Melanie Young

Christmas. We love it. We love the smell of evergreens and cloves. We love the flavor of Christmas tea and cookies. We love the sound of Christmas carols and bells. We love being with family. Most of all, we love how everything points to the gospel, if you let it. That's the hard part, though, isn't it? The hurry, the stress, the bustle, it all conspires together to tempt us to settle for the form and not the substance. It's easy to run around doing Christmas-y things and somehow never take the time to really talk to our kids, I mean really talk to them, about what all this means. That's why we wrote a sequel to our tremendously popular Christ-Centered Advent: Family Devotions based on Christmas Carols. Just like the first book, it will make it easy for you to teach your kids the Christ-centered carols and what they mean. A resource that will help you glorify God in your family at Christmas. Every verse is illustrated with fine art, Charlotte Mason-style, so you can include picture study, if you wish.

Christmas. We love it. We love the smell of evergreens and cloves. We love the flavor of Christmas tea and cookies. We love the sound of Christmas carols and bells. We love being with family. Most of all, we love how everything points to the gospel, if you let it. That's the hard part, though, isn't it? The hurry, the stress, the bustle, it all conspires together to tempt us to settle for the form and not the substance. It's easy to run around doing Christmas-y things and somehow never take the time to really talk to our kids, I mean really talk to them, about what all this means. That's why we wrote a new book, Christ-Centered Advent: Family Devotions based on Christmas Carols, and it will make it easy for you to teach your kids the Christ-centered carols and what they mean. A resource that will help you glorify God in your family at Christmas. Every verse is illustrated with fine art, Charlotte Mason-style, so you can include picture study, if you wish.

Can struggling learners succeed in college?Can they even get into college?Sure, they can. Here's how. We know adults who struggled with learning disabilities in school who are successful authors, international entrepreneurs, college professors, and professionals, but that seemed a long way away when our own children were struggling. Imagine our surprise when we found ourselves prepping those same kids for college admissions exams and coursework. It took a ridiculous amount of research to find out how to get the accommodations our sons needed. Now we're sharing all that information so you don't have to hunt it down yourself. Learn how to get the documentation you need and how to present it so that your children will get all the help they need to use the gifts God has given them. New Revised Edition includes information about medical disabilities, as well.

No one tells you what to expect. Your 9 year old that loves school suddenly takes 3 hours to get math done. Don't even ask about everything else. The 11 year old that loves to run errands now can t remember the one thing you told them to bring you long enough to get out of the room. And the 13 year old... EMOTIONAL TURMOIL Change your shirt before you leave, you tell your son, but he explodes. You don't care about me This is my favorite shirt You're always criticizing me Or, you walk in to find your daughter sobbing and ask, What s wrong, honey? I don t know she wails. They climb on an emotional rollercoaster and invite you to join them. Don t get a ticket for that ride. A TIME OF TRANSITION What s happening? They re changing The tweens or preteens, whatever you want to call it, are the beginning of the transition to adulthood. Hormones are flowing. Things are changing. Emotions are high. School is a struggle, all of a sudden. And spiritual questions pop up where there were none before. THE STAKES ARE HIGH Most parent-child relationships are broken during the tween years. When they are, the teens often just get worse and worse. If you can get through the preteen years with your relationship intact, though, the teen years tend to get better and better. Lay a foundation to make the teen years great HERE'S HELP Practical help. Real encouragement. Just what you need to cope with emotional meltdowns, motivate them to get school done, answer their spiritual questions, and most of all, protect your relationship with your eight to fourteen year olds. No Longer Little: Parenting Tweens with Grace and Hope Hal and Melanie Young, authors of Raising Real Men and My Beloved and My Friend, both awarded Christian Small Publishers Book of the Year, are your guides on this challenging journey through these critical years of parenting...so that the years to come get better and better.

Would you be surprised to hear Christians have been celebrating Reformation Day for 450 years? Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the movement that brought the gospel back to the church Meet the heroes of the Reformation Learn about Hus, Wycliffe, Luther, and Calvin and their brave stands for the gospel and the Word of God. Understand the principles of the Reformation Learn about the Five Solas of the Reformation and understand why these men risked their lives to call the church back to these ideas. Enjoy the food of the Reformation Help your family remember the stories and lessons of the Reformation by engaging all of their senses in your celebration. Enjoy family recipes and cooking tips that will make a truly memorable meal. Celebrate the Reformation in a Christ-honoring way Hear about ways families and churches are remembering the day. Find songs of the Reformation and their history to teach your children. Discover resources for making your celebration better. Reawaken a Christian tradition hundreds of years old in your family and church By the award-winning authors of Christ-Centered Christmas, Christ-Centered Thanksgiving, Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching, and Appreciating Boys, My Beloved and My Friend: How to be Married to Your Best Friend Without Changing Spouses, and Love, Honor, and Virtue: Gaining or Regaining a Biblical Attitude Toward Sexuality.

Are you feeling torn about Christmas? Loving the sights and smells, but hating the thought of the stress and commercialism? Want to make sure the Lord is glorified in your family, but wondering if you'll get sidetracked by all the busy-ness? You're in good company and we believe this book will help: Save you money on gifts - and give presents that will be remembered forever. Make your house look like Williamsburg at Christmas - while spending almost nothing to do it Save time by giving you menus, a shopping list and plans to fix the best Christmas goodies ever with tried and true secret recipes. Inspire you to host a Caroling Party and take the gospel to your neighbors in a way they will love - and make it easy, too. Encourage you to introduce new traditions that will focus your family's hearts on home - and Christ Equip you to make this Christmas a Christ-centered one, full of happy memories for your children Christ-Centered Christmas The Ultimate Guide to Celebrating a Christmas Your Family Will Never Forget By Hal & Melanie Young Authors of the CSPA 2011 Book of the Year, Raising Real Men

The battlefield is different than we remember. The changes in technology and culture have put an entirely new face on the fight for moral purity. Temptation is nothing new, but where our generation had to avoid traps, our children are being actively hunted. Our sons are being exposed and ensnared by things that didn't exist when they were born, and the conversations we had at 15 and 16 are necessary for 10 and 11 ... and earlier ... today. If they want to walk in integrity, they have a fight on their hands Love, Honor, and Virtue: Gaining or Regaining A Biblical Attitude Toward Sexuality is written to and for teens and twenty-something guys. It's short, concise, and very direct. It gives a Biblical perspective to help: Understand God's design, from biology to morality Prepare to fight temptation Find hope for recovery if they stumble Learn how to have healthy, Christ-honoring relationships with girls In a world where sin comes looking for you, and the red light district rides in your shirt pocket, you need help engaging the fight as it actually is

This guide was written by an English teacher. It will help students to write their first essay. The step-by-step instructions are simply explained. This book starts with "selecting a topic" and guides students all the way through the writing process to "editing". Many clear examples are provided. The examples are specifically designed for a five paragraph essay. Also, there are many charts students can write in to plan every section of their essay. This ensures students accomplish each step of the writing procedure. This guide contains a list of interesting topics, a glossary, and ways to add "sparkle" to essays by using adjectives and transition words. A helpful checklist is included to guide students through the editing process. All the help students need is Write Here

This is a book of inspirational quotes, collected by Author Melanie Young for nearly forty years. These quotes are either inspirational, humorous, thought provoking, or all three.

Is It Just Football and Stuffing Yourself? Is That All Thanksgiving Is? We love football and stuffing ourselves as much as most people, but it seems like there ought to be more to a day set aside for giving thanks to God for our blessings. That's why we wrote this book. We wanted Thanksgiving to be so much more. We wanted it to be Christ-centered. -Real We Were There History- Excerpts from Of Plimoth Plantation and Mourt's Relation, so you can teach your children the truth about our Pilgrim forefathers Authentic songs and hymns from the Pilgrim times with their stories Traditional poems you can use in your celebration, as they've been used for 200 years or more -Real We're There With You Help in the Kitchen- A complete, traditional Thanksgiving menu Old family recipes, passed down for generations, for everything on the menu Secret hints to teach you how to roast a turkey so good they'll be talking about it all year A Complete Shopping List to save your valuable time Step by Step Instructions and Cooking Schedule to help you know what to do in advance and what order to cook in Blank forms for when you are ready to customize your own Feast -Real Christ is There Plans for the Day- What to say to open and close the Feast in a way that honors the Lord Song sheets for an old fashioned hymn sing More ideas to help your family make this a Christ-centered season "What a great book SO full of history yet so easy to read through. I can't wait to start reading it all to my children this month as we prepare for our Thanksgiving celebration. Loved the recipe section... and the planning forms for getting ready will make life run smoothly for all." - Teresa Knight of Knight's Book Knook "History, Real LIFE, Yummy Food and a great way to celebrate as a family - what more could you ask for? This is simply beautiful Your "Becoming a Great Cook" section is wonderful for me - but even more so for my girls I can't wait to print this out and put it in their Home Economics/Cookbook Binder. A family treasure for sure " - Lynn McInnis of This Day Has Great Potential

"Six boys " folks say in mock horror, "Well, better you than me." We answer them cheerfully - we love our boys and they're a gift from God...a reward. Privately, though, we admit to ourselves it's not always rosy. Teenaged boys put away a startling amount of groceries. Young boys can be downright destructive. They're noisy, unconcerned with personal hygiene, and the dog has a longer attention span - or so it seems, some days. If this is God's chosen gift to us, then why does it seem so hard? How can we prepare these boys to serve God when we can barely make it through the day. Isn't there a better way? The answer is yes. Raising Real Men looks beyond the untied shoes and dirty jeans to what the Lord means your son to be. Learn how to help him focus on schoolwork, find real heroes, stand alone when he needs to, and become a real man one day. Don t just survive raising boys, succeed at it and learn how to love them as they really are.