The 20th-century marked a time when most institutions in the Western world were de-Christianized. A recognition of God, the fear of God, the Scriptures, the centrality of Christ, and almost all remnants of the Christian faith were carefully expunged from schools, children’s media, and children’s literature like The Swiss Family Robinson and Heidi. Others, that were too overtly Christian were simply shelved and by and large forgotten (examples: The Pilgrim’s Progress and The Holy War by John Bunyan).

But there are still Christian families and churches living in the English-speaking world and they still want to read good Christian books. For the Generations team, we see this as the time to re-Christianize our literature, our school curriculum, and our media for our children.

To that end, we have re-published original children’s classics with the original Christian content – the content that was stripped from 20th-century publication, as well as some of the “forgotten” Christian classics from the past. We’re calling it The Timeless Christian Classics Series.

Patricia St. John’s novels represent some of the very finest works of Christian fiction for children written in the 20th century. These books make for great read-aloud time as a family or may be read individually by children.

The stories of Patricia St John have been entertaining and challenging children and young people for years. These new editions of Patricia’s classic stories will delight a whole new generation of readers. Her characters are still fresh today and the themes of adventure and discovery will have children struggling to put these books down.