the music are included.

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Witness Bethlehem and the events surrounding Jesus' birth through the eyes of two neighbors, Johanna and Suzanna, who just happen to live next to the stable where Jesus is born.  

Each of them is appalled at the idea of a baby being born in a stable, yet neither is willing to make room for Mary and Joseph in their already-full houses.  They are both changed, however, by the night's events so that when the kings from the east come on the scene, both Johanna and Suzanna have made room in their hearts for the King of heaven.


Suggested songs:
No Room    Away in a Manger    What Child is This    The First Noel    Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Angels We Have Heard On High    Silent Night    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen    We Three Kings
O Come All Ye Faithful    Joy to the World    Have You Any Room for Jesus


Most of the memorization falls on the shoulders of Johanna and Suzanna.  The angel, and shepherd each have one line.  Mary, Joseph, the innkeeper, and the kings don't have any lines (unless you have the kings sing the verses on We Three Kings).  You can use as many kids as you like as additional angels, shepherds, and sheep.

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A children's Christmas program that starts from the very beginning--the Garden--where the promise of a Savior was first made, and follows that promise through Israel's history all the way to the stable where Christ was born. 

Suggestions for actions, props, and staging are included, 
as well as commercial sources for the music.

approximate running time: 40-45 minutes 


Suggested songs:
Hip Hip Hooray (Hippopotamus) by Mary Rice Hopkins    Morning Star by Mary Rice Hopkins
Be Bold and BE Strong by Martin J. Nystrom    Abraham by Phil Keaggy
The Perfect Ten by Kathie Hill & Janet McMahan    Come Into the Holy of Holies by John Sellers
Two Said "Go" by Robert C. Evans    God Can Do Anything by Mary Rice Hopkins
God Became a Baby Boy by Robert C. Evans    Joy to the World by Isaac Watts & George Frederick Handel    Oh Come All Ye Faithful by John F. Wade

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This super simple Children's Christmas Program is in a radio show format, so there are no costumes and no spoken lines to learn. Narrators tell the story and provide sound effects in between mostly traditional Christmas carols. 

You can make this a kids' performance only or add in congregational singing as desired.

Commercial sources for non-traditional music included

Approximate running time: 40 minutes

Suggested songs:
Go Tell It On the Mountain    Oh Come, Oh Come Emanuel    Mary's Song    While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night    Hark the Herald Angels Sing    Oh Come All Ye Faithful    Away in a Manger    
God Became a Baby Boy    Joy to the World    Silent Night    Emanuel    Come On, Ring Those Bells

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