Amy's In-Person and Online Author Events, Blog Posts, and Article Links

2026

• Atchison County Library, Tarkio, Missouri reading and book signing April 6, 2026.
• Mosaic Hospital Heart and Sole Health and Fitness Fair, Book sale and signing, February 28, 2026.
• Writing and Illustrating Blog, The Creation bath book, hosted by Kathy Temean, and giveaway, January, 2026.

2025

• Maryville Public Library Author Fair, featuring readings, book signings, and more, December 6, 2025.
• Storytime: My mother, Betty Farber, read my sweet Halloween picture book In the Witch's House to first graders from Christian Fellowship Academy who visited Westbury Senior Living in their Halloween Costumes. October 29, 2025.
• Writing and Illustrating Blog, In the Witch's House hosted by Kathy Temean, and giveaway, October 24, 2025.
• Kidlit Grove, hosted by Lindsay Moretti, and giveaway, October 19, 2025.
• Bookworm for Kids blog features In the Witch's House, October 22, 2025.
• Hometown Olathe Family Farm features In the Witch's House for Little Listeners Club for Storytime @ The Farm, October 17, 2025.
• #SeasonsOfKidLit blogpost interview featuring In the Witch's House and giveaway, October 8, 2025. 
• In the Witch's House featured here beginning October 3, 2025 on the Bookshop.org curated Halloween book list!
• In the Witch's House reading and book signing, The Story Collective, St. Joseph, Missouri, October 4, 2025.
• Release Day! In the Witch's House (Monarch Publishing) a sweet Halloween story, September 2, 2025. 
• Summer of Stories, Noah's Ark reading and giveaway, hosted by Erin Grineaux, June 10, 2025.
• Bookworthy Podcast interview hosted by Valerie Fentress, God's Protection Covers Me, April, 2025. 
• #KidLitCritiqueDay, hosted by Jenny Lynn Pease, March 29, 2025. 
• Making Christian Faith Accessible with Laura Sassi, Rate Your Story blog, featuring God's Protection Covers Me, March 17, 2025.
• Mosaic Hospital Heart and Sole Health and Fitness Fair, Book sale and signing, February 1, 2025.

2024 

• Author Fair, Maryville Public Library, Maryville, Missouri, December 14, 2024.
• Christmas Fair, Nodaway County Historical Museum, December 14, 2024.  
• Christian Preschool Book Giveaway hosted by Christie Thomas, Noah's Ark and The Creation, November 20-27, 2024.
• Featured Speaker, Maryville Chapter of the Missouri Writers' Guild, September 26, 2024.
• Release Day! Noah's Ark and The Creation bath books (Bushel & Peck Books). September 24, 2024.
• "Seasons of KidLit" blog post, Bath Books, Noah's Ark and The Creation, September 6, 2024. 
• Tama Fortner Books giveaway, Noah's Ark and The Creation, September 19, 2024. 
• "Our Everyday Parables" blog post and giveaway, Noah's Ark and The Creation bath books (Bushel & Peck Books). week of August 8, 2024.
• Climate related blog post with Rev. Carol Divine, Blessed Tomorrow, May 10, 2024.
• "Carol Baldwin's Blog" post, In the Witch's House (Caterpillar/Monarch Books, 2025), April 11, 2024.
• Nodaway [County] News Leader, Local Author Evening, March 21, 2024. 
• Worth County Library, God's Earth is Something to Fight For, Story time, crafts, snacks, and book signing/sales. March 23, 2024. 
• Heart & Sole Health and Fitness Fair, NWMSU Carl & Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse, Book Signing, February 24, 2024. 
• Shepherd.com Book Recommendation List: The best Christian Earth Day books for kids, Posted January 15, 2024. Visit: shepherd.com/best-books/christian-earth-day-books-for-kids

2023

• Local Author Fair, Maryville Public Library, December 9, 2023.  
• Christmas Craft & Vendor Fair, Maryville Community Center, November 11, 2023.
• "My Creative Life," Podcast with artist Nancy So Miller, December 10, 2023.
• Cooking2Gather Meal Prep Ministry, Maryville United Methodist Church, October 14, 2023.
• Methodist Church Youth Fundraiser, "Junk for Jesus," book signing and sale, October 7, 2023. 
• Avery Davis Lamb, Co-Executive Director, Creation Justice Ministries, Webinar September 12, 2023.
• Release Day! God's Earth is Something to Fight For (Bushel & Peck Books), September 5, 2023. 
• Kitlit 411 Giveaway, God's Earth is Something to Fight For, September 1, 2023.
• Christine Alamshah's "Grow Your Writing" Creator Interview, September 1, 2023.
• Portland, Maine's Press Herald, book review of God's Earth is Something to Fight For. Click here. 
• Meadow Rue Merrill's "Faith Notes" Blog, August 17, 2023 Click here.  
• Gentry County Library Summer Reading Kickoff Reading and Book Signing, May 24, 2023.
• Jenny Marcelene's blog: Exploring God's Greatness Across the Street and Around the Globe, May 14, 2023.
• "Seasons of KidLit" blog post, God's Earth is Something to Fight For, April, 2023, Earth Day Week.
• Lee Ann Mancini's "Raising Christian Kids" Newsletter, Parenting & Grandparenting Resources featured my books on February 7, 2023. Click here to see the newsletter. 

2022

November 12, 2022: Worth County School Partnership Library Activity Day, reading and cooking demonstration

September 9, 2022: Christian Q&A Book for Kids Author Interview with Brock Eastman, click here.

September 3, 2022: Paper Airplane, Diane Stortz Blog, click here.

September 7, 2022: Maryville Forum Article, "New Book Answers Kids' Questions on God, Bible," click here.

August 8, 2022: "AUTHOR AND BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Meet Amy Houts and her NEWEST Faith-Based Book for Kids," on author Laura Sassi's blog, click here.