Thoughts To Make Your Heart Sing Awarded Best Inspirational Book at ECPA's Annual Executive Leadership Summit
New York Times Bestselling Author Sally Lloyd-Jones Adds
Latest Honor to Growing List of Accolades.
- Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA (1888PressRelease) May 16, 2013 - New York Times bestselling children's author Sally Lloyd-Jones and world-renown illustrator Jago garnered the award for Best Inspirational Book with Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing at this year's Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Leadership Summit.
Released nationwide on Oct. 9, 2012 through Zonderkidz, Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing is an innovative collection that features 101 simple-yet-profound thoughts on faith from the award-winning duo who delivered the bestselling children's book, The Jesus Storybook Bible.
Filled with engaging and whimsical artwork by Jago, Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing shares profound truths from the Bible that are easy for children of any age to understand. Drawing inspiration from creation, history, science and the writings of great thinkers and writers, Lloyd-Jones encourages reflection and conversation through words and image - all working together and designed to do one thing: to make the reader's heart sing.
Lloyd-Jones, a leading writer of inspirational books for children, adds this latest honor to her growing list of accolades. She is the author of three bestselling children's Bibles, including the Gold Book Award-winning Baby's First Bible and the Moonbeam Award Winner for The Jesus Storybook Bible.
The Christian Book Awards, established by ECPA in 1978 as the Gold Medallion Book Awards, recognize the absolute highest quality in Christian books. Based on excellence in content, literary quality, design, and impact, the Christian Book Awards are the oldest and among the most prestigious in the religious publishing industry. Christian Book Award finalists and winners receive recognition and support throughout multiple retail and media outlets.
For more information about Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing and to view the official book trailer, please visit http://thoughtstomakeyourheartsing.com/ .
About Zonderkidz
Zonderkidz, a division of Zondervan, and Harper Collins, inspires young lives through imagination and innovation. As the leader in Christian children's communications, it produces bestselling and award-winning Bibles, books, board books, graphic novels, audio, video, and digital products that awaken the hearts and touch the souls of kids 18 and under and the people who love them, from family members to educators. Zonderkidz is the publisher of the NIrV (New International Reader's Version) Bible translation, the 3rd-grade reading level edition of the NIV that is ideal for children and those who speak English as a second language. Visit Zonderkidz on the Internet at www.zonderkidz.com.
About Sally Lloyd-Jones
Sally Lloyd-Jones is a leading writer of inspirational books for children, with an expertise in conveying biblical truth to young children. She is the author of three bestselling children's Bibles, including the Gold Book Award-winning Baby's First Bible and, most recently, the Moonbeam Award-winning The Jesus Storybook Bible. She has written many picture books for children, including Handbag Friends, Time to Say Goodnight and the critically acclaimed How to Be a Baby: By Me, the Big Sister. A native of England, Sally lives in New York City and can be found at www.sallylloyd-jones.com.
About Jago
Jago is an accomplished illustrator with several prestigious awards to his credit, including a Macmillian 'Highly Commended' Award for Children's Illustration in 2003, an AOI Silver Award in 2004, and the National Literacy Association Wow! Award. Jago lives in Cornwall, England, with his wife and two children.
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