As some of you may have noticed, the store at shop.learnasyougrow.com has been closed. Due to declining activity levels, it no longer made sense to maintain the store. We have also removed the store page from our site and corresponding links.

We will continue to promote and sell God Loves You So Much…. through other channels. In addition, the store may be reopened as we release additional books and/or if activity levels increase.

In the meantime, if you would like to order a copy through the site, please send a request through the “Contact Us” page and we will make the necessary arrangements.

Thank you for your continued support of Learn As You Grow.

I have a new book idea. I think it would be very interesting and the concept is quite important to me. This book would target older children and teenagers, which is a new target audience and requires a new book format.

As excited as I am about the idea, I detect some hesitation in pressing forward. At first, I thought it was the new format and associated challenges, but then realized that wasn’t it. I am actually concerned about the target audience and whether it will be difficult to interest them in the topic and reach them with the intended meaning.

I wonder if teenagers (since I don’t have any yet) will read books based on religion and Christian values. Are they open to these topics? Does peer pressure force them to avoid content of this sort? Obviously, the book has to be well-written and keep their attention, but will they give it a chance?

I would love to hear from those of you with teenagers now or in the past. Would your teenagers be interested in books promoting Christian topics and values? Will (or would) they openly read and discuss these books with their friends?

I hope they would (and will), but I was a teenager once as well.

A few weeks ago, I was interviewed by the Mount Horeb Mail newspaper and they ran a detailed article today on Learn As You Grow and the process of writing and publishing God Loves You So Much.

We covered substantial ground during the interview and that shows in the article. It is interesting to see the information they thought would interest their readers and the content from the interview left out of the article.

Very exciting times at Learn As You Grow.

Thanks Gary!

Thank You Union Chapel for inviting Learn As You Grow to do a personal appearance today.

There was great participation and it was fun meeting with people excited about God Loves You So Much. In addition to the event today, God Loves You So Much is the Book-of-the-Month for June AND will be used as part of the curriculum for their children’s programming this month. I am very pleased and honored that this message will be touching so many individuals through these opportunities.

A special thanks to Cindy and the UC Book Store staff for the opportunity and their hospitality. Congratulations to Lois and Mary – the winners of the raffle drawing!

It was a great event and I definitely appreciate the opportunity.

God Bless!

If you are near Muncie on June 5th, we would love to see you…

I just learned that God Loves You So Much will be the featured book for June at Union Chapel Book Store (http://www.unionchapel.com/book-store.html)!

We are also discussing the possibility of a personal appearance and book signing the first weekend in June.

Look out Muncie, IN…here comes Learn As You Grow!

There is a really nice article about God Loves You So Much… in the News-Sickle-Arrow this week.

The article discusses the book’s purpose and the recent Royal Dragonfly Book Award.

Exciting times!

Our news release about ”God Loves You So Much…” winning the Royal Dragonfly Book Award went out this morning. You can view the release at Christian Newswire.

The release was also picked up by a few online outlets including:

http://www.earnedmedia.org/layg0425.htm

and

http://www.prolifeblogs.com/articles/aggregator.php?entry=1049376

Pretty cool.

In remembrance and celebration of the greatest gift of all, we are offering God Loves You So Much… at 25% off WITH $.01 shipping to anywhere in the continental U.S. If you live elsewhere, just contact us through the website and we will work something out.

Whether it is through a book, helping someone in need, or a simple smile to brighten a day; please do your part to shine His light. There is no greater purpose or reward.

Five Star Publications just announced that God Loves You So Much… received 1st place at the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards in the ”Children’s Picture Books – 5 & Younger” category!!!!

God Loves You So Much… also achieved an honorable mention in the “Religion, Spirituality, Philosophy” category.

Very exciting!