Authors and Illustrators Database

Born: 04/06/1908  Grand Rapids
Died: 07/29/1997
Parents: Henry W. and Dena Korfker

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Good Morning, Lord - Devotions for Children	Non Fiction	Children	Grand Rapids; Baker Book House	1973
	My Bible ABC Book	Picture Book	Children	Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan	1972
	Mother of Eighty - The story of Augusta May Puett Brittell (1894-1964), who spent the last eighteen years of her life as a mother to eighty motherless babies in Rhodesia (now Zambia), Africa	Biography	Adult	Winona, MS : J.C. Choate	1970
	My Favorite Picture Stories from the Bible - Illustrated by Dirk Gringhuis	Non Fiction	Children	Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan	1961
	My Picture Bible Story Book - Illustrated by Dirk Gringhuis	Non Fiction	Children	Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan	1960
	Ankie Comes to America	Fiction, Michigan	Children	Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan	1954
	Questions Children Ask : Simple Answers to Puzzling Questions	Non Fiction	Children	Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan	1953
	Can You Tell Me?	Non Fiction	Children	Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan	1950

What is the aim or goal of your writing: "To teach children the importance of their faith in God and Jesus Christ. I have given book reviews (acting out the story) of good Christian books since I retired in 1973." 2nd ed. says, "I taught in the same school I attended as a child. I had the Zondervan children in my classroom. I asked them to publish a Bible story book but they had just published one. They asked me to wrtie the books answering questions children ask. One book led to another. I had no intention of becoming an author and never dreamed I would have more than a quarter million books in print. I am now busy telling Bible stories to sick children in the play room at one of our city hospitals. Many times one of the books gives sick children quite a thrill."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

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