Melinda Lee Rathjen

Celebrate the wonder and hope of this holiday season with Christmas Ideals, an 80-year tradition and family favorite. Continuing its legacy of holiday cheer and warmth,…

Find hope in the pages of this family-favorite, time-honored Easter tradition.   Loyal readers are drawn to Ideals for its celebration of life’s most treasured…

Share the warm thoughts you have for your cool little one with this wintry ode to a child. In this punny, snowy love letter to…

Celebrate the wonder and hope of this holiday season with Christmas Ideals, a time-honored tradition and family favorite. Continuing its legacy of holiday cheer and warmth,…

Explore the unconditional love between parent and child with this adorable picture book. This playful love letter to a child follows a little bunny who…

Celebrate all things Easter and springtime with this softcover book of seasonal photography and artwork as well as inspiring poetry, prose, recipes, and Bible excerpts. …

Decking the halls turns into a chaotic disaster in this humorous board book about an overeager tow truck who desperately wants to help its friends…

Celebrate the meaning and traditions of the most wonderful time of the year with the most festive book available. This cozy compilation has something for…

Embrace the puns in this charmingly campy board book about two raccoons who insist they are the one who loves the other "s'more." Love, puns,…

With spring comes fresh growth, warmer days, a bit of extra hope within us, and a new 2022 edition of Easter Ideals to celebrate it…

Struggles, meet snuggles. This little animal-filled board book celebrates the power of snuggles and empathy to smooth out a rough day. Some days, things just…

Celebrate the meaning and traditions of the most wonderful time of the year with the most festive book available, Christmas Ideals.  This cozy compilation has…

Fans of cars, trains, and construction vehicles will love this bedtime board book about a little bulldozer who won't go to sleep. All kinds of vehicles…

Join the Veggies as they hunt for eggs and discover the true meaning of Easter in this fun and exciting board book.The Great Easter Egg…

The annual compilation of poetry, prose, recipes, and Bible excerpts, paired with gorgeous seasonal photography and artwork, returns once again with a new edition for…

A celebration of the meaning and traditions of the holiday, Christmas Ideals 2020 is a carefully selected compilation of beautiful poetry, thoughtful essays and quotations,…

Learn all about sharing as flannel-clad ocean friends share their way through this super-silly adventure starring Shark and the letter S.This zany group of animal…

Spring brings renewal, hope, rebirth, new growth--and a new issue of Easter Ideals, which celebrates all of this and more. The annual compilation of poetry,…

Loyal readers are drawn to Ideals for its celebration of life's most treasured moments. This 75th anniversary edition of Christmas Ideals continues a long legacy…

Learn all about saying "Thanks" as these flannel-clad animal friends thank their way through taco day in this adventure starring Turkey and the letter T.This…

Learn all about love as these flannel-clad animal friends love their way through this laugh-filled adventure starring Lion and the letter L.This zany group of…