Help me welcome author Sandra Kay Chambers as she shares her release about helping children realize they are special and unique in a culture that claims diversity but really wants everybody to be the same.

I never saw myself writing a children’s book until COVID hit. I was a former teacher, journalist, travel writer and author of an adult book on prayer, but definitely not a children’s writer. One morning I discovered some interesting facts about fingerprints online and how each and every person has their own unique fingerprints. Not even twins have the same fingerprints! I dug deeper and started down a fascinating rabbit hole.

When I emerged I had collected lots of resources on fingerprints. During my rabbit hole adventure, I felt God nudging me to use these fingerprint facts to write a children’s devotional. I was familiar with Louie Giglio’s Indescribable series of devotionals based on science, so I took the first step and kept praying for God’s guidance. Two years later, in 2023, Fingerprint Devotions: 40 Devotions to Help You Realize You Are a Kid Uniquely Created by God for a Purpose, (ages 8-12) was published by Ambassador International.

After that book was published, I wrote a picture book, just for fun, on the same theme of fingerprints called Maisie Discovers Her Fingerprint (ages 3-8). While the story is fictional, the main character, a Frenchie puppy, is based on my real-life grand puppy, Maisie. My family loved the story and encouraged me to publish it. My publisher accepted it and it was launched Oct. 1st, 2024. The book contains fun scientific facts about animals with fingerprints woven around a story of Maisie seeking to discover if she has unique fingerprints so she can feel special.

Our children, like Maisie, need to know that they are unique and special and have a purpose for their lives. In today’s culture there is a battle raging for the hearts and minds of our children. They are confused by all the lies that attack the heart of who they are and what their purpose in life is. The core message of my two books addresses this issue. Children are assured that they are uniquely created by God who has a purpose for their life. Each person’s unique fingerprints is proof that God created each person to be unique with unique gifts and talents.

A Peek inside: Maisie Discovers Her Fingerprint

Maisie snuggled close to Sarah while she did some research for her school project. “Maisie, did you know that no two people have the same fingerprints? Everyone’s fingerprints are one of a kind.”

Maisie looked at her paws and wondered, Do I have special fingerprints, too? Maisie wanted to feel special. She didn’t like being chubby with short legs. She couldn’t swim like her doggie friends. And her pug nose made her snore so loudly that she never got invited to doggie sleepovers.

Maybe if she had one-of-a-kind fingerprints, the other dogs would think she was special and be her friend.



Getting to Know Sandra: What you didn’t know about me.

·   My biggest accomplishment as a journalist was getting to write a cover story on Billy Graham and getting to meet him and his wife at their NC mountaintop home.

·   I bake when it rains, snows, or I’m stressed and it always contains chocolate.

·   I’m definitely a dog person and have fallen in love with French bulldogs since meeting my adorable grand puppy, Maisie.

About Sandra:

Sandra is a wife, mother, soon-to-be grandmother, former teacher, journalist and author. Her passion, whether writing or speaking, is to help adults and kids realize they are uniquely created by God for a purpose. Her bag of essentials include a Bible, a camera, lots of dark chocolate and coffee. Sandra lives in coastal North Carolina with her husband and enjoys travel, photography, walking on the beach and eating seafood.

Connecting Online:

Website Link: https://sandrakaychambers.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/SandraKayChambers

IG: https://www.instagram.com/fiveminuteparenting

Facebook Author Page: https://facebook.com/SandraKayChambersauthor

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/SandraKayChamberswriter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skchambers/

Books available on Amazon, B&N, Publisher website.

Fingerprint Devotions: https://rb.gy/hnqys

Maisie Discovers Her Fingerprint: http://amzn.to/3zcz1vI