Annie's MiniBFF Podcast

When you are done playing outside at the end of each day I bet your feet might be a little stinky? To get those feet cleaned up I bet you would normally use soap and water! Right?! Well guess who else has had stinky feet? Jesus! Yep, minibffs even Jesus’ feet got dirty and He had to have His feet cleaned at the end of the day too!! But in the story we are reading today, He didn't use soap and water to clean His feet. Nope! His feet were cleaned with tears (and a whole jar of perfume) from a woman who had made a lot of mistakes. This story, Washed with Tears, comes from The Jesus Storybook Bible and can be found on page 286. You can also read more about this story from Matthew 26, Mark 14, John 12 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of a perfume bottle! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

Have you ever been to a parade and had a really hard time being able to see all the excitement passing in front of you? Don’t you just wish there was a way you could make yourself taller?! Well, Zacchaeus had this problem too. He had heard Jesus was coming to town and wanted to see him. But he was so short that the only way he could get a look at his face was to climb a tree!! That part of the story is very fun. But it isn’t my favorite part. No, I like the part where Jesus finds Zacchaeus in the tree. This story, Zacchaeus, comes from The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and can be found on page 168. You can also read more about this story from Luke 19 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of a tree! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

Jesus spent a lot of time telling us parables while He was on earth. This episode is the parable about a son who told his father he was ready to go off and explore the world and take all his money with him. But the son didn’t handle his adventure very well. He made a lot of mistakes along the way. So many that he was afraid to go home to his dad and admit what he had done. Now we know from the title that the son does go back home. But what do you think his dad does when he arrives? I can’t wait for us to listen and find out! This story, The Son Who Came Home, comes from the book I Wonder and can be found on page 144. You can also read more about this story from Luke 15 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of the party! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

miniBFFs! We all know what it feels like to lose our favorite toy. Right?! It's the worst! And once we realize it is lost, all we want to do is find it! We will search high and low for our toy because we want it back. Well in our lesson today Jesus tells us a parable about a shepherd who lost his sheep and he reacts pretty much the same way we would if we lost our favorite toy. This story, The Lost Sheep, comes from The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and can be found on page 168. You can also read more about this story from Luke 15 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of sheep! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

You may have heard about the rule in the Bible that says to love God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. AND to love your neighbor the way you love yourself. But that word neighbor wasn’t easy for everyone to understand. Because Jesus isn’t just talking about the person who lives next door to you when he says to love your neighbor. Oh no, it is so much more than that miniBFFs. And we get to learn all about who exactly He is talking about in today’s lesson. This story, The Good Samaritan, comes from The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and can be found on page 180. You can also read more about this story from Luke 10 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of YOU! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

Do you know who is always going to be your friend? Jesus! Yes miniBFFs! Jesus wants to be our friend and he wants to spend all the time he can with you. In fact, there is a whole story in the bible about kids like you miniBFFs and how much Jesus wanted them to come see him. This story, The Friend to Little Children, comes from The Jesus Storybook Bible and can be found on page 168. You can also read more about this story from Matthew 19, Mark 10, Luke 18 in the Bible. We have teamed up with ZonderKidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of YOU! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

So miniBFFs, let me ask you a question. Do you know how to walk on water? Because I sure don’t! But in today’s story we are going to read about one person who had no problem walking on water, Jesus. Not only did he walk on water he walked on water in the middle of a huge storm! I mean trying to balance on water has to be hard enough already, add crazy waves all around you and it just seems even more impossible! But one thing we are for sure learning around here is that nothing is impossible with God. This story, Jesus Walking on Water, comes from the I Wonder book and can be found on page 168. You can also read more about this story from Matthew 14:22-32 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of Jesus walking on water! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

In our story today we learn about a time when Jesus spent the whole day teaching a whole lot of people. A group of 5,000 people to be exact. And they had loved hearing him teach so much that they forgot about dinner! Suddenly there were a lot of hungry people that Jesus needed to feed. Guess what miniBFFs. Jesus did feed 5000 people. And I can’t wait for you to hear how he did it! This story, The Hungry Crowd, comes from the I Wonder book and can be found on page 162. You can also read more about this story from John 6:1-13 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of the basket with 5 loaves of bread and two fish! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

Did you know that one time there was this really big storm? It was so big that it even scared the disciples!! And you know who was with them when they were afraid. Jesus. Yes! Jesus was with them and he was even asleep the whole time this big storm was brewing! But when the disciples woke him up, Jesus wasn’t at all worried. I can’t wait for you to listen to today's episode to find out why this storm didn’t bother Jesus one bit! This story, Jesus Calms the Storm, comes from The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and can be found on page 144. You can also read more about this story from Matthew 8, Luke 8, and Mark 4 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of the boat Jesus and his disciples were in during the storm! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

One way Jesus liked to tell about God is through stories called parables. We get to hear about one today in our story about The Farmer and where he plants his seeds. Jesus uses this parable to teach us not only about planting your seeds in the right soil, but also having your heart in the right place. That's the thing about parables, there is always a connection at the end of the story to the real message Jesus is trying to teach us. This story, The Farmer, comes from the book I Wonder and can be found on page 156. You can also read more about this story from Matthew 13:1-23 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of a candle! Or it could be a flashlight! Whatever kind of light you want just as long as it serves as a reminder that we are a light in the darkness because of the way we love Jesus. Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

What Jesus Said miniBFFs, have you ever heard about the Sermon on the Mount? I know, it’s kind of a funny name right? But the Sermon on the Mount is a very important message that Jesus gave to a crowd of people about being a follower of God. Today’s story is an example of one of the many reasons why I am so thankful to have the Bible because it tells us about all the very important things that Jesus taught while He was on earth. This story, What Jesus Said, comes from the book I Wonder and can be found on page 126. You can also read more about this story from Matthew 5:14-6:34 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of a candle! Or it could be a flashlight! Whatever kind of light you want just as long as it serves as a reminder that we are a light in the darkness because of the way we love Jesus. Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

There is nothing I love more than reading about Jesus healing those who need healing! Right, miniBFFS?? In our story today, Jesus shows us that He loves everyone by taking care of the people who were not welcomed by others. He helps someone who is blind, someone who couldn’t walk, and someone who had horrible sickness that no one wanted to be around. Jesus not only wanted to be around them, He wanted to heal them. This story, Jesus Helps and Heals, comes from The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and can be found on page 152. You can also read more about this story from Matthew 9, Mark 2, and Luke 5 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of a bandaid! I know it’s silly but once you listen to the story I think you will understand why we picked that! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube.Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

miniBFFs, we really love the story for this episode because we get to witness Jesus perform not one, but two, miracles. This is the story about a father who wanted his little girl to get better and about a woman who had been sick for a very long time and also wanted to get better. Spoiler alert - Jesus heals them both! But the way that these miracles happened is very different. This story, A Little Girl and a Poor Frail Lady, comes from the Jesus Storybook Bible and can be found on page 214. You can also read more about this story from Luke 8 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of the little girl AWAKE in her bed! Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

Did you know that Jesus cares for you so much that no matter what, He will never stop loving you? It’s true, miniBFFs! And that is a topic we are learning about in this episode with the story of the woman at the well. This woman felt a lot of shame and sadness about the things she had done and thought no one loved her. But Jesus was about to tell her how much He loved her and how He had come to save her. This story, The Woman at the Well, comes from the I Wonder Bible and can be found on page 132. You can also read more about this story from John 4:1-2 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of the well in the story. Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube.Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

So we know Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist from our episode last week. But what happened after that? Well, Jesus spent a lot of time in the desert of all places! That’s probably not where I would go right after being baptized, but it is where Jesus went and for a good reason. We also learn about Jesus calling his disciples and how important it was for Jesus to have close friends too. This story, Let’s Go, comes from the Jesus Storybook Bible and can be found on page 208. You can also read more about this story from Matthew 4, Mark 1, and Luke 4-6 in the Bible. We have teamed up with Zonderkidz this season to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all the fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of Jesus and his disciples. Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube.Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

This episode today is all about John the Baptist. It is so important that we take time to learn about him because he is a very good example of wanting to tell everyone about Jesus. Even before John the Baptist had even met Jesus face to face, he knew that Jesus was someone that everyone needed to know about. This story, John the Baptist, comes from the I Wonder book and can be found on page 114. We have teamed up with Zonder Kids this season to learn all about the gospels by reading stories from these three storybook bibles: Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels activity book at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of the white dove in the story. Click HERE to watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast on YouTube. Click HERE to subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

Have you ever thought about what happened at the very first Christmas? Well in this episode we get to learn all about it from the story, The First Christmas, in The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible on page 119. This season we have teamed up with Zonderkidz to learn all about the Gospels by reading stories from these three storybook Bibles: The Jesus Storybook Bible, The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible and I Wonder. Head over to faithgateway.com and use the code AD20 for 20% off these three books. Grab the Journey Through The Gospels Guidebook at shopanniefdowns.com to join in on all fun for this season! This week we are drawing a picture of Baby Jesus in the manger. Watch Annie’s miniBFF Podcast. Subscribe to Annie’s miniBFF Podcast.

We have a fun announcement just for you, miniBFFs! Annie’s miniBFF Podcast will be back with brand new episodes in 2024! Starting on Monday, January 8th we’ll be reading MORE stories from Annie’s favorite book, the Bible. But in this season, ALL of the stories are from the gospels as shared in some of our favorite storybook Bibles from our friends at Zonderkidz. We can’t wait to learn more about Jesus with all our miniBFFs (and their grownups too) in the new year! Here are the children’s Bibles we’ll be reading from: The Tiny Truths Bible for Little Ones by Joanna Rivard and Tim Penner I Wonder: Exploring God’s Grand Story: an Illustrated Bible by Glenys Nellist The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name by Sally Lloyd-Jones Remember to use the code AD20 for 20% off at faithgateway.com! Stay up to date on all things miniBFF!Subscribe wherever you love to listenFollow us on InstagramSign up for the miniBFF Email Newsletter Annie’s Kids BooksWhat Sounds Fun To You?So Happy To Know You! Annie F. Downs is a New York Times bestselling author, podcaster, and loud laugher.

I am so excited to be with you all for a little bit today to share with you a very fun episode about my newest kids book So Happy To Know You! And guess what miniBFFs? So Happy To Know You! is in stores NOW! Alright so we are doing this podcast a little differently today. Instead of a story, I want to invite you all to a conversation with some extra special guests like Jennie Poh (the illustrator of So Happy to Know You!, Taylor Ann and Katy. Does that sound fun? I think so too, miniBFFS! I am so thankful that I get to write books like So Happy To Know You for my crew of miniBFFs. I can’t wait to hear about your favorite part of the book or what adjective best describes you. Grown ups, be sure to grab a copy of So Happy To Know You! And check out Katy's newest book You Can Trust for preteen boys, and You Can Rest for preteen girls.

miniBFFs, I have been keeping a BIG secret and it's time to share this fun surprise with YOU! Listen in to find out about something special I've been working on with YOU in mind! Grown ups, be sure to visit sohappytoknowyou.com for more details and some fun goodies you can get when you preorder So Happy To Know You!