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  • The Green Ember: Book 1

    The Green Ember


    Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake them, spilling them into a cauldron of misadventures. They discover that their own story is bound up in the tumult threatening to overwhelm the wider world.

    Kings fall and kingdoms totter. Tyrants ascend and terrors threaten. Betrayal beckons, and loyalty is a broken road with peril around every bend.

    Where will Heather and Picket land? How will they make their stand?

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    • “This is the story we’ve been waiting for. When my audience wants to know our family’s favorite readaloud, I answer without hesitation: The Green Ember. My blog and podcast audience constantly thanks me for recommending it. The Green Ember has become a true cult classic for Read-Aloud Revivalers all over the world, regardless of their denomination, their children’s ages, or their parenting style. It’s the story that unites us. Our whole community eagerly awaits whatever S.D. Smith is up to next.”
      Sarah Mackenzie
      host of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, author of Teaching From Rest
    • “A captivating story with sword-bearing rabbits, daring quests, and moments of poignant beauty, The Green Ember is a tale that will delight and inspire young readers to courage and creativity and would make a perfect book for a family to read aloud.”
      Sarah Clarkson
      author of Read for the Heart and Caught Up in a Story

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    This is a little essay born of the frustration I h This is a little essay born of the frustration I have felt when "Content Creators" talk about "Creating Content" as if it's a noble pursuit in and of itself. In the hustle culture world, there is this bottomless pit of desperation for attention and a sad agnosticism about the true ends of making. 

This is a vapid pursuit. 

We also frequently see "influencers" unmoored from creeds and unconcerned about consistency falling into the oldest, most foul (and tedious) hatreds in order to get clicks and capture an audience to monetize. Boo to that. Yuck.  That's part of the context behind this short essay. 

Bless you!
    Thank God for the calling of motherhood and for mo Thank God for the calling of motherhood and for mothers who, knowing the perils and stakes and immensity of the project, heroically say “yes.”
    #DanielNayeri #sdsmithdopequotescuration #DanielNayeri #sdsmithdopequotescuration
    This was, I think, the best HopeWords yet. We had This was, I think, the best HopeWords yet. We had an unbelievable lineup of speakers and (of course I'm so biased because) this year we had a strong focus on children's literature, especially middle-grade!
 
Mitali Perkins was fantastic as our keynote. Daniel Nayeri was incredible. Alexandra Davis taught me so much about making picture books! Gary D. Schmidt was phenomenal. All the speakers and musicians were awesome. None of them were trying to be too clever, but were clear and accessible and generous and funny! I loved getting to hear them all, but the best times for me were meeting friends and fans and continuing that special connection we have.

I loved it all. The hardest thing is there are just too many wonderful people that it's just impossible to spend the time you want to spend with them all. So many friends, new and old! What a blessing to have that challenge. God is kind.

I'm so blessed to hear a lot of generous encouragement in the form of notes, and messages. This weekend I heard so much encouragement in person, and it's such a generous gift. It's inspiring to carry on in my vocation as a storyteller, serving these precious kids and families I love so much. You. You and yours.
@hopewordsconf
    This is so important to me. So many families enjoy This is so important to me. So many families enjoy my stories together, and I love that. But there’s a family on this side of the equation too. And I love that! 

On. Your. Side. 🫶🏼
    This is a truism. I find artists often know someth This is a truism. I find artists often know something is wrong but aren’t always right (are often wrong) about how to fix it. We need humility and wisdom from God along with our gift (and heavy burden) of feeling. 

#sdsmithdopequotescuration #RickRubin
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