The Missing Lesson

Since April 2018 general conference, the word “ministering” has been on the lips of every member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As revealed by the prophet of God, the next step in hastening the Lord’s work is to shift our gospel focus from external to internal—to use love as the motivation for all that we do.

How do we raise a new generation of children to be ministering disciples of Jesus Christ?

One of the biggest challenges is a key that has been absent for so long, most of us don’t even know it is missing. What is this essential key, this missing lesson that keeps us from embracing charity? It is a lack of emotional regulation and emotional literacy. A serious deficiency in these skill sets impacts almost every area of our lives—including how we interact with our children on a day-to-day basis.

The Missing Lesson breaks down these important concepts into concrete, real‑life applications, focusing on how to teach our children (and ourselves) how to manage emotions. This book helps parents build a solid foundation for their children so they can grow into emotionally healthy adults who live and act with charity.

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 Author: Douglas Dobberfuhl, MS

More Color-by-Numbers

The fun color-by-numbers pictures in this new book will entertain young children and focus their minds on gospel principles and stories for the scriptures.

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Author: Alyssa Naylor

More Mazes for LDS Kids

The exciting mazes in this new book will keep children busy and quiet for hours. Each maze is based on a gospel topic or a story or character from the scriptures.

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Author: Alyssa Naylor

I Spy for LDS Kids

Children will have loads of fun searching for the hidden objects in each drawing in this entertaining book. Each puzzle is related to a scripture story or a gospel principle.

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Author: Alyssa Naylor

Code Name Scorpion

When Trevor Willis offers Dani Carpenter her dream job as director of a new camp for children, she is thrilled. Dani intends to keep Trevor, a family friend and confirmed bachelor, at arm’s length. But her heart changes toward him as they team up to protect Ady, the young daughter of a kidnapped scientist. After Trevor testifies against the son of Don Francisco Morales, a major supplier of heroin into the United States, Morales (aka the Scorpion) targets Trevor in a personal vendetta to destroy his reputation and then destroy everyone Trevor loves. With Ady tucked away in a secure location, Dani and Trevor embark on a chase that takes them from the forests of the Pacific Northwest to the jungles of Mexico. They must stop the Scorpion before he strikes again.

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Author: Donna Gustainis Fuller

Prophets and Heroes of the Book of Mormon

This activity book is packed with mazes, coloring pages, crossword puzzles, word searches, and more. Each page focuses on a prophet or hero from the Book of Mormon such as Nephi, Alma, Mosiah, Abish, Samuel the Lamanite, Captain Moroni, Sariah, Mormon, and many others. Children will have fun as they learn about people who acted on their faith in Jesus Christ.

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Author: Alyssa Naylor

New Testament Activities for Latter-day Saint Kids

With this New Testament activity book, children will have fun learning about the teachings and life of Jesus Christ and His Apostles. Full of mazes, crosswords, coloring pages, code puzzles, word searches, and more, this book will provide many hours of quiet entertainment. It’s perfect for the Sabbath or any day of the week.

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Author: Mike Collins 

Inspirational Stories for Young Women

Open this book and find nearly fifty uplifting stories for young women. These true stories will inspire and encourage any young woman and help her to see her limitless potential as a daughter of God.

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I’d read [the Book of Mormon] several times and had always felt I had a testimony of it. Yet I was now at a point in my life where I had to make a lot of hard decisions, and I knew it was extremely important to find out, once and for all, if the Book of Mormon was really from God or if I had been deceived my whole life.

After rereading the Book of Mormon, I fasted for a whole day—my first twenty-four-hour fast. Then I knelt by my desk chair to ask God if the book was correct. I can still remember how the light poured in through the window and how nervous I was. I was afraid I would get an answer and that I would have to change the way I was living my life. I also think I was terrified that I might not get an answer at all.

—excerpt from “You Already Know,” by Heather Farrell

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Editors: Marilyn O. Diehl, Marta O. Smith

The Atonement of Jesus Christ: Reflections to Empower Your Life

“Not only did Jesus come as a universal gift,” declared President Heber J. Grant, “He came as an individual offering with a personal message to each one of us. For each one of us, He died on Calvary and His blood will conditionally save us.” What is the Savior’s personal message to you? How can His infinite atonement become a part of your life? The passages in this book will help you realize the joy and peace that can await you in this life and the life to come. Beautiful imagery and exquisite typography illustrate gems of wisdom from many favorite LDS leaders and scholars.

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The Power of the Holy Ghost

Elder Bruce R. McConkie taught, “The Holy Ghost is the greatest gift a man can receive in this life.” Latter-day Saints have a glorious blessing at our fingertips—the gift of the Holy Ghost. He can be our constant companion, leading us, comforting us, and teaching us whenever we seek Him. Open up this beautiful gift book filled with elegant and captivating full-color imagery, along with inspired insights from prophets, apostles, and other Church leaders and scholars. Their words will broaden your perspective and help you tap into the power of the Holy Ghost.

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The Keepers' Council

Chase Harper leaves for college, expecting to lead a normal life. But when he is yanked back to Algonia as the Keepers’ Council reconvenes, he realizes an ordinary life may never be part of his future. The king is now demanding more from the Keepers than mere secrecy.

Garrick, on the other hand, can barely contain his excitement. He hasn’t been able to banish a certain auburn-haired maiden from his thoughts, and the moment his feet touch Algonian soil, he plots a way to find her. But what he finds is not at all what he expected.

The countries of Algonia and Shuyle may have a truce in their long-standing feud, but political intrigue brews beneath the façade of peace. Lord Dolosus — heir to the Shuylian throne — has gone into hiding, and rumor has it he now plots rebellion, threatening the fragile armistice. So when Chase’s nemesis Legard appears in Algonia and tries to broker an alliance, the Keepers doubt his motives. Could Legard have changed his ways, or is his proposition another ploy to steal their counters and facilitate the rebellion?

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Author: Kelly Nelson

The Keeper's Defiance

When Chase found the gold counter buried in a cave, he went back in time, setting motion events that would change the course of his life and forever alter the destiny of the new world. After he and a small group of soldiers rescue his girlfriend Ellie from the Shuylians, they are overtaken during their race for the Algonian border. Chase falls into enemy hands, leaving Ellie to fend for herself. As time passes, he is believed dead – forever lost. So when Davy, Perception’s Keeper, is charged with seeing to Ellie’s safety, will his persuasions turn her heart away from Chase?

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Author: Kelly Nelson

The Keeper's Quest

A tragic death. A fatal trap. A daring quest.

"I woke to the flash of counter coordinates and a rush of adrenalin. Suddenly, it hit me. I was a pawn in someone's game of chess, and I'd just been moved. Master Archidus required my services. I was a Keeper, the Protector, to be specific. I hadn't wanted this, but I wouldn't shun my duties, either. The other Keeper's life wasn't the only one at stake."

After a turbulent start to his senior year, Chase expects his life to return to normal now that Ellie Williams is back. But when a Sniffer's trap leads him on a journey spanning two worlds, he soon realizes things aren't always what they seem. Will his calling as Keeper require a sacrifice he isn't willing to make?

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Author: Kelly Nelson

Love's Deception

Catherine Lewis lost her husband to a roadside bomb in Baghdad shortly after discovering she was expecting their first child. Seven years later, Cat fears her chance at true happiness has slipped through her fingers.

After growing up the son of a humble Oregon farmer, Ty Bradford is climbing the corporate ladder at an accounting firm in California. But when his father suffers a heart attack, Ty returns home to help with the family farm. Rescuing a beautiful cowgirl stranded on a rural road transforms his previously miserable leave of absence into one of the happiest times of his life.

Ty isn’t a member of the LDS Church, and normally Cat, an active Latter-day Saint, wouldn’t give him a chance. Against her better judgment she falls for him, believing he is a farmer. Once she realizes he is leading a double life, will she shut the door on the relationship for good? Or could Mr. Wrong possibly be the right one for her after all?

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Author: Kelly Nelson

EBook Sale: The Woman with No Name

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Sworn bachelor Colton Murdock gets more than he bargained for on the elk hunt when he finds an injured woman in Utah s high country. She must have a history, but she wakes up to towering pines and the clap of a thunderstorm with no recollection of her name or how she came to be there. Colt brings her to the safety of his camp, trying to ignore the first stirrings of his heart since the tragic death of his fiancée six years ago.

The young woman can't help falling for her ruggedly handsome rescuer, who calls her Skye for her blue eyes. But her life goes into a tailspin when she is recognized as Lily Vanasche, fiancée of a popular TV news anchorman, and Colt is arrested for a series of crimes including her abduction. After the real kidnapper leaves a death threat in Lily's ransacked house, the clock starts ticking. Can she remember her past before it catches up with her?

This exciting novel will be enjoyed by fans of Christian romantic fiction and inspirational romantic suspense.

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Marriage Hints for LDS Newlyweds

This humorous, thought-provoking book for newlyweds will answer questions such as, Can we make it out of a warehouse store for under $100? How high should we stack the garbage before we finally take it out? Is it possible to save money on a very tight budget? How will we use all of those gift cards we got at our wedding reception?

Readers will also find ideas for establishing spiritual patterns that will strengthen each spouse individually, as well as their relationship.

Here is just a sample of the 55 topics in this helpful and entertaining book:

• Communication: Mind Reading Doesn't Work
• Put Christ at the Center
• Three Little Words and What They Really Mean
• Taking Down the Barriers
• Family Home Evening—It's Just What You Do
• The Completeness of the Temple
• Keeping Score Is for Basketball, Not Marriage
• A Calling that Lasts Forever

Marriage Hints for LDS Newlyweds is the perfect gift for new couples . . . and for any husband and wife who are still newlyweds at heart.

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Author: Amy Martinsen

Review: Road to Covered Bridge

Marilyn Brown’s Road to Covered Bridge recently received a glowing review from Harlow Clark of the Association for Mormon Letters.

Quote from the review:

"Marilyn’s pacing is much more like Cather’s or Welty’s. Indeed, I listened to O Pioneers! just before reading The Road to Covered Bridge, and The Song of the Lark while I was reading it, and Marilyn has Cather’s love of passionate characters, oddball incidents and folktales, and unhurried conversation."

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Purchase your own copy of Road to Covered Bridge here. (Road to Covered Bridge is also available on Kindle Unlimited.)

The Princess Chronicles eBook Sale

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The Princess and the Pesky Pea

Ivee is an orphan whose aunt took her away from her hometown of Shelley, Idaho. Many years later, at age nineteen, Ivee has returned to Shelley to teach school, but she barely remembers the place and doesn’t think she fits in. 

Then she meets Lance, a handsome boy who disappears for weeks at a time. When Ivee decides to follow the trail of peas he leaves for her, she passes through a magic door into a place called Fenmore Falls. In this enchanted kingdom, Lance is a prince . . . and betrothed to a faraway princess.

Ivee tries to deny her feelings for Lance, but she simply can’t forget him. When fate leads her to the castle, she learns there are people who will do anything to keep her away from the prince. Ivee can give up and return home to Idaho, or fight for a chance at true love.

An orphan girl from Idaho couldn’t marry a prince . . . or could she?

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Author: Tarrah Montgomery

Nephi’s Handbook for a Happy Life

The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi is a hero for Latter-day Saints. He had tremendous faith and never seemed to complain. How did he stay strong with all of the hardships he experienced? How did he maintain a good attitude through all of his trials? The answer is his attitude—his perspective on life.

On Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest, images with quotes are the current craze. People are looking for something to lift their souls—something to bring them encouragement, peace, and hope. With its brief text, inspirational quotes from Church leaders and scholars, and beautiful photographs, this book fills that void for Latter-day Saints. Each excerpt teaches readers how to be more like Nephi and how to maintain hope as they pass through everyday challenges as well as soul-stretching trials. 

Nephi’s Handbook for a Happy Life makes a great gift book, but buyers will also want to purchase a copy for themselves to glean from over and over again.

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Author: Alicia Banta

So Blessed

This inspiring book will encourage you—even during difficult days—to recognize the many blessings in your life. So Blessed features various topics for reflection to remind you of Heavenly Father’s love for you and His watchcare over you. With over forty subjects such as family, the Atonement, talents, serving others, hope, nature, and laughter, this book is sure to cheer your heart and lighten your step. Stories, heartfelt experiences, and quotes from scripture and beloved Church leaders will lift you to greater heights of gratitude for God’s blessings.

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Author: Susan Chadaz

Fifty-Five Days of Faith: The Remarkable Life of Dick and Marsha Lavin

Would I join a church in which only half of my children could fully participate because of their African lineage? Dick and Marsha Lavin made that tough decision on April 14, 1978. After searching for years, their family, including their two biological children and their two adopted black children, felt right about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints. But at that time, the Church did not allow blacks to hold the priesthood. Dick offered a particularly fervent prayer the morning of June 8, 1978. Later that day, the revelation on priesthood was announced: all worthy male Church members age twelve and older were now eligible for priesthood ordination.

Dick and Marsha’s faith in God began when each experienced a profound loss at the age of seven. That faith continued to grow throughout the couple’s life journey together. Marsha and Dick ended up with nine children—seven of them adopted—and an extraordinary story to tell.

From our new imprint, Mulberry Books

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Author: Marsha Jane Lavin, Editor: Marci McPhee