The Heavens Declare: Five Children, Eight Planets, One God is about a homeschooling family vacationing in the mountains of Northern Arizona. The children learn from their father—an amateur astronomer, and mother about each of the planets in our solar system. Along the way the family learns of God’s goodness and to trust Him with their hopes, plans, and days. The Heavens Declare is filled with action such as playing ‘pine cone wars’ in the woods and looking at Venus through a telescope. From dreaming about landing on Mercury to trying to move the family van during a heavy rainstorm, from having family devotions to rescuing ‘princesses’ in a ‘tower’, this book weaves interesting facts about the solar system with everyday, ordinary family life. It is sure to hold children’s attention, causing them to desire more knowledge about their God and His creation!
With this book, I intend to:
-inspire in 8-12 year old children an interest in the amazing creation of God
-present an ordinary homeschooling Christian family learning together about their extraordinary God
-express a biblical worldview that revolutionizes the study of science as well as the everyday lives of the characters in this book
-supply avid young readers with wholesome, interesting reading material
I have finished my draft copy and I am working on drawing the illustrations. (To the right is the illustration for chapter two which involves an owl.) I have three families beta testing the manuscript, Dr. Jay Wile checked and corrected my scientific accuracy, and I am hoping for reviews from several other people. Currently, I am writing a book proposal I hope to send to an acquisitions editor at Zondervan soon. I am also slowly working on doing the website for the book. It’s all very new to me, fascinating, and very enjoyable. I have always loved to write! I remember the feeling of having great ideas and plans and always coming out with a not-so-awesome piece of 10-year-old writing. Now, though I can’t write like Lewis, I can WRITE!I was completely planning on self-publishing with Lulu, but a friend had a contact with Zondervan, so I’m going to give that a try first. I fully expect it to be rejected (especially since it’s for such a niche market!), but—why not try? So, if Zondervan doesn’t go anywhere, I’ll need everyone to link to my website and tell everybody they can possibly think of about it since I’ll be self-publishing! :)
