Joseph O Day: 6 books

For kids, snow is a joy. It is a vacation from the everyday—a chance to enjoy a great mystery of nature. Snow is not about the ordinary. It is about the joy and beauty of Creation, and the joy and beauty of being alive. Joseph E. O’Day and Ron Foster have collaborated to capture the meaning of...

For decades millions of people have enjoyed reading J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. This seminal work of modern fantasy was deservedly voted the greatest book of the twentieth century by major British booksellers. But The Lord of the Rings is more than a great work of fantasy, more than...

Wind is a mysterious force. We cannot see it, but we can feel it and witness its effects. For a child, wind is both a delight and a mystery. And in this book, a child recognizes that behind the delight and the mystery is the personal love of God. I Like Wind! is the fourth book in a series recognizing...

There is a downside to rain, but there is an upside, too. For kids, rain can be an adventure—a chance to experience the mystery of a thunder storm or the joy of testing new boots in a puddle. Rain also gives us water to drink, food to eat, and ponds to swim in. And in all those things we see the...

Sunshine brightens the world and our lives. Children especially enjoy the delights of warm rays and clear blue skies. I Like Sunshine! sees the world through youthful eyes and celebrates the joy that is experienced because of a loving Creator who has filled the world with light. I Like Sunshine! is...

Life is hard on the planet Cirrus in the 23d century, but a food-deficit Earth desperately needs the wheat that Cirrus supplies. Earlier, in the mid-22d century, nearly a hundred years after a nuclear and biological holocaust, a world empire was established. A few decades later, intragalactic hyperjump...