The 90-minute drama centers on the marriage struggles of Dave and Clarice Johnson, whose relationship is tested when she is injured in a car accident. The couple face financial pressures, emotional challenges and temptations to their commitment.

Though the right-to-life battle centered on bedridden Terri Schindler Schiavo dominated the international news headlines for weeks in 2005, most people still do not know the real, full story—or its far-reaching social implications.

That is the opinion of award-winning veteran producer and director Ken Carpenter who revisited the case for a two-part TV documentary aired last year and released in revised format this month as The Terri Schiavo Story (0-94922-20465-3, $19.95, Franklin Springs Family Media).

A dinner date with an unruly family aims to help introduce children ages 3 to 8 to the benefits and blessings of proper behavior in The Splatters Learn Some Manners (978-0-736-92558-7, $16.99, Harvest House Publishers), releasing next month.

The hosts are a wild, wacky and messy bunch who, while embracing a zany world of utter chaos, also excel in the sloppy, inconsiderate art of rudeness. Their meals usually lean more toward free-for-all food fights and near-fisticuffs, with more of mom’s cooking ending up on the floor—and on the walls and in the children’s hair—than anywhere else.

A case in point is The Creation Story for Children by David and Helen Haidle (978-0-890-51565-5, $14.99), which is being re-packaged and re-released next month by New Leaf Publishing Group to better reach a growing market, Christian education.

Released at the beginning of the busiest wedding and anniversary season of the year, The Catholic Gift Bible (978-0-061-80815-9, $14.99) from HarperOne is the first gift and award Bible to be made available in the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV).

The edition was specially designed for personal use or gift-giving for landmark celebrations, and created in response to demand from Catholic readers for a Bible to present to parents, grandparents, friends and parishes to mark events including weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, confirmations and first communions.

A concise overview of the foundations of Catholic spirituality throughout history is presented in The Essential Spirituality Handbook (978-0-764-81786-1, $14.95), written by Wendy M. Wright and released May 1 by Liguori Publications.

Part of the publisher’s “The Essential Handbook” series, the 288-page book presents the foundations of Catholic spirituality in five sections. Beginning with the theological understanding of the term “spirituality,” the author presents an accessible approach to prayer, virtues, discernment and sanctification in living a spiritual life.