WELS Children's Book Authors

"Psalms in My Backpack is a memoir of our family hiking 262 miles of the Appalachian Trail (AT) - without cell phones - and surviving."-- back cover.

In December of 1929, as the Great Depression threatens, Lisenka learns the value of trusting God and being generous.

"See how each Fruit of the Spirit is discovered in the lives and adventures of the nine Children of the Light. The fourth book in the series focuses on goodness and meekness (kindness)." --back cover.

Twelve year-old Lillian Bates hates her little brother and faces losing him. She struggles to love. She hesitates against her own caution to do something but does it anyway, wondering why her urge to do it is so strong. Lillian's journey to be more loving is set in 1884 at a remote island lighthouse. With her siblings and cousins, she sifts through cryptic clues on a weather-torn shipwreck. A gruff "pirate" captain and his questionable crew are forces...

"Unexpected events occur in 1885 on Cobblestone Island for the nine Children of the Light. In a dense fog many leave the island, and some return. Thomas and his Nektosha friend, Warm Autumn Breeze, hold a secret they dare not share. Throughout the adventures, Thomas is reminded that self-control is a Fruit of the Spirit that blesses not only him but all "Children of the Light".--

While looking at the stars one night on Cobblestone Island, eleven year-old Julia Bates and her twelve year-old sister, Lillian, overhear a shocking conversation. They hear a man and woman whisper about making strange concoctions. Later they discover in the woods a crude little building full of bubbling pots containing mysterious brew. They are terrified when they look at the cauldrons and see, written in chalk, the names of people they know and love....