Just Because
A book any Tuesday — no occasion required.
Shop →Four hand-painted picture books for ages four to seven, from Caroline B Cook, a Nashville children's book author. A daughter's words, a mother's brush — wrapped and shipped from Nashville, as they have been since the first edition.
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Each volume is a keepsake — the kind of book that ends up stained with frosting, tucked under pillows, and eventually handed down.
New here? Caroline says start with Still — “because that’s where it started, and really good stuff comes when we’re still.”
All four volumes in the Virtue Series, together — ready for the birthday stack, the baby-shower table, or the shelf above the changing pad. Author signature available free on request.
Or add Church Kitty herself. All four books, plus the soft tabby plush with her tag at the collar.
Companion Edition
Soft tabby plush with a Church Kitty tag at her collar. A first baptism gift, a Sunday-morning friend, a companion for the story she came from.
“I wrote these so you could give it to anyone.” — Caroline
Ordering for a Sunday-school classroom, children's ministry, or church library? Tell us a bit about your classroom and we'll put together a set for your shelves.
Caroline & Trisha · Nashville, TN
"I wanted to write stories that
reflect God's truths —
softly, the way little hearts receive them."
One night I was reading my son a book about dirt — he knew every word — and I thought, surely I could fill him up with something better than that. On a quiet trip soon after, with my Bible in my lap, I realized I hadn’t been still in ten years. I started writing, and by the time I flew home I had three: Joy, Kind, and Still. My mother Trisha — an oil painter who taught herself watercolor for these books — paints every page by hand. I write every word. Four virtues, from a kitchen table in Nashville. I want to be an old lady still writing children’s books.
— with love, Caroline
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