08/19/2026
NPPC has a wonderful library full of books for all ages and spanning many genres. Here are two special books you may be interested in! 📚
Adult
Parable of Joy: Introduction to Apostle John by Michael Card
This is one of several books by Christian singer, songwriter, and radio host Michael Card. “What Michael has done with his music, he now does with his pen. What you’ve loved in his writings—you’ll find on these pages. You’ll hear the same passion and sense the same skill. And most of all—you’ll see the same Savior.” – Max Lucado
Picture Book
Tufted by Rachel Smalley
Many of you may know Rachel Freeman Smalley. Here is a description of this book from Rachel’s web page https://www.readrachel.com
At twelve years old, Catherine Evans Whitener saw a candlewick coverlet and promised herself she would make her own one day. With no pattern, no teacher, and no instructions, she relied on curiosity, patience, and trial-and-error to recreate the tufted stitches she admired.
TUFTED tells the true story of how she took a skill long dismissed as ordinary, domestic, and unpaid and revealed what it could become: innovation, income, independence, and opportunity. Catherine and her beautiful bedspread turned women’s work into women’s wages and, stitch by stitch, transformed a humble handcraft into the foundation of an extraordinary industry.
