Room For Bandit

The day before Christmas, a big, black dog shows up at Amanda’s door. What will they do with it? Send it to a shelter? Keep it? Is there room in her family for such a large pet?

As Amanda listens to the Christmas story that night, she realizes she has another choice to make. Can she find room in her heart for the Child of Bethlehem?

Delightfully written and illustrated, Room for Bandit is a personal invitation for children to make room in their hearts for Jesus.

A child at heart, author and speaker Joy DeKok enjoys children, especially her more than forty nieces and nephews. When she considers the miracle of Christmas and the love God showed by sending His Son, she is still amazed. Joy is the author of the picture book Room for Bandit and the novel Rain Dance. She lives with her husband Jon and their two dogs, Sophie and Tucker, in Pine Island, Minnesota.

Joy DeKok and her husband Jon live on thirty-five acres of woods and fields. In their valley is a small pond where they watch birds, dragonflies, and other wildlife who stop by for a drink.