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Katie Grace and the Sticky Fingers
Katie Grace and the Sticky Fingers
Katie Grace and the Sticky Fingers
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Katie Grace and the Sticky Fingers

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Katie Grace loves her dog, Mr. Tibbles.When her pet gets lost, she will stop at nothing to find him. When her school project goes missing, she searches until the lost is found. When her "sticky fingers" get her into trouble, she feels lost herself. The three "Lost Parables" help Katie Grace understand how big God's love is for His children when they are "lost".

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJulie Merrin
Release dateJul 17, 2013
ISBN9781301947683
Katie Grace and the Sticky Fingers
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Julie Merrin

Hi! I’m Julie Merrin. I grew up in Findlay, Ohio, in a large family. As the oldest of six children in an often loud and chaotic house, I discovered early on that I could escape some of the chaos by losing myself in a book. I did this frequently and with such efficiency that my two youngest brothers could be rolling around on the floor fighting three feet from me...and I would be oblivious. In my imagination, I was probably somewhere on the prairie in the old west or on a rocket to the moon. You can go anywhere in a book. It is not too surprising then, that I had a dream of one day becoming a writer. When I was in about 4th grade, I used to say that when I grew up, I wanted to be a teacher during the school year, a librarian in the summer...and a writer in my spare time. Up until age 49, my only published work was a poem that appeared as an award winner in the October 1974 "Wee Wisdom" children's magazine. The funny thing about that one was that I had forgotten the assignment given by Mrs. Gerber, my 6th grade language arts teacher, to write a poem. As I stood with my classmates outside her door waiting for the previous class to be dismissed, someone asked me what I had written. Frantically, I asked if anyone had a piece of paper I could borrow. Someone gave me a small sheet torn from a 3X5 notepad on which I scribbled eight lines of poetry, breathed a sigh of relief, and turned it in. I didn't find out until I was in 7th grade that my teacher had liked the poem, submitted it, and that it had been published. Over the years, I have written a number of other things including a Christmas play, a children's musical, and a number of short skits. These have all been performed, but not yet officially published. I have three ideas in various stages of development for collections of anecdotes on topics ranging from language bloopers to Merrin family legends. The first would likely appeal to expatriates living around the world. The last, though, is likely to have a fairly limited audience. Currently, I am working on a series of children's books for kids aged 5-9. The "Katie Grace" series follows the adventures, trials, and challenges of a seven-year-old girl. Katie Grace is energetic, enthusiastic, competitive, sometimes selfish, and other times tender-hearted. In the first books of the series, her parents use several of the parables Jesus told to help Katie Grace find solutions to the challenges she faces. Book #1 in this series is available on Smashwords as of early March 2013. As for my personal life, I currently minister with children and teens at a children's home in Southeast Asia. I have lived in this area of the world since 1993, and deeply love the people here. I am a single mom to a beautiful daughter who I adopted from this country. She has been with me since she was six weeks old, with the adoption finally being finished when she was two years old. That could be another story to write, but as it is HER story, I don't think I'll ever publish it as part of a biography. But who knows...a fictionalized version might show up somewhere along the line in that novel I want to write someday.

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    Katie Grace and the Sticky Fingers - Julie Merrin

    Katie Grace and the Sticky Fingers

    By Julie Merrin

    Pictures by I Kadek Suraksa

    Copyright 2013 Julie Merrin

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    Contents

    Mr. Tibbles is Missing

    The Parable of the Lost Sheep

    Never Too Far From God’s Love

    Where’s My Project?

    The Parable of the Lost Coin

    What is Important to God?

    Katie Grace and the Sticky Fingers

    The Parable of the Prodigal Son

    God’s Love is for Always

    Mr. Tibbles is Missing!

    After school, Katie Grace walked home with Becca as far as Becca’s house. Her friend went home, and Katie Grace skipped on toward her own house. She almost tripped over her shoelaces which had come untied and were flopping around on the sidewalk with every skip. Katie Grace stopped long enough to tie up the laces, and skipped the rest of the way home.

    Mommy! Mommy! I’m home! Katie Grace announced, as she always did. Usually, Mr. Tibbles came running when he heard Katie Grace’s voice. His tail would be wagging with happiness, and his whole body would quiver with excitement to see his girl. He’d yip and yap, and run circles around Katie Grace until she stopped and gave him some attention.

    Even when Katie Grace came home feeling sad or upset by something, Mr. Tibbles was always there. He somehow seemed to know that Katie Grace wasn’t in the mood to play. At those times, he would greet her more quietly. He would just curl up at her feet, or put his paws on her lap and rest his head there sympathetically.

    Today, though, something was different. No white furball came racing out of the house at the sound of Katie Grace’s happy voice. No yips or yaps greeted her when she went in the house. Where was Mr. Tibbles?

    Mommy? Katie Grace called again as she searched the house for her mother. She finally found Mommy changing the sheets on Katie Grace’s bed.

    Mommy, have you seen Mr. Tibbles? Katie Grace asked.

    Not lately, Sweeite. Why?

    Well, he always comes to get some lovin’ when I come home from school. But today, he didn’t come? Is he sick?

    I don’t think so. He seemed fine this morning, didn’t he?

    Yeah, Katie Grace sighed. He was a happy dog when I left for school.

    Well, I’m sure he’s around here somewhere, Mommy said. Why don’t you change your clothes and then you can go back outside and call for him.

    OK, Katie Grace said doubtfully. I hope I find him soon. I’m really worried. She opened one of the drawers in her dresser to find some clean play clothes. After changing, she hurried out of her room calling for her pet.

    Mr. Tibbles! she called as she searched every room in the house. Come here, boy! No happy yip answered her call. She looked behind the sofa and the easy chairs. She looked in each of the lower cupboards. She looked in the laundry room behind the washer and dryer. She carefully peeked behind the furnace and water heater in the basement. She even looked behind the toilet, even though she couldn’t imagine why Mr. Tibbles would want to hide there. No Mr. Tibbles.

    Ben got home from school just then. When he heard Mr. Tibbles was missing, he joined in the search.

    Together, they went outside and kept on calling. Mr, Tibbles! Mr. Tibbles! Where are you, boy? Still, no excited yapping greeted them. No white furball raced across the lawn and into their arms. Katie Grace looked behind the shed

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