Lottie Moon - (Here I Am! Biography) by Amy Whitfield (Hardcover)

About the Book

"When she was a girl, no one expected young and mischievous Charlotte Digges Moon to ever move across the world to be one of the first female missionaries. Bot Lottie Moon was not just any girl. This biographical picture book tells the story of how Lottie left behind all she knew and dedicated her life to taking the gospel to china. There she spent decades serving and teaching, offering her new friends home-baked cookies and telling them about Jesus. She wrote hundreds of letters to raise money for her work, and her tireless determination left a legacy on both sides of the world. Narrated by a friendly panda, this book offers a unique view at what living for God can look like, wherever you are."--Back cover.

Book Synopsis

The Cookie Lady who never looked back.

When she was a girl, no one expected young and mischievous Charlotte Digges Moon to ever move across the world to be one of the first female missionaries. But Lottie Moon was not just any girl.

This biographical picture book tells the story of how Lottie left behind all she knew and dedicated her life to taking the gospel to China. There she spent decades serving and teaching, offering her new friends home-baked cookies and telling them about Jesus. She wrote hundreds of letters to raise money for her work, and her tireless determination left a legacy on both sides of the world.

Narrated by a friendly panda, this book offers a unique view at what living for God can look like, wherever you are. Readers will be inspired by Lottie's bravery and reminded how faith can drive the best of dreams.

Lottie Moon: The Girl Who Reached the World is the third book in the Here I Am! biography series for kids ages 4-8 which highlights fascinating and faithful Christians in history. Also available: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Teacher Who Became a Spy and C.S. Lewis: The Writer Who Found Joy.

About the Author

Amy Whitfield is executive director of communications at The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. She worked for Southern Baptist Convention entities for twenty years and co-hosts the podcast SBC This Week. Amy and her husband, Keith, live in Wake Forest and have two children. She likes to read books, travel in the family RV, and spend time with their dogs, a golden retriever and a corgi who have become best friends. Amy loves to see people cooperate for missions, just like Lottie Moon believed they could.