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Children’s book from Flyaway Books explores memory loss

Posted August 24th, 2021

“Arthur and the Forgetful Elephant” by Maria Girón explores memory loss from the perspective of both those who forget and those around them. Inside the book, a young boy named Arthur meets an elephant who suffers from memory loss. After a playful day together, the elephant remembers enough to help him reunite with his family. The book, which is ideal for ages 3–7, encourages readers to have compassion for and patience with those suffering from memory loss and it features charming illustrations that progressively become more colorful throughout the story

‘Liberty’s Civil Rights Road Trip’ introduces children to significant people, places and events from the civil rights movement

Posted July 20th, 2021

Flyaway Books will release “Liberty’s Civil Rights Road Trip” by award-winning author Michael W. Waters and acclaimed illustrator Nicole Tadgell on October 12.

New picture book retells the story of baby Moses

Posted April 27th, 2021

Flyaway Books has officially released its latest children’s book, “Hiding Baby Moses,” by Judith L. Roth and illustrator Melanie Cataldo.

Retired Presbyterian chaplain the Rev. Dennis C. Benson joins the ranks of President Jimmy Carter and Charles Schulz

Posted April 9th, 2021

The Rev. Dennis C. Benson, a retired Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor who estimates he’s interviewed 15,000 people over a career that’s spanned six decades — everyone from fellow PC(USA) clergy member Fred Rogers to Alice Cooper — was presented a Special Wilbur Award Friday by the Religion Communicators Council.

New picture book celebrates the life of an activist peace pilgrim

Posted March 23rd, 2021

Flyaway Books has officially released its moving new children’s book “Walking toward Peace: The True Story of a Brave Woman Called Peace Pilgrim” by Kathleen Krull and illustrator Annie Bowler.

New Spanish-language children’s book published by Flyaway Books

Posted March 23rd, 2021

Flyaway Books celebrates the release Tuesday of “El maravilloso grano de mostaza” by co-authors Amy-Jill Levine and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and illustrator Margaux Meganck.

New children’s book from Flyaway Books explores memory loss

Posted March 23rd, 2021

Tuesday marks the release of “Arthur and the Forgetful Elephant” by Maria Girón.

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation accepts PC(USA)’s Matthew 25 invitation

Posted March 19th, 2021

As of Feb. 5, the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation has named itself a Matthew 25 agency, joining the rest of the Church in the important work of building congregational vitality, dismantling structural racism and eradicating systemic poverty.

‘For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World’ selected as a top-10 book

Posted February 9th, 2021

Flyaway Books is proud to share that “For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World” by author Michael W. Waters and illustrator Keisha Morris was selected for In the Margins Book Awards’ “Top 10 Fiction Titles” 2021 List. The book is also included in the organization’s “Fiction Recommendation List for 2021.”

‘For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World’ wins inaugural social justice book prize

Posted November 2nd, 2020

“For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World,” by author Michael W. Waters and illustrator Keisha Morris from Flyaway Books, has won the first-ever Goddard Riverside Children’s Book Council Youth Book Prize for Social Justice.