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McClure Muntsinger
Public Relations
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Max Lucado’s Newest Children’s Book Brings Bible
Story to Life
What
did Jesus look like to the average child of the time? Were the children fascinated by His miracles? Captivated by Jesus’ interest in them? Master Storyteller Max Lucado shows the life
of Jesus through the eyes of small boy in his new children’s picture book Small
Gifts in God’s Hands (Tommy Nelson, $14.99, September 2000).
Young
Elijah realizes there is something special going on in Galilee as he comes
face-to-face with Jesus. While his
friends and neighbors give the Teacher special gifts, Elijah realizes he has
nothing to give—no money, no extra bed, no boat to loan. He only has his small lunch, a basket of
fish and bread. In Small Gifts in
God’s Hands, Max Lucado recreates one of the Bible’s most loved
stories, the feeding of the multitude with a few loaves and fishes. The surprise ending is a poignant reminder
that no gift is ever too small…when placed in God’s hands.
“I wrote this for the person who feels he or she has too little talent, too little money, too little of anything for God to use,” says Max. “Come join me as we sit on an Israeli hillside. Watch how God takes the most insignificant gift and uses it for His unimaginable great good.”
With
more than 15 million books in print, Max Lucado is the top author in the
Christian/Inspirational market. His
adult and children’s books have been regulars on the CBA and Publishers
Weekly Religion Bestseller lists.
In 1999, he had the unique opportunity of addressing the National Prayer
Breakfast in Washington, DC. Two of his
most popular children’s books, The Crippled Lamb and Jacob’s Gift,
have been produced into 30-minute family videos, airing on national
television. The Crippled Lamb
video appeared on Billboard Magazine’s Top Music Videos for six weeks in
1999, hitting #1 on December 11, 1999.
Lucado is the pastor of Oak Hills Church of Christ in San Antonio,
Texas.
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Small Gifts in God’s Hands, page two
Tommy
Nelson will promote Small Gifts in God’s Hands extensively this
fall. Releasing simultaneously with the
hardcover book is an elaborate point-of-purchase kit, including a multi-title end cap display kit
(901-0468-259), shelf talker/danglers (901-0468-267), counter easel,
(901-0468-275) and window decal (901-0468-283). There will also be multiple full-page print advertisements in key
women’s and family publications as well as a national publicity campaign to
print, radio, TV and Internet outlets. Tommy
Nelson, the children’s division of Thomas Nelson, Inc. (NYSE:TNI), is the first
religious publisher
ever to break into Publishers Weekly’s Top 15 Children's Publishers
List. The company was ranked 14th for 1998 after growth of more than 30% each
year since 1996. Tommy Nelson is
known as the most inspirational name in children’s publishing, seeking to
enrich and inspire the minds, souls and hearts of children everywhere.
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September 2000
ILLUSTRATOR: Cheri Bladholm
RELEASE DATE: September 2000
ISBN: 0-8499-5842-3
PAGES: 32 pages
TRIM SIZE: 11” x 10”, hardcover
CATEGORY: Picture Book
PRICE: $14.99
PUBLICITY: National publicity campaign launches
Summer 2000
Contact Jana Muntsinger at McClure Muntsinger Public
Relations 615.370.0043 for publicity information.