New Releases by Stephen Tucker

Fresh out of seminary, armed with confidence, qualifications, and what I thought was experience, I was ready for ministry opportunities. After all, I had just graduated from the oldest Catholic Seminary in the nation, the Saint Mary''s Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland....as a Baptist. I had received my baptism, in water and in urban ministry, from the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia - where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shared leadership with his dad. I was currently under the leadership and tutelage of Dr. Harold A. Carter, Sr., of the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore, a great evangelist in his own right. Inner-city ministry. - bring it on!God said, "I certainly will!" He then planted me in the number one drug trafficking block in the nation''s capital. The task: start a church, clean up the block, and face all the challenges of surviving "in a wilderness."This wilderness was complete with one of the largest public housing facilities in the city, located directly across the street from the church, where over 90% of the residents were single mothers. Where men gathered in droves at the first of the month to confiscate the mother''s checks. Where there was a thriving liquor store literally steps from the housing complex. Where unemployment was off the charts, drug dealing and addiction was visible and active, and where hopelessness abounded. A wilderness indeed!Initially, my comfort rested in the knowledge that many of God''s greatest servants, including Jesus, spent some time in the wilderness - but only a short while. Little did I know that God had some "unusual episodes" prepared for me "in the wilderness" and that my stay would not be for "a short while." Unfortunately, they did not teach me how to handle these episodes in seminary!

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This fantastic collection features three of Nick Sharratt and Stephen Tucker’s hugely successful Lift-the-Flap Fairy Tales: The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. These well-loved stories are retold in lively, witty verse accompanied by quirky illustrations and clever flaps. Using sturdy card, this book is tailor-made to be read again and again by all young children, from toddlers to school children.

Three funky fairy tales in one large lift-the-flap book!This brilliant collection features three of Stephen Tucker and Nick Sharratt''s hugely popular Lift-the-Flap Fairy Tales. The well-loved stories are retold in lively, witty verse accompanied by quirky illustrations and clever flaps. Using sturdy card, this book is tailor-made to be read and read again by all young children, from toddlers to school children.

A traditional fairy tale retold in modern-day verse. With witty text, bright, bold illustration and flaps to lift on every page, this book should entertain and amuse young children and adults alike.

Tom discovers a can of red paint and decides to take the time to paint everything in sight.

Board books that genuinely tell things from a toddler''s point of view, with lots of happy faces to please baby, and enough wry smiles in the text to please any parent - no matter how often they are read. Each book is about a familiar domestic occurrence in a toddler''s life, with much to recognise and to amuse. The rhyming text is perfect for reading aloud. Best-selling artist Nick Sharratt has illustrated these in bold primary colours with a much bolder, more modern look than other baby board books. Reworked from our successful range of picture books, these titles will have fresh appeal in board book form, just right for little hands to handle.

Tom discovers a can of red paint and decides to take the time to paint everything in sight.