(Nashville, Tenn.) – As recording is wrapping up for The Word of Promise: Youth Edition, audio New Testament, new and exciting additions have been made. Max Lucado and daughter Jenna have signed on to doing chapter openings, adding context information on the time, author and who the book was written for.

Other additions include:
• Jordin Sparks (Platinum recording artist and winner of American Idol, ) – Elizabeth
• Alyson Stoner (“Camp Rock,” “The Alyson Stoner Project,” “Cheaper by the Dozen”) – Martha

The original score is being produced by award winning composer Rob Pottorf. Rob’s scores have been heard as the background to many animated series as well as on television and feature films.

For more information on The Word of Promise: Youth Edition visit the earlier post announcing the project.

Contact: Jacklyn Johnston
Publicist
Tel: (615) 902-1722
Email: jjohnston@thomasnelson.com

Kids join Jungle Jack on an exciting interactive and educational
excursion across the seven continents
(Nashville, Tenn.) A true adventurer at heart, Jungle Jack Hanna has been all over the world and now is inviting children to travel along with him in his new book, Passport into the Wild (ISBN: 978-1-4003-1138-1, $16.99, September 2008) based off of Jack’s travels for his Emmy award winning series, Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild.

Each continent begins with an intro including the vital stats of the region including world maps, coordinates and facts. Through your travels, the pages come to life with double gatefolds that open up to forty inches wide and are filled with facts, breathtaking pictures from Jack’s photo album and exclusive stories from Jack’s travel around the globe. Then after each journey, there is a review where kids use their pocket size passport and colorful animal stickers to record every exciting moment of their trek through the wild. READ MORE »

New Children’s Story Book Penned by Author of Goodnight Moon

(Nashville, Tenn.) Millions of children have been lulled to sleep by one of Margaret Wise Brown’s bedtime classics such as Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. Wise Brown published more than 100 children’s titles during her career, with more than 20 million titles sold. But the prolific author died unexpectedly in 1952 (at age 42), and many of her unpublished manuscripts, handwritten on onionskin paper, were placed in a cedar trunk where they remained undisturbed in an attic for decades. Though the original manuscripts yellowed through the years, Thomas Nelson is reviving one of Wise Brown’s forgotten stories and combining it with illustrations from Linda Bleck. Margaret Wise Brown’s Moon Shines Down will publish for the first time in November 2008 ($16.99, hard cover, 48 pages, ISBN #: 978-1-4003-1299-3).

Wise Brown based the Moon Shines Down text on the classic New England Sampler prayer, “God Bless the Moon and God Bless Me.” The author’s unique poetic style and original wording yield a rhyming tale that will remind readers of Goodnight Moon’s lullaby rhythm and moon motif. Indeed, Wise Brown often wove themes from one book into the text or illustration of another, and this new classic continues that tradition. The rhyming text calls for God’s blessing on all the world’s children as a brilliantly glowing moon shines over each one. READ MORE »

Accomplished Young Star-studded Cast Brings the New Testament to the Wired Generation

(Nashville, Tenn.) A whole generation is missing the truths of the Bible. According to a Barna survey of professing Christians, many young Christians today don’t believe in some of the very foundations of the faith. Many do not believe that Satan is real, that Jesus was sinless and the Bible is all true. On top of that, the study also found 43% of Christians who accept Jesus as their Savior do so before reaching the age of 13, and 64% before turning 18.

Because of these staggering facts, Thomas Nelson, Inc., the world’s largest publisher of Bibles, announced that they will be releasing an audio Bible production of The New Testament entitled The Word of Promise: Youth Edition in association with Falcon Picture Group (FPG).

“We have to meet tweens with the Bible where they are, and unfortunately they’re not reading,” said Dan Lynch, Vice President of Family Entertainment at Thomas Nelson. “Youth today are into audio, video and gaming. We are creating a Bible that will appeal to their media driven lifestyle.” READ MORE »

Thomas Nelson to publish new book My Little Girl about the special bond between a father and daughter

(Nashville, Tenn.) Thomas Nelson’s Children’s Division is proud to announce the acquisition of Tim McGraw and Tom Douglas’s first children’s book, My Little Girl, with a forward by Faith Hill, to be published in October 2008.

As a music superstar, Grammy award winner, movie star, husband and busy father of three daughters, Tim’s first priority has always been his family. It was this sentiment that brought Tim and Tom to write the hit song, “My Little Girl”. McGraw’s beautifully illustrated book is a delightful reminder that even ordinary days can be spectacular when you spend them with the ones you love. READ MORE »