Francy the Fearful Firefly

About the Book

Francy is a little fearful firefly who lives in Lighthouse Beach. She learns with the help of a new friend, a sleepy bee called Byron to trust God and be brave. Byron tells her the story of David and Goliath and how a small boy stood up to a giant with nothing but a rock and sling.  Francy learns that in God’s strength anything is possible!  In fact this truth transforms her from a fearful firefly to fearless firefly!

About the Author

Jen Anderson is a Christian wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, employee and now author. As a young child and the daughter of an Alcoholic, she knew what it was to experience fear. When she was only 11 years old her Dad left and her fear changed to what it was going to be like to grow up without a Dad. Two years later her life changed when at Teen Ranch she gave her life to the Lord at the age of 13 years old. This young faith grew and flourished over the next 25 years into an active faith that has seen her through the many challenges of this life.

Children’s Ministry is her passion and she loves to talk to children about Jesus, faith and trust in God. She is an active member of Menai Anglican Church. Her favourite pastime is to spend time with her family and enjoy her 2 girls, Courtney (11) and Katelyn (8).

Says Jen “As a parent, Scripture and Sunday School Teacher, I have found many adults believe that children are too little to develop a concrete understanding of what it means to be saved and live a Christian life. However, I practically found the opposite to be the case when teaching kids and helping them to both accept Jesus and share Him with other children. I have found that often we can look upon our children’s faith from our own experience especially if we are saved later in life. However, both of my girls made a decision to follow Christ at the ages of 4 and 6 years and to my delight are working at following Him, living a godly life and evangelizing other children.

"It is this journey and reflections on my childhood that prompted me to look at developing this series of fun and interactive stories that helps build godly character and win kids for Christ."

Jen’s website is www.francythefirefly.com and she attends churches regularly to discuss fear, her story and how the God we love is greater than all of our fears.

“This is without a doubt the best presentation I have seen for young people. Once you read the contents you will catch the vision of how worthwhile this could be in teaching children, through the Bible, about fear.”
- Major Ron Anderson: Senior Chaplain NSW Rural Fire Service