Shamgar (the Shining Star)

Children bring much joy to author, JoyceAshley.  For many years she taughtschool and served as School Counselor to primary and elementary schoolstudents.  She and her husband of43 years, Patrick, have three adult children, two daughters-in-love and sixgrandjoys (with whom she especially loves reading)! The completion of this bookbrings Joyce a personal joy of seeing a life-long dream come to fruition. Herlove for God and passion for children are the motivation for this first book inthe Shamgarseries.  Joyce is the founder of JoyJoy Ministries.She has a daily radio program called JoyJuice and has authored three books about joy. As a speaker, writer and agrandmother (Gigi), her heart''s desire is to share with others the"inexpressible, glorious joy" (1 Peter 1:8 NIV) which comes from a personalrelationship with Christ.   www.joyjoyministries.com    Jamie Ashley fell in love with illustration as a childthrough her favorite children''s books and began creating her own stories andcharacters early on.  Afterstudying art in college and teaching art for several years, she is once againillustrating stories and working in a variety of media. Jamie resides inAtlanta area with her husband, Michael and their two young daughters.