Christoph Niemann

Christoph Niemann in Abstract City in The New York Times has a great piece on Bio-Diversity... sound a bit dull? No it's not. It's very funny. For example (to get you started):

(Niemann is the author of two children's books and many of his illustrations have appeared in NYT, New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly and basically a genius.)

More here.

week 7 storytime (ANIMATED) video: The Present

The Present from Jonathan Michael on Vimeo.
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David Suchet Interview: School Days

The Daily Mail Online in the UK did an interesting article about David (whom we were lucky enough to get to read the complete audio of The Jesus Storybook Bible). Some of it is pretty Dickensian. The maths teacher: I think I had the same one...

Read more: here.

School days: David Suchet, bottom left, with members of the Wellington School tennis team

IN OTHER NEWS: to anyone in the UK, the deluxe edition is available on amazon! (It was originally wrongly listed as the "deluze" edition which made it sound like the lounge singer version) You can find it here.

Dreams That Come True

in case you were worrying about something or dreaming about something and thinking you could never in a million years... here's an incredible story from Nicholas Kristoff in the New York Times about a poor uneducated woman in Zimbabwe and how she set about her dream...

More here.

week 6 storytime video: Son of Laughter

(NOTE these are ANIMATED versions of the book with the audio
recording from David Suchet. They are extra wonderful and you are the first to see it and they come courtesy of the fabulous Jonathan Michael at Zondervan.)

Son of Laughter from Jonathan Michael on Vimeo.

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visit the The Jesus Storybook Bible site to learn more
buy the book: here
download audio on  or amazon

THIS JUST IN...

Japanese Edition released... and hits #1 in 1st week! Link here.

(Thanks to Asako Hirohashi who did the translation!)

lovely scrumpdildlyumptious Englishness

from my fab friend (and fellow Brit) Josie, comes super delicious extra English things: home-made marmalade, chutneys, and more. If you get your order in you can get some for Christmas!

Here's how it began:

"It was November 2007, and the pressure was on. My husband was between jobs, bills were mounting, and it seemed my two young children would be staring at an empty tree for Christmas. That’s when a good friend suggested I turn my passion for food into something more..."

She sent out an email and hoped to sell a few dozen jars so she could buy presents for her children. She ended up making nearly 500 jars. And two years later and she has a new site, a professional commercial kitchen and Josie's English Kitchen.

Cool eh? Find out more here.

week 5 storytime video: A Giant Staircase to Heaven

A Staircase to Heaven from Jonathan Michael on Vimeo.

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buy the book: here
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happy birthday sesame street: 40 today!

laser art

Section of Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, captured in minute detail with laser scanners

This new cutting edge laser technology (from the Glasgow School of Art) is helping preserve and conjure up what buildings actually looked like ages ago, in effect turning the clock back on ancient sites.

As well as being a kind of time travel, it turns out to be an art form. I love that it also happens to be utterly beautiful.

More here

interview with David Suchet

David (Hercule Poirot) Suchet speaks to radio host Charles Morris about why he chose to read The Jesus Storybook Bible for audio, how he selects his roles, what his faith means to him, and more... in this fabulous conversation which you can listen to here.

Week 4 storytime video: A New Beginning

A New Beginning from Jonathan Michael on Vimeo.

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buy the book: here
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happy ny marathon!

hope all those runners remembered to fall back this morning...

Interesting Marathon Factoid: 

At the 1908 Olympic Games in London, the marathon distance was changed from 25 to 26 miles to cover the ground from Windsor Castle to White City stadium, with 385 yards added on so the race could finish in front of King Edward VII's royal box. 

After 16 years of extremely heated discussion, this 26.2 mile distance was established at the 1924 Olympics in Paris as the official marathon distance. -Paul Ostapuk

Makes you proud to be British...

little monkey

a friend's little boy...

Week 3 storytime video: The Terrible Lie

The Terrible Lie from Jonathan Michael on Vimeo.

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visit the The Jesus Storybook Bible site to learn more
buy the book: here
download audio on  or amazon