Magnifying the name of Christ through biblically faithful & beautifully crafted books.

Lithos Kids is an independent Christian publisher that exists to magnify the name of Christ through publishing books. Our team also has a huge passion for helping equip the global church. A portion of each sale goes to help support printing and translating Christian resources around the world!

What We Believe

Our statement of faith aligns with that of The Gospel Coalition, which can be found below.

Meet Our Team

Founder & Creative Director

Tyler Van Halteren

Tyler founded Lithos Kids in 2020 afer seeing the impact 20-minute bedtime stories had on his son. He is the author of the Little Pilgrim series as well as The Kingdom of God Bible Storybook. Canadian by birth, Tyler previously served as a pastor in rural Ontario and later as a Bible professor in Cambodia. His growing young family now resides in Canada where he hopes to change the world through biblically faithful and beautifully illustrated books. Tyler holds a M. Div. from The Master's Seminary.

Director of Operations & Customer Care

Lauren Ducommun

Lauren and her family served as missionaries in Indonesia before returning to Canada. She joined the team in 2020 and currently oversees customer support, shipping and fulfillment, social media, marketing, and assists with editing. She also modernized The Pilgrim's Progress: Legacy Edition, which is now available! Her family now resides near Fort Worth, Texas where she works from home with her two kids, ages seven and eleven.

Canadian Customer Care & Shipping

Alyssa Seki

Alyssa handles Canadian shipping and wholesale orders as well as bookkeeping. She is a spreadsheet extraordinaire and loves all things books. Alyssa and her husband met Tyler while attending The Master's Seminary in southern California, and they now live near Toronto where her husband is a full-time pastor, and Alyssa is a full-time mom to three crazy boys.

Social Media Engagement & networking

Bryn Day

Bryn joined the team in 2022 to help with social media. She does an incredible job with engaging with everyone on Instagram and Facebook, as well as working with our launch teams and affiliates. Her family resides in Ontario, where she also does freelance web design while taking care of four kids under five.

Trade & Sales Coordinator

Ann Tatum

Ann will be handling our wholesale and trade orders this coming January. She also oversees our book review program. Ann has been a pastor's wife for over 35 years, homeschooled two daughters, and owns her own small business. She and her husband live on a farm in Texas next door to two of their grandkids.

Translations Coordinator

Scott D. Mckenzie

Scott coordinates translation projects of our works into other languages. Along with Jordann, Scott facilitates and coordinates with other evangelical publishers for translation projects around the world. Scott lives with his wife Justine and kids in Port Perry, Ontario, and serves as an elder at Renaissance Baptist Church of Brooklin.

Translation projects

Jordann Hale

Jordann assists our translation coordinator with organizing and exporting files for translation projects. She has a background in multimedia and working with non-profits. Jordann and her husband live in the Bay Area of California and have one toddler and a newborn!