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This book of prayers for children goes with the God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook, and it’s also great as an independent resource. The book contains 100 short, kid-friendly prayers, and the graphic design layout is [...]
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This book is part of the Love Your Church series, which is designed to help individuals and small groups grow in love for their fellow church members and cultivate healthy cultures within their congregations. This [...]
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The dog does not die in this one. We can go ahead and get that out of the way, because the author assures her readers of this on the dedication page. However, the dog is [...]
The post Operation: Happy: A World War II Story of Courage, Resilience, and an Unbreakable Bond – Jenni L. Walsh appeared first on Life Is Story.
This book is the first installment in a new chapter book series for elementary-aged kids. The main character, Abigail, is a nine-year-old who has just moved to a new house with her family and is [...]
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This unique Old Testament storybook shares snapshots from Moses’s life, focusing on what happened after God parted the Red Sea. At the beginning of the book, the author explains that if you look closely, you [...]
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A couple years ago, I reviewed the picture book I’m So Glad You Were Born. That bestselling book is now available in a board book format, and I decided to review it because I wondered [...]
The post I’m So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating Who You Are (Board Book) – Ainsley Earhardt and Kim Barnes appeared first on Life Is Story.
As a child, I really enjoyed the Berenstain Bears series, and even though all of the stories in this treasury are new to me, returning to the familiar characters and settings brought back a lot [...]
The post The Berenstain Bears Let’s Go Play Collection: 6 Books in 1 – Jan Berenstain and Mike Berenstain appeared first on Life Is Story.
This cute, colorful picture book celebrates girls and shares an empowering message through simple, rhyming text. The book says that “the girls of the world are ready to go,” makes a brief nod to how [...]
The post Girls of the World: Doing More Than Ever Before – Linsey Davis, Michael Tyler, and Lucy Fleming appeared first on Life Is Story.
This picture book has cute, colorful illustrations, and it shows Kit the kangaroo adjusting to life after her family moves to a new home. She depends on her notebook to help her with her anxiety, [...]
The post Kit and the Missing Notebook: A Book About Calming Anxiety – Chris Andrew Wheeler, Lindsey Erin Wheeler, and Carmen Saldaña Gutierrez appeared first on Life Is Story.
This book provides instructions for thirty different crafts and activities related to Bible stories. At the beginning of each section, Zonderkidz introduces the Bible story related to that craft, briefly describing key events from the [...]
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There are lots of picture books about the concept of kindness, but it can be difficult to find ones that are actually good. Kindness books are often boring, schmaltzy, or overly metaphorical, and sometimes they’re [...]
The post Race to Kindness – Orion Jean and Darshika Varma appeared first on Life Is Story.
My six-year-old is a world traveler. In the short time he’s been alive, we’ve lived in six houses in six different cities across three states and two countries and had holidays in even more. As [...]
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Home is the perfect example of using various media to make learning come to life. The art is absolutely stunning. Even with no text, only as a book of art, this would be a book [...]
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What Makes Us Human? At first this seems like a simple enough question, but ponder it long enough and that’s when things begin to get a bit tricky—particularly when speaking from a purely secular and [...]
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Water. It’s the stuff of life. Following their previous book, Wind, Russian author and illustrator Olga Fadeeva takes young readers into an informative and engaging conversation about the liquid of life. Each two-page panel in [...]
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Previously, this author and illustrator have published board books in the Training Young Hearts series, and this picture book aims a similar message at a slightly older audience. In Your Amazing Hands, Abbey Wedgeworth teaches [...]
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This new installment in the Tales that Tell the Truth series retells the story of Zacchaeus. Although many of the other books in this series focus on lesser-known Bible stories that rarely appear in children’s [...]
The post The Man in the Tree and the Brand New Start: A True Story about Zacchaeus and the Difference Knowing Jesus Makes – Carl Laferton and Catalina Echeverri appeared first on Life Is Story.
This hardcover treasury features eight stories from the Little Me, Big God series by Steph Williams. The stories include narratives about Jesus’s life and ministry, along with some stories about parables he told. The words [...]
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Jamie Bruesehoff’s Raising Kids Beyond the Binary may very well end being one of my favorite books of 2024, so when I found out that DK Books was issuing a new edition of her daughter [...]
The post A Kid’s Book About Being Inclusive – Rebekah Bruesehoff and Ashton Mota appeared first on Life Is Story.
Every night, as I put my son to bed, we say what he calls the “Dear God.” We talk to God, tell them about our day, thank them for creating our family, and share about [...]
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This book is a reissued classic from Don Freeman, the author and illustrator best known for Corduroy. I grew up enjoying a number of different books by this author, but I had never heard of [...]
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This new installment in the Do Great Things for God series features Susannah Spurgeon, the wife of the famous pastor Charles Spurgeon. This picture book biography highlights her personal story, showing how she came to [...]
The post Susannah Spurgeon: The Pastor’s Wife Who Didn’t Let Sickness Stop Her – Mary Mohler and Cecilia Messina appeared first on Life Is Story.
She was a girl braver than most. She was brave because she had a lion. The opening lines of Colter Jackson’s Everyday Brave introduces readers to a wild, self-confident, courageous, and brave young girl whose [...]
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The Infinity Rainbow Club continues! The first two installments of this series were among my favorite middle grade books I read last year. The series features a group of kids with various neurodivergences and tells [...]
The post Connor and the Taekwondo Tournament (The Infinity Rainbow Club #3) – Jen Malia appeared first on Life Is Story.
Zion Learns to See is the story of a young girl who goes with her father to the community center where he works and discovers a passion for helping those less fortunate than herself. The [...]
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Mara has new, hot pink hearing aids. She loves them, but she’s a bit nervous about what her friends will think. It’s her first day at school wearing them. Mara Hears in Style takes readers [...]
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This board book is a new installment in a series that introduces young children to key themes from Christian theology. Each book features simple rhyming text from Kristen Wetherell and soft, colorful illustrations from Grace [...]
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This board book is a new installment in a series that introduces young children to key themes from Christian theology. Each book features simple rhyming text from Kristen Wetherell and soft, colorful illustrations from Grace [...]
The post God Came Near to Me – Kristen Wetherell and Grace Habib appeared first on Life Is Story.
Searching for Home is a simple story about a house-sprite named Noa. He likes his house, but it doesn’t have any friends in it. Noa is good at finding things, so he goes off in [...]
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I have a desperate longing to share Middle-earth with my children. My oldest is maybe, just about at the age where we could start reading through The Hobbit—but not quite. I had hoped that there [...]
The post Goodnight Hobbiton – Steven Giesbrecht and Anika Loewen appeared first on Life Is Story.
The concept behind Jesus Moments: David is that the Old Testament offers a foreshadowing of Jesus, particularly in the lives and actions of other important and messianic figures. David, as the shepherd-king of Israel and [...]
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Tales That Tell the Truth remains one of my favorite children’s Bible story series ever. My only problem with them? My kids loved them a bit too much. While they’re older now, I really could [...]
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Valentine’s Day! It’s all hearts and cupids and 30 tiny cards your kid gets at school and heart-shaped pizzas from chain stores and fancy dinners and even more…but what is it? Where did it come [...]
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In this clever retelling of Jesus’s parable of the prodigal son, Ginger Blomberg tells a story about two brothers who are very different from each other. The younger child is wild and rambunctious, and gets [...]
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In this upbeat, colorful picture book, gospel singer Kierra Sheard-Kelly tells a fictional story based on a formative event in her childhood. In this story, Kiki feels out of place at school and is excited [...]
The post Kiki Finds Her Voice: Be True to You and Embrace Your God-Given Gifts – Kierra Sheard-Kelly, Molly Hodgin, and Paul Kellam appeared first on Life Is Story.
At the beginning of this picture book, the authors share the Bible verses from Numbers 6:22-27 that inspired them to write this book, and then they share a blessing that they have written for children. [...]
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This board book is part of a spin-off series related to The Jesus Storybook Bible. Each book adapts the text of a different Bible passage, simplifying it for young children. In Strong: Psalm 1, Sally Lloyd [...]
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This picture book devotional features forty daily readings for the Lenten season. It also includes occasional fully illustrated double page spreads that tell the story of Jesus through a poem in the structure of “‘Twas [...]
The post ‘Twas the Season of Lent: Devotions and Stories for the Lenten and Easter Seasons – Glenys Nellist and Elena Selivanova appeared first on Life Is Story.
This cute picture book is about Fiona, the famous hippo from the Cincinnati Zoo. In this story, she is planning an Easter egg hunt for her friends, and is also helping a swan mother prepare [...]
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This Easter picture book introduces the events of Holy Week to young children, starting with Jesus’s ride into Jerusalem and ending with his resurrection. Glenys Nellist dramatizes the story in her own words, using short [...]
The post Easter Love Letters from God: Bible Stories – Glenys Nellist and Sophie Allsopp appeared first on Life Is Story.
In this Bible study for kids, Adam Griffin helps kids explore the topic of wisdom and what it means to make good choices in different areas of life. Each day in this eight-week study begins [...]
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This unique Old Testament storybook shares snapshots from David’s early life and then connects aspects of David’s story to Jesus. At the beginning of the book, the author explains that if you look closely, you [...]
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This is a board book adaptation of The God Contest Storybook: The True Story of Elijah, Jesus, and the Greatest Victory. This board book is simplified and shorter for babies and toddlers, briefly presenting the [...]
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This sticker and activity book supplements the God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook. However, someone doesn’t need to own the original Bible storybook to fully enjoy this activity book. Carl Laferton shares the story of Easter [...]
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Harriet’s Reflections is actually the story of a lion’s reflection. The lion was old and died, leaving his reflection behind. The reflection didn’t know where to go and wandered around until he saw Harriet. He [...]
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Whenever I get new picture books for my kids, after reading them to make sure they’re okay for my kids to read, I put them in a stack on top of their bookshelf in the [...]
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The social message that young kids often receive is “Be yourself…so long as yourself isn’t too different.” In Be Your Own Bird, Russ Willms shows kids how being different can help everyone out. Pickles is [...]
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The egg is warm. The egg is safe. The egg isn’t all that exciting, but it’s all that Peg’s ever known. But then…CRACK! And a whole new world opens up. Peg Gets Crackin’ is a [...]
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In this board book, Abbey Wedgeworth teaches kids about what God made our ears for. She gives examples like listening to music and hearing directions, and then she writes about things that we shouldn’t do [...]
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In this board book, Abbey Wedgeworth teaches kids about what God made our eyes for. This book feels more abstract than previous installments in the Training Young Hearts series, but she gives specific examples of [...]
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I have greatly enjoyed the Do Great Things for God series so far, and this is another wonderful installment. K.A. Ellis shares Fannie Lou Hamer’s powerful story in a way that is age-appropriate for young [...]
The post Fannie Lou Hamer: The Courageous Woman Who Marched for Dignity – K.A. Ellis and Shin Maeng appeared first on Life Is Story.
This series of small board books introduces young children to favorite hymns, promises from God, and prayers from Scripture. Each book is small and brief, making this appropriate for babies and toddlers, and Hannah Estes [...]
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This Bible study book for kids includes lots of teaching content, interspersed with many different puzzles and activities. This book includes six sections with thirty chapters total, and they cover the creation narrative from Genesis, [...]
The post Bible Investigators: Creation: Puzzles and Activities for Independent Learning – Danika Cooley appeared first on Life Is Story.
This board book introduces Easter to young children, with simple text from Carl Laferton and colorful illustrations from Jennifer Davison. This contains adapted material from the God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook, simplifying the content for [...]
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In this book, Marcy and Michael Kelleher profile over forty people from the Bible, sharing Michael’s adaptations of Bible stories alongside photographs of beautiful, handcrafted dolls that Marcy has made. Her dolls are stunning and [...]
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Even though fear and anxiety are common issues for children to struggle with, many children’s books about fear feel somewhat dismissive, making it sound like you can fix all of your problems through a mindset [...]
The post God, I Feel Scared: Bringing Big Emotions to a Bigger God – Michelle Nietert, Tama Fortner, and Nomar Perez appeared first on Life Is Story.
Search and find books tend to be very popular with kids, and this new release from Jan and Mike Berenstain is great for young children. This large-format board book includes eight full page spreads with [...]
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Adults don’t often like it when children ask questions. Sometimes it’s because those questions seem dumb because we’ve forgotten that children lack the experience of adults. Sometimes it’s because those questions seem like an attack [...]
The post The Girl With Big, Big Questions – Britney Lee Winn and Jacob Souza appeared first on Life Is Story.
The Infinity Rainbow Club is a series of middle-grade books focused on the adventures of a group of kids with various neurodivergences. The club within their school, the titular Infinity Rainbow Club is where they [...]
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The Infinity Rainbow Club is a series of middle-grade books focused on the adventures of a group of kids with various neurodivergences. The club within their school, the titular Infinity Rainbow Club is where they [...]
The post Nick and the Brick-Builder Challenge (The Infinity Rainbow Club #1) – Jen Malia appeared first on Life Is Story.
We now reach the third and final The Dream Traveler’s Game book. Theo and Annelee are searching for a waystation, ready to move into the third stage of the game. They still need to save [...]
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The Dream Traveler’s Game is meant to be read as one story and with all three volumes releasing simultaneously (and not even available for individual purchase), book six naturally picks up right after book 5 [...]
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And we’re off! Book five of The Dream Travelers picks up three years after the events of The Dream Traveler’s Quest. A lot has happened in Theo’s life. The spiritual connection to Other Earth and [...]
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In late 2018, Ted Dekker published an experimental foray into self-published children’s literature. It was really just a passion project that he wanted to do with his daughter, Kara. And it was wildly successful. Hundreds [...]
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A lot of children’s books that deal with children’s emotions tend to focus on how emotions should be expressed, managed, controlled, or otherwise maintained. And while those aren’t inherently bad—though some can be—the overall impression [...]
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In my experience, the boy versions of things are ALWAYS better, and this is no exception. To be fair, I never read the girls’ version of this book, which didn’t exist until I was an [...]
The post Lies Boys Believe: And the Epic Quest for Truth / A Parent’s Guide to Lies Boys Believe – Erin Davis and Jason Davis appeared first on Life Is Story.
This board book is part of a new series that introduces young children to key themes from Christian theology. Each book features simple rhyming text from Kristen Wetherell and soft, colorful illustrations from Grace Habib. [...]
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This board book is part of a new series that introduces young children to key themes from Christian theology. Each book features simple rhyming text from Kristen Wetherell and soft, colorful illustrations from Grace Habib. [...]
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This is part of a new series that introduces young children to key themes from Christian theology. Each book features simple rhyming text from Kristen Wetherell and soft, colorful illustrations from Grace Habib, and the [...]
The post God Speaks to Me – Kristen Wetherell and Grace Habib appeared first on Life Is Story.
This picture book biography introduces a beloved Christian missionary to children, sharing her life story and highlighting some of the most powerful elements of her legacy. Amy Whitfield tells Lottie Moon’s story in a simple, [...]
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This is a story about good intentions. It is also a story about broadening horizons. And also, there’s a great and dangerous serpent. The Young Teacher and the Great Serpent is written by Irene Vasco, [...]
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I have a confession: Despite my Doctor of Ministry degree and despite having been a youth pastor, I have a hard time explaining God to my kids. The older I get and the deeper I [...]
The post What If I Can’t Explain God? – Jennifer Grant and Hsulynn Pang appeared first on Life Is Story.
My kids love a good Lift-the-Flap book. Let me tell you three things that makes a Lift-the-Flap book good: Number 1: The flaps reveal something interesting. Good Lift-the-Flap books use their flaps well—a change in [...]
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It’s October and in the publishing world (much like the rest of the retail world), that means it’s Christmas! Christian publishers release a ton of Christmas content every year and most of it is fine, [...]
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I’ve had this book a month and read through it multiple times and each time came away from it with a sense of unease. When I Go to Church, I Belong is a book written [...]
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The Brothers Zzli have come to town and have no place to stay. Where will they go? There’s one house that’s offered them safe haven, and that’s where the story begins. The three brothers are [...]
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I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery is a unique amalgamation of poetry, history, quilting, and spirituality. In the book’s preface, author Cynthia Grady explains her process: “The poems are written in blank [...]
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I love reading children’s novels set during World War II, and this was no exception. Dana VanderLugt did a wonderful job creating a sense of time and place in this story, and she explores deep, [...]
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I am very much of two minds about this book. On one hand, it’s absolutely gorgeous. Michelle Carlos’s illustrations are vibrant and lush, imaginative where imagination is required yet realistic when realism is called for. [...]
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This board book tells the Christmas story with lift-the-flap elements and seek-and-find activities. I have previously enjoyed the other seek-and-find books by Sarah and André Parker, and this one is short and simple for younger [...]
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This Advent calendar comes with a staple-bound booklet of family devotions, and although this product supplements the God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook, it also works as a standalone. The devotional book by Carl Laferton covers [...]
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This sixteen-page sticker and activity book supplements the God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook. It also works as a standalone, since Carl Laferton shares the story of the Nativity throughout the book, interspersing short, kid-friendly paragraphs [...]
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This activity book from The Beginner’s Bible series focuses on animals, with different puzzles, activities, and sticker pages aimed towards young children. This staple-bound book is sixteen pages long, and it includes a variety of [...]
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This children’s picture book is about a young boy who feels lonely after his family moves. Zeke wants to make new friends, but he experiences loneliness and rejection, and his mother encourages him by pointing [...]
The post Jesus and the Gift of Friendship – Trillia Newbell and Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell appeared first on Life Is Story.
This short illustrated book will appeal to people looking for a gospel-centered, inspirational story to read at Christmastime. This story is about a mother who faithfully shares the gospel with her family, emphasizing that “Christ [...]
The post The Christ of Christmas: An Age-old Story with a New Family Tradition – Marc Sikma and Rita Tan appeared first on Life Is Story.
I barely got to read Kaia’s Big Felines before my four-year-old claimed it as hers. She’s in a big cat phase right now. Usually, she’s either playing with toy cats or pretending to be cat. [...]
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The question on the back cover of The Kid with Big, Big Ideas was enough to make me love this book: What if grown-ups listened to kids’ big ideas? Having worked for a long time [...]
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When The Big, Big Feelings Activity Book arrived in the mail, my partner flipped through it and said it was exactly what she’s been looking for as a pediatric occupational therapist. She took it to [...]
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My five-year-old is currently at a place where he is interested in age. He loves to pretend to be a baby—never mind that’s he’s already over four feet tall! He’s also curious about how old [...]
The post Later, When I’m Big – Bette Westera and Mattias De Leeuw appeared first on Life Is Story.
Colorful Mondays is the illustrated real-life story of the work that Asociation Compartir (The Sharing Association) does in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and the surrounding areas. The organization brings mobile libraries, art workshops, and other opportunities to [...]
The post Colorful Mondays: A Bookmobile Spreads Hope in Honduras – Nelson Rodriguez and Leonardo Agustin Montes appeared first on Life Is Story.
On the Edge of the World is a touching story about loneliness and the longing for friendship. The story starts with Vera, who lives in the Kamchatka Peninsula off the eastern coast of Russia. Her [...]
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Although many picture books retell stories from the Bible, this unique book swiftly covers a variety of different characters and incidents from Scripture, sharing a message about the Bible as a whole. The author includes [...]
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This vibrantly illustrated Bible storybook emphasizes God’s promises, showing how God has made and kept different promises throughout redemptive history. These include the obvious, such as God promising to send a savior, along with more [...]
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In this board book, Abbey Wedgeworth teaches kids about what God made our hands for, including clapping, helping, and building. Then she turns towards what we shouldn’t do with our hands, such as grabbing things [...]
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In this board book, Abbey Wedgeworth teaches kids about what God made our mouths for, including talking, eating, and smiling. Then she turns towards what we shouldn’t do with our mouths, such as biting, saying [...]
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In this Bible study for kids, Catherine Parks takes her readers through Colossians 3:1-14, helping kids understand what it means to put on Christlike character. There are eight lessons in the book, each with material [...]
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The glory of creation is something that we often miss in our modern day. Our dependence on technology and man-made infrastructure has taken us farther away from the natural world and led us to appreciate [...]
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Bold lines, simple illustrations, and a twist you won’t see coming, The Biggest Mistake is a playful story of perseverance that you’ll want to revisit again and again. The plot of the book goes like [...]
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Part of the Good Book Company’s Training Young Hearts series, What are Hands For? and What are Mouths For? are colorful and straightforward lift-the-flap style books meant to teach children to differentiate between positive and [...]
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This board book about emotional coping skills has cute illustrations and a nice message, modeling how parents can help their children process difficult feelings. In You Count, a mother bear helps her bear cub calm [...]
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In this picture book, authors Nate Davenport and Luke Freshwater use an example from nature to teach children about choosing courage and overcoming fear. Bison run through storms together instead of scattering, and this gets [...]
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This board book is part of a series related to The Jesus Storybook Bible. In each of these books, Sally Lloyd-Jones paraphrases a passage from the Bible, and soft, gentle illustrations from Jago show diverse [...]
The post Happy: A Song of Joy and Thanks for Little Ones, based on Psalm 92 – Sally Lloyd-Jones and Jago appeared first on Life Is Story.
This Sunday school curriculum is based on The Christmas Promise storybook by Alison Mitchell. The authors mention which pages of the original book to read during different sessions, but this curriculum can also work as [...]
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This family devotional by Katy Morgan is inspired by the Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer storybook by Laura Wifler, and the readings go through fifteen different Bible passages related to prayer. Each devotion features [...]
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This is another great installment in the Big Questions series for tweens and teens. Chris Morphew is a teacher and school chaplain at a Christian school, and his experience interacting with kids comes through clearly [...]
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This juvenile novel about a girl starting middle school tackles tough themes in relatable ways, exploring the pain of changing friendship dynamics and social exclusion. In this story, Elita feels cast adrift after her best [...]
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This picture book biography introduces a favorite Christian author and apologist to children. It goes through C.S. Lewis’s life from his childhood to his death, highlighting his journey to faith and some of his major [...]
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This board book adapts the picture book His Grace is Enough for even younger children. The book includes some of the same rhythmic text from Melissa Kruger and cute illustrations from Isobel Lundie, and it flows [...]
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This new installment in the Do Great Things for God series is about Maria Fearing, an African-American woman who survived slavery, supported herself as a seamstress, and fulfilled her dream of becoming a missionary to [...]
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This new installment in the Do Great Things for God series features Amy Carmichael, a famous missionary who served in India for many years and adopted children from desperate situations. I enjoyed learning about Amy [...]
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In this middle grade novel, Sierra longs for a place to call home, but she faces continued upheaval due to her mother’s wartime PTSD and struggles holding down a job. This story tackles a lot [...]
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This activity book supplements the Tales That Tell the Truth storybook The Prisoners, the Earthquake, and the Midnight Song. The activity book includes text from Bob Hartman and some of Catalina Echeverri’s original illustrations, which [...]
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This picture book introduces key concepts about prayer, teaching children how to talk to God. The bright, colorful illustrations feature familiar Bible characters in the Beginner’s Bible art style, and the book explains what prayer [...]
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer is one of my personal heroes, and this picture book biography is an amazing way to share his story with children. Molly Frye Wilmington tells Bonhoeffer’s story in a way that kids can [...]
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This book is absolutely wonderful, and it is everything that a biographical anthology about biblical figures should be. Sarah Parker Rubio did an amazing job with the written profiles and illustrations, and I love how [...]
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This book shares different Bible stories in chronological order, from Genesis to Revelation. Every page has multiple things to color, and this will be fun for a variety of ages. The publisher is recommending this [...]
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In this picture book, Caroline Saunders explores the theme of home as it appears in the Bible. The book begins with Adam and Eve living in a perfect home in the Garden of Eden, and [...]
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This picture book biography is about Thomas Edison’s childhood. It focuses on his scientific curiosity, his mischievous nature, and the ways that his mother believed in him and encouraged him when no one else did. [...]
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This large board book has adorable illustrations and a sweet message. The story by Lucille Williams is about a young turtle who compares himself negatively to his friends, wishing that he could do all the [...]
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As a coach and teacher, one of the biggest things I teach is that kids learn best when kids are interested in what they are learning. Put something important in a context they love and [...]
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This emotional awareness picture book is great for Christian families to use together. It guides children in understanding their feelings on a bad day, reassures them that everyone has days like this, and models how [...]
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The Sky is Not the Limit is visually stunning. If this book was just a series of art panels with no text, it would still be worth the cost just to appreciate Jeremie Decalf’s exploration [...]
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Bear is Never Alone is the story of a Bear. He is never alone. I think we tend to take that phrase as a positive, given that loneliness and isolation are epidemic in modern society [...]
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In a book called Wind: Discovering Air in Motion, the illustrations are paramount. Wind is invisible. You don’t see it, but you see what it does. Translating the effect of wind to pictures is the [...]
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We Are Human Animals is an exploration of the way humans are connected to the earth. With beautiful illustrations as her backdrop, author/illustrator Rosie Haine takes readers back thousands of years to a time when [...]
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The Miracle Seed is an incredible story. In 1963, archaeologist Yigael Yagin and his crew excavated Masada, where they found—among other things—a clay pot containing seeds of the extinct Judean date palm. The clay pot [...]
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I have been impressed with each book in the Big Questions series so far, and this is another great installment. Chris Morphew is a teacher and school chaplain at a Christian school, and his experience [...]
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This engaging, photographically illustrated book introduces kids to fun facts about animals and explores the role that animals played in Scripture, both in terms of their participation in Bible stories and their inspiration as metaphors. [...]
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This new installment in the Do Great Things for God series features Helen Roseveare, a medical missionary who served in the Congo for many years. This picture book biography introduces young children to key elements [...]
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When I was your age, I had to walk to school uphill both ways! is one of those jokey phrases that gets used as an example of how old people talk about their own childhood [...]
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Sometimes we focus too much on the Otherness of God. Not that it’s inherently a bad thing, but it can make God seem distant or absent. Sure, we can understand that God becomes human in [...]
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Understanding religion isn’t always easy. Most religious systems focus on having their children learn their system and really don’t encourage learning about other worldviews, or, if so, within the context and confines of comparison against [...]
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The Good Book Company hit my radar several years ago with their excellent children’s books—Tales that Tell the Truth, in particular. They’ve recently expanded into middle grade/YA literature beginning with The Songs of a Warrior, [...]
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Ask a little kid about St. Patrick’s Day and the answer you get will inevitably be something about wearing green or else you get pinched. Ask an adult and the day is all about getting [...]
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Welcome to Humanity! You’re really going to enjoy it! Matt Forrest Esenwine’s A Beginner’s Guide to Being Human is a guidebook full of heart and humor that showcases the best of the human experience by [...]
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Moving to a new place can be scary. Moving to a new place where everyone is different from you and doesn’t speak the same language as you is even scarier. Yuna and her family have [...]
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One day, in the middle the woods, a box appears. The Box is small, with holes in it, and the whole forest is curious. How did it get here? When did it arrive? Hey! I [...]
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Madani is a young boy who plays soccer barefoot. He’s the best player, the hardest worker, and always has the most fun. Everyone loves to watch Madani play. But the one person he wants to [...]
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This novel retells the biblical narrative of Saul and David. I previously read Katy Morgan’s Nativity retelling, The Promise and the Light, and this one takes a similar approach. Morgan stays true to the biblical [...]
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This family devotional book is designed to go with The Friend Who Forgives by Dan DeWitt. However, this works perfectly well as a standalone, as Katy Morgan takes readers through the biblical story of Jesus’s [...]
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This activity book supplements The Big Wide Welcome storybook, including text from Trillia Newbell and converting Catalina Echeverri’s original illustrations into coloring pages. The book focuses on the lesson in James 2 about favoritism, using [...]
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This board book adaptation of God’s Very Good Idea introduces babies and toddlers to the idea that “God made everyone with value and worth,” and that we are all different. Unlike the original book, this one [...]
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A Costume for Charly is the story of a young non-binary person figuring out what to wear for Halloween. Specifically, Charly is bigender and thinks of themselves as being equally male and female. As they [...]
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Brave Like Mom is a personal, heartfelt tribute to mothers facing serious acute or chronic diseases who embody strength amid continual and sometimes failing battles. The author, Monica Acker, mentions in the afterword that her [...]
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Every year, pretty much every children’s book publisher—Christian-based or not—publishes at least one book about the Nativity. It can be difficult for individual books to stand out amid the masses and, since the story can’t [...]
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When it comes to major Christian publishers, it can be difficult to know which of their offerings are truly Christian books. Of the three books I am currently reviewing from Zondervan, one is completely mainstream, [...]
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This short, simple board book draws on concepts from Psalm 139 to teach children about God’s nearness and love. The simple text from Sally Lloyd-Jones will be easy for very small children to understand, and [...]
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This colorful, affectionate board book is all about a mother’s love for her son. Stay This Way Forever for Little Ones is a board book adaptation of Linsey Davis’s original picture book, which she [...]
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All Will Be Well is a story of learning to trust God’s love in times of loss. Lacy Finn Borgo wraps her story around a quote from Julian of Norwich, a 12th century English mystic [...]
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This charming picture book introduces children to famous authors and some of their work. Sophie Corrigan tells her fictional story from the perspective of William Shakesbear, and as he searches for inspiration to write his [...]
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This book came out in May 2022, months before the Queen’s death, and it is one of two picture book biographies that I have read about her recently. They both cover similar content, but this [...]
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This well-designed reference guide introduces children to the historical context for Christmas, moving through the account in the gospel of Luke. The book explains key concepts, defines vocabulary words, and shares background information. The sidebars [...]
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This small paperback book tells the Christmas story for toddlers. Steph Williams writes in simple, child-friendly terms, and her dynamic, exuberant illustrations will appeal to little ones, especially since she overstates surprise and emotion in [...]
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This activity book accompanies the large-format board book Seek and Find: The First Christmas, recreating some of the illustrations as coloring pages and including other activities. There are some matching, counting, drawing, and maze activities [...]
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This large board book features eight double-page spreads with scenes from the Nativity. At the beginning of each one, Sarah Parker cites the Bible passage that inspired it and briefly summarizes that part of the [...]
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This delightful new installment in the Do Great Things for God series features Fanny Crosby, a famous blind writer who wrote thousands of hymns during her lifetime. I remember learning about Crosby’s story as a [...]
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Air. Water. Earth. Fire. In Greek philosophy, these were the four elements that comprise the Universe. Using that concept, The Story of Us offers a Creation retelling that purposefully connects humanity intimately to the universe [...]
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Every daddy is different. In a world where manliness and masculinity are often stereotyped under certain headings, Some Daddies introduces children to two different concepts: First, not all dads are like my dad. Second, dads [...]
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The prevailing cultural image of God in Western Christianity is that bequeathed to us by Michelangelo as displayed on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: an older, light-skinned man with a long, curly, white beard. [...]
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The metaphors of light and darkness in Scripture are not always kind to darkness. God is light, and in him is no darkness, says John. Christ lives in unapproachable light, says Timothy. We accept these [...]
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A few years ago, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers has published a book called Mexique that chronicled the story of children who were sent to Mexico as refugees of Spanish Civil War. Different tells the [...]
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A Head Full of Birds is the story of neurodiverse friendship. The opening panels introduce us to Nanette, who exhibits some autistic symptoms such as having a deep inner life of imagination. Later, we’re introduced [...]
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Favio Chavez is an Argentinian musician and environmental technician who combined his two loves into one by forming the Recycled Orchestra, an orchestra composed of Paraguayan child musicians who play instruments created out of scraps [...]
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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers publishes a refreshingly eclectic range of illustrated books. While some fit the theme of typical children’s books, there are also those that I would classify more as illustrated poetry. That’s [...]
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Proverbs says “Train up a child in the way they should go, and when they are old, they will not depart from it.” If you want to get very technical, I think a better translation [...]
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Proverbs says “Train up a child in the way they should go, and when they are old, they will not depart from it.” If you want to get very technical, I think a better translation [...]
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I remember when I was a kid in the halcyon days of the 1990s. One of my grandparents’ favorite Christmas gifts was a personalized book that took a generic story—a had one about Noah’s Ark, [...]
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I greatly enjoyed the picture book version of The Awesome Super Fantastic Forever Party, and this board book simplifies it for younger children. It leaves out some of the higher-level content from the other book, [...]
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Wherever You Go, I Want You To Know is a book about a parent’s desire for their child to know and love Jesus, no matter what they do when they grow up. I haven’t read [...]
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This colorful board book introduces the concept of prayer to little children. It explains what prayer is and emphasizes that we can talk to God anywhere, at any time, about anything. The illustrations are close-ups [...]
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In this colorful, inviting picture book, pastor and author Andrew Wilson imagines a child’s experience witnessing aspects of Jesus’s life and ministry. Many books showcase a single miracle or just one moment in time, but [...]
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An artful story of contrasts, Black and White is about the interplay between light and darkness. The story begins as White wakes up and spreads through the sky, pushing Black away. But we soon begin [...]
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I’ll Say Goodbye is a story about death and loss. Told in the first-person perspective of a young child, we see him with his uncle Mike on the beach where they discover a hermit crab. [...]
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This is a book that I felt viscerally, deep inside me. it’s so difficult follows the story of a person who struggles to participate in society. The first words of the book read “When I [...]
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The latest Ted Dekker series is here! And it’s not a serial killer novel or an epic fantasy. This time, Ted has paired with his daughter, Kara Dekker, and illustrator Shelby Kirby to create a [...]
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The latest Ted Dekker series is here! And it’s not a serial killer novel or an epic fantasy. This time, Ted has paired with his daughter, Kara Dekker, and illustrator Shelby Kirby to create a [...]
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The latest Ted Dekker series is here! And it’s not a serial killer novel or an epic fantasy. This time, Ted has paired with his daughter, Kara Dekker, and illustrator Shelby Kirby to create a [...]
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James Patterson has made his name by using his name to highlight the work of his coauthors. The Elephant Girl, a story about a young African girl who protects elephants from poachers even at the [...]
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There is never a bad time to pray for your country but, especially now—with the partisanship and vitriol, with increasing polarization and decreasing civility, with the cold culture war rising to the brink of a [...]
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I had been super hyped for Josey Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit ever since IVP Kids first announced it. I was a huge fan of Esau McCaulley’s Reading While Black, but had no idea [...]
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Little Prayers for Ordinary Days is a liturgy of prayers for young people to read, recite, and reflect upon, helping them learn to express themselves in prayer and come to God in any situation. Written [...]
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An explosion of color that reveals the mysteries of the tiny animal world, A Perfect Spot details the life of a ladybug as it flits from here to there in an attempt to find a [...]
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A cute little picture book about the influence of stories, The Book that Kibo Wrote is the story about a story that makes its way around the world. It all begins with Kibo, a rhino [...]
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Any immigrant will tell you that part of one’s cultural identity is found in food from the motherland. All Ukrainians are supposed to love borsch, but what if (gasp!) you don’t? I Hate Borsch! Is [...]
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The Writer is the story about a man too busy writing to have much of a social life—which means it’s all up his dog to help him find friends. If I hadn’t just watched 101 [...]
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This picture book teaches children about God’s grace, emphasizing that even when we fail and feel ashamed because of it, God will always forgive us and love us. The text from Melissa Kruger has a [...]
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Emily Raymond is a longtime James Patterson collaborator, particularly on books meant for middle or high schoolers. The Runaway’s Diary is no different, except for it being a graphic novel. Conceptually, I loved this book. [...]
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Chris Grabenstein has been James Patterson’s primary go-to author for middle-grade fiction and you don’t have to read too far into Ultimate Quest, the 8th Treasure Hunters book, to see why. Patterson and Grabenstein craft [...]
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In Is God Still Awake?, Sheila Walsh introduces young readers to big questions about God. Young Poppy has been learning about prayer and how it’s simply talking to God, but…is it really that simple? Can [...]
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This picture book combines lyrical text and unique, earthy illustrations to share the gospel story with children. Unlike some books, which focus on simple language and concepts, The Sower takes a metaphorical approach, using imagery [...]
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The Prisoners, the Earthquake, and the Midnight Song Board Book is a toddler-friendly adaptation of a longer picture book from the Tales That Tell the Truth series. Both books tell the story of Acts 16, [...]
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In this beautifully illustrated picture book, Joni Eareckson Tada teaches children about heaven and Jesus’s return, presenting this through the metaphor of us receiving an invitation to a wonderful, eternal party. She uses concrete language [...]
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This is the fourth book in Chris Morphew’s Big Questions series, in which he answers kids’ common questions about life and Christianity. Who Am I and Why Do I Matter? addresses a deeply universal issue, [...]
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Welcome to BibleWorld cleverly imagines different parts of Scripture as a theme park, with each section of the park representing a subset of the Bible, such as the Minor Prophets, the gospels, and Paul’s letters. [...]
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What will heaven be like? The cultural concept of heaven is usually envisioned as a walled city in the clouds where ethereal figures wear halos and play the harp. That’s…not a very appealing picture. Of [...]
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God is my Father who made everything. And I am a little explorer of the wide world. From its very first lines, Near, a children’s reflection on Psalm 139 from Sally Lloyd-Jones and Jago. You [...]
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In 1989, Mission City Press released the very first Beginner’s Bible©. They had no idea what was to come. The book was so popular that they turned to Zondervan to distribute the book, which led [...]
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The World is Awake for Little Ones is a board book adaptation of Linsey Davis’s 2018 children’s book The World is Awake. Using the same storyline and theme as the original, the board book is [...]
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1 Corinthians 13 is one of the most famous chapters in the Bible. Known as “The Love Chapter,” this 13 verse treatise on love from Paul to the church in Corinth has been the subject [...]
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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas is a Christmas classic. Originally written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore, the poem became foundational to the Santa Claus mythology that would, over the course of a century, sweep [...]
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This book is part of a new series by Amy Gannett, which focuses on common questions that children ask about God. These concept books are short, simple, and easy for kids to understand, and the [...]
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This book is part of a new series by Amy Gannett, which focuses on common questions that children ask about God. These concept books are short, simple, and easy for kids to understand, and the [...]
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This book is part of a new series by Amy Gannett, which focuses on common questions that children ask about God. These concept books are short, simple, and easy for kids to understand, and the [...]
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This children’s devotional book focuses on Jesus’s many names and titles, explaining what they mean and why they are important. The readings are generally about two pages long, with full-color illustrations, and they conclude with [...]
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Originally published in 2006 with publisher Little, Brown as a Christmas story, Little One, We Knew You’d Come has been repackaged and repurposed by Sally Lloyd-Jones and Zonderkidz to tell a more general story of [...]
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Ten Little Fireflies is a 20-page board book, so as you might imagine, there are two panels that count down from ten to one. Each page begins with the number (Ten! Nine! etc.), followed by [...]
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen brown angels in a children’s Bible before. That alone sold me on the book. I think we’ve come to an understand in Christian art that Jesus and the other [...]
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Antonio Vivaldi was a 16th century Italian composer, violinist, and…you may not know this one…a priest. I, Vivaldi is an immersive, beautifully-illustrated, imaginative first-person biography of the virtuoso aimed at upper elementary age kids. Perfect [...]
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Separation anxiety is a totally normal thing in young children. As babies, they have no understanding of themselves as distinct entities. As they grow, they begin to develop independence and the understand of themselves as [...]
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One of the first books I ever reviewed for Life is Story was the picture book How Much is a Little Girl Worth? I thought it was wonderful, but I also wished that there could [...]
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Death is a difficult thing to introduce to children. We weren’t made for death, so understanding it is really an impossibility. Heaven is similar, except that it is what we were made for, but an [...]
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In this new installment in the Tales that Tell the Truth series, Trillia Newbell addresses the issue of favoritism, sharing the message of James 2:1-26 at a child-friendly level. She provides context for the time [...]
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The Gift is a sweet and simple book about a dad who gives his son the gift of artistic expression. Well, it’s simpler than that—it’s just a pen—but what that pen can do opens up [...]
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Margaret Wise Brown wrote over 100 children’s books. Even if you don’t know her name, you probably know some of her work, with Goodnight Moon being her most beloved classic. What you probably don’t know, [...]
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One Million Oysters on Top of the Mountain is a beautifully illustrated ode to geology that centers itself on the question “How did those oysters even get there?” Our guide is Alex Nogues, a Spanish [...]
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I spent a lot of time reflecting on how I felt about this one. The American Dream of Braven Young is an illustrated children’s book by Brooke Raybould (known as @thesouthernishmama on Instagram) that follows [...]
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There are not enough good things to say about Rachel Held Evans. She was best known for how she authentically shared her story in a way that encouraged others to take the same journey toward [...]
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Jack and the Fantastical Circus is a colorful exploration of virtues as told through a circus train, as dreamed by a young boy on the way to see his grandpa. The story-within-a-story is a bit [...]
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If you’re like me, it seems like all of your friends are having babies and baby shower gifts are a necessity. Again, if you’re like me and your go-to gift is a book, you’re left [...]
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This board book features eight double-page spreads with vivid depictions of scenes from the New Testament. Sarah Parker introduces each story in a brief paragraph, and includes the source reference to each Bible passage. The [...]
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This small, staple-bound paperback tells the story of Jesus meeting Zacchaeus and changing his heart. Steph William’s simple, energetic text and colorful pictures convey the core themes of the story in ways that are accessible [...]
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This small, staple-bound paperback retells Jesus’s parable of the Prodigal Son. Steph William’s simple, energetic text and colorful pictures convey the core themes of the story in ways that are accessible to young children, emphasizing [...]
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A bright and colorful book for young readers and pre-readers, The O in Hope is designed to draw attention to the roundest of letters—and the goodness of God’s gifts of hope and love. Poet Luci [...]
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My family is in the minority, but we’ve made a decision not to participate in the Americanized cultural myth that is Santa Claus. Part of it is secular consumerism overtaking the focus on the Christ [...]
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Isaiah has a lot to worry about. His mom works hard but doesn’t make a lot of money. His dad lives by himself in another place. His sister has been rebellious and argues a lot [...]
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I have known the Nativity story all my life, but I still felt eager to get back to reading this book each night, because I wanted to know what happened next. The Promise and the [...]
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The final book of And They Found Dragons begins with the future of humanity teetering on the brink. All earth-bound humanity is under the subjugation of the Reds, a race of dragons that were literally [...]
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Jack Solomon is on Earth for the first time in his life and he’s dying. Everything is wrong. The impossible mission they’d been sent to complete seems more impossible than ever. And did I mention [...]
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In the wake of a nuclear war that destroyed the earth, a remnant escaped to the stars. When time came to return home, they discovered something most unusual. In humanity’s absence, dragons have taken over [...]
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With vivid imagery, a strong message, and an engaging story, Ted and Rachelle Dekker give young readers an adventure they’ll not be able to put down. And They Found Dragons is an intense, thought-provoking, mind-opening, [...]
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Beautiful and artful, A Perfect Day is the perfect book for a young nature lover. While many children’s books exist because of their text—usually in sing-songy rhythm—A Perfect Day is primarily about the art and [...]
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Bear with me while I get a little bit philosophical. In seminary, one of the first things they teach you (or should teach you) is the necessity of reading Scripture in its context. That means [...]
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One of my pet pastoral peeves is that the famous parable in Luke 15 is called “The Prodigal Son,” because the focus shouldn’t be on the son. It’s about the father and his two (not [...]
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The Little Man Whose Heart Grew Big is a simple retelling of the story of Zacchaeus in language accessible and appropriate for young readers and bright, bold illustrations. Steph Williams gets to the heart of [...]
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I Can Help is a story of redemption. Not a typical one and, if I’m honest, not as satisfying as I’d hoped, but an authentic one. It’s a story about how self-preservation can cause us [...]
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This is a book about The Very Hungry Plant. It’s a simple tale. First, there is a carnivorous plant. Then, it eats everything. Renato Morigoni’s painted narrative grows more and more absurd as the plant [...]
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You may have heard this story before. A boy and his father need to take their goods into town. The father rides with the good on the donkey and the boy walks behind. The townspeople [...]
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This is the story of one bird, which is something you might not expect from a book called 189 Canaries. It’s the story of this one bird’s journey from the mines of Germany to a [...]
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Do you like bears? If yes, this is not a book a for you. Bear With Me is a book about a bear who is not wanted and will not leave. Not if you ask [...]
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It’s time for Carnaval and Clara is excited. Her Bisa (great-grandmother) takes her shopping for all the supplies and helps her make a beautiful costume. But when it comes time to go, Bisa stays home. [...]
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With warm, inviting illustrations and a lyrical narrative, Bright Brown Baby is the perfect book for celebrating Black and brown families and the joy babies bring. Husband and wife team Andrea and Brian Pinkney have [...]
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If You Miss Me is the story of a little girl who moves away from her grandma. They did so many things together, dancing especially, but then Charlie had to move to the city. Her [...]
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My son is enamored with the moon. Last winter, we lived with my parents for a few months while preparing for an international move and every night, my son and my dad would traipse out [...]
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This devotional book features twenty-five daily readings, which are all brief and easily attainable for busy families. Each reading involves a quick preview of where the story is heading, a prayer, an opening prompt, and [...]
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This charming picture book involves a brother and sister playing in their clubhouse and imagining all of the amazing things it could be. The rhyming text and intricate illustrations bring to life the different settings [...]
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This vibrantly illustrated board book by Janet Surette tells the story of the wise men’s quest to follow the star to Bethlehem. It focuses on different elements of their journey, emphasizing the sense of excitement [...]
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This picture book shares a fictional story surrounding the events of Jesus’s baptism. The book’s opening page explains to children that even though God has blessed us with the truth of His Word, He has [...]
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This picture book and teaching tool explores perceptions of body image, helping children learn that they are made in God’s image and therefore have dignity and worth, no matter how they feel about their bodies. [...]
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I am always a stickler when it comes to books about being yourself. Many books with this theme are saccharine and derivative, and they typically elevate the reader’s feelings and desires above all else, without [...]
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When I was a kid, Betty Greene was one of my favorite historic Christian missionaries, because I thought that aviation was fascinating and admired her adventurous life. As soon as I learned that this book [...]
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This picture book biography is a wonderful introduction the life of Gladys Aylward, a young woman who became a missionary to China. The simple text from Laura Caputo-Wickham expresses complex realities in basic terms that [...]
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The Good Book Company is my go-to publisher for quality children’s books. Everything they publish is well thought out, age-appropriate, colorful, diverse, and just all-around quality. Building on this incredible foundation, they’ve just released two [...]
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The Good Book Company is my go-to publisher for quality children’s books. Everything they publish is well thought out, age-appropriate, colorful, diverse, and just all-around quality. Building on this incredible foundation, they’ve just released two [...]
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This picture book retells the biblical story of Esther in a way that is faithful to the source material while simplifying details of the plot for young children. Tim Thornborough writes in a kid-friendly style, [...]
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This vibrant picture book features beautiful art and joyful text that celebrates color and God’s creativity. The book adapts the creation account from Genesis for a young child’s level, and focuses on the beauty and [...]
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This Christian nonfiction picture book is absolutely gorgeous, and tells the story of redemption with attention to all of the different biblical characters who lived and died without being the promised ones. The text emphasizes [...]
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My Dad Has a Beard is a book about all kinds of dads and their various facial hair types. Long beards, short beards, mustaches, ear hair, even no hair at all! But mainly this is [...]
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While most of Kellen Roggenbuck’s books tend to be list-type books, Off to Be Pirates! is a break from that into traditional narrative storytelling that retains his signature sardonic wit and is perhaps my (and [...]
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Calling all dads with beards, here is a book for you. Great Beards of History is a humorous, lighthearted, and yet educational and historical (to an extent…) look at some people with some pretty great [...]
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Hard-Working Mermaids seeks to revolutionize mermaid mythology for a new generation. Gone are the Ariels of Disney (or even Hans Christian Andersen) fame. Swept away are the seductive sirens of ye olde pirate tales. These [...]
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Moms are great and—more often than not—their advice is usually right. My Mom is Always Right is a book about celebrating moms, their wisdom, and their unflagging support. An unnamed girl introduces us to her [...]
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It seems like every kid goes through a dinosaur phase. Some never leave it and we call those people paleontologists. Dinosaur movie and dinosaur books abound, but none are quite like Kellen Roggenbuck’s The Awkward [...]
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This board book is breathtaking. The Moon Speaks celebrates God’s creation, showing how nature reflects His glory and power. The first page quotes from Psalm 19:1, about how “the heavens declare the glory of God,” [...]
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Maya Angelou is best known as a poet and, within that, best known for the poem—and the line—“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” What few might know, however, is the personal experience that gave [...]
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This board book features gentle art and simple, rhyming lines of text that celebrate a mother’s bond with her child. Each page spread features a different mother with her baby, and the illustrations represent people [...]
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One of the things that I’m working on with my three-year-old is the concept of emotions. Learning how your body and mind feel and then how to express that is a task that we as [...]
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The Moon Speaks is about much more than just the moon. It’s about the stars, the sun, clouds, snow, a stream, mountains, trees—all creation speaks to God’s glory. Author Jason Duesing and illustrator Chiara Fedele [...]
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Max Lucado’s words to adults are inspirational, heart-warming, comforting, and wise. But did you know that he’s also written forty-three books for children and teens? Where’d My Giggle Go? is a whimsical, sing-songy exploration of [...]
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Chris Morphew, a teacher and school chaplain from Australia, has written a series of short books to answer kids’ common questions about Christianity. Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen? addresses a question essential to people’s [...]
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Chris Morphew, a teacher and school chaplain from Australia, has written a series of short books to answer kids’ common questions about Christianity. What Happens When We Die? addresses a question that everyone asks, and [...]
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Chris Morphew, a teacher and school chaplain from Australia, has written a series of short books to answer kids’ common questions about Christianity. How Do We Know Christianity Is Really True? addresses one of the [...]
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My favorite thing about Eerdmans’ Books for Young Readers is that they do not shy away from important and complicated issues, nor do they treat these issues as anything but the nuanced and complex things [...]
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A perfect bedtime book, Sleep Like Me explores the different ways animals sleep as seen through the eyes of a young boy trying to find the perfect sleeping position. You and your children will laugh [...]
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Hello Earth! is a collection of poems to the earth, written by Joyce Sidman and illustrated by Miren Asiain Lora. This is a big book—each panel is the size of an 8.5”-11” standard size piece [...]
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A few months ago, I reviewed a children’s book called Mexique that chronicled the story of a ship laden with children on a journey to escape the Spanish Civil War. Displaced in Mexico, few of [...]
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This picture book biography shares the story of Betsey Stockton, a young Black woman who chose to become a missionary to Hawaii after she gained freedom from slavery. The story emphasizes her deep love for [...]
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This picture book biography introduces children to Corrie ten Boom and her courageous rescue of Jews during World War II. The end of the book briefly alludes to her postwar ministry, and the two-page timeline [...]
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Back in the day, there was a famous Sesame Street book called The Monster at the End of This Book. Throughout the book, Grover grew increasingly more upset and frantic about the reader turning the [...]
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The Quokkas, the Snails, and the Land of Happiness tells the story of two very different families. The Snail family has a sticker chart. Every time they do something good—help a neighbor, do a chore, [...]
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Finding good children’s books is like finding a needle in a haystack. There are so many children’s books published. Most of them aren’t bad. But, in my experience, most of them aren’t good either. Children’s [...]
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A few years ago, I led my high school youth group through the Everybody Always video series. We watched the first week’s video and I asked if anyone had questions. A hand shot up immediately: [...]
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This board book adaptation of The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross simplifies the original book’s contents, making it accessible to younger children. The book features the same illustrations from Catalina Echeverri, but is several [...]
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In this small, staple-bound picture book, Steph Williams shares the Easter story with small children, emphasizing that Jesus came to fix our broken world. The story conveys different character’s emotions well, and shows that because [...]
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This small, staple-bound paperback tells the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand, and does so in an unusually engaging and memorable way. The author and illustrator, Steph Williams, presents the story in a way [...]
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The God Contest is a picture book that is the latest installment in the Tales That Tell The Truth series. Just like the previous books, it combines colorful, engaging illustrations from Catalina Echeverri with text [...]
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Dreams for our Daughters is the companion book to Songs for Our Sons, and it’s just as beautiful, poetic, heart-felt, and magical. Ruth Doyle and Ashling Lindsay share their talents once again to craft an [...]
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I rarely cry over children’s books. I have cried repeatedly while reading Songs for Our Sons to my son. It’s something different every time. Let me tell you about them. The first time was the [...]
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I didn’t know what to expect from a Dekker family team-up. Now I don’t know if I want them to do anything else. That was one of the concluding lines of my review of the [...]
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The final volume in the Millie Maven trilogy picks up six days the completion of the trial in Millie Maven in the Golden Vial. This time there are no trials. This time is not a [...]
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The second Millie Maven book opens with Millie yet to discover her gift, but in possession of something much greater: a bronze medallion from the Great Teacher himself. It’s caused some consternation among some of [...]
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The first book in the Millie Maven trilogy introduces us to Millie. Millie is, like so many young people in these kinds of stories, an orphan with a strict, loveless caretaker. Mother—actually her aunt—has very [...]
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Brandon Stanton started off just as a guy with a camera in New York. He started asking people their stories. They shared them. He shared them with the world. Humans of New York has become [...]
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Identity formation begins even before birth, as children absorb who they are from those around them. In the first few hours after birth, they can tell one smell from another, one voice from another, one [...]
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The story of Deborah is beautiful, complex, and nuanced. Its story has been misused and abused, with Deborah being portrayed as only in her position because there were no competent men, with Barak being portrayed [...]
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I’ve started to write this paragraph three times and each time end up erasing it out of fear that I’ve not captured the essence of this book. Mexique is a children’s book, but it’s more [...]
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A lot of modern children’s books are brightly, flashy, rhyming, and intended to be read over and over and over again to the point of annoyance. Looking back to older children’s books, there seems to [...]
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Many children who have speech or language delays are fully able to nonverbally communicate and understand verbal instruction. One of the best things you can do for a nonverbal child to help develop their language [...]
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As the parent of two young children (ages 3 and 1), I read a lot of children’s books. Like. A lot. Sometimes the same book over and over and over twelve times a day. Who [...]
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My three-year-old loves spaceships. Why is this relevant to a review of a book about Moses and the Very Big Rescue? Because counting down to blast-off is his absolute favorite. I would guess that he [...]
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In this picture book, a boy talks about how scary the darkness can be, and then narrates the story of the Bible to show how even though darkness and evil came into God’s good creation, [...]
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Big Theology for Little Hearts is a book series that believes you’re never too young to learn about our faith or the words we use to express it. Each book in the series focuses on [...]
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This vibrant picture book shares the biblical story of Deborah, emphasizing the way that this prophet listened to God and led others at a time when most of the Israelites were worshiping idols. The text [...]
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This picture book tells the story of the Exodus. Author Tim Thornborough writes in an engaging style with lots of action words, and Jennifer Davison’s illustrations are simple, colorful, and ethnically accurate. The book emphasizes [...]
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Christmas is Coming! Christmas is usually the most-anticipated holiday of the year for all the wrong reasons. This beautifully illustrated and wonderfully written book resets our Christmas anticipations by focusing on the promise of Jesus [...]
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We are a fan of Little Bible Heroes in the Olds household. The little flipbook Bible stories are cute, accurate, and my kids have absolutely devoured them. (Literally in one instance, no lie.) This book [...]
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Seek and Circle Christmas Stories from B&H Kids is a wonderful tool to get your little ones—and even not-so-little ones in the mindset of Christmas. Using a write-on, wipe-off marker, you can play a seek-and-find [...]
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The Bright Light and the Super Scary Darkness uses the imagery of darkness and light as a metaphor for the Fall and redemption. The opening panels present to your little ones what we all know: [...]
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Dada, Mama, now baby. Jimmy Fallon completes (?) his children’s book trilogy with This is Baby, an introspective look at the nature of Baby and their relationship with the world. The first few panels introduce [...]
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Everything is Mama is the hit follow-up to Jimmy Fallon’s #1 NYT bestseller Your Baby’s First Word Will be Dada. While the latter hit the NYT list based on name recognition and not for its [...]
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Your Baby’s First Word Will Be Dada is a simple, animal sounds board book that portrays different animal dads trying to get their little ones to say “Dada!” Each two-panel set has one the dad [...]
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Big Theology for Little Hearts is a book series that believes you’re never too young to learn about our faith or the words we use to express it. Each book in the series focuses on [...]
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Big Theology for Little Hearts is a book series that believes you’re never too young to learn about our faith or the words we use to express it. Each book in the series focuses on [...]
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In this charming, offbeat picture book, a little girl who stars as Mary in a Christmas pageant becomes increasingly aggravated with the strange props that keep showing up to change the show. She insists that [...]
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Brave Heroes and Bold Defenders is a sequel to Shirley Raye Redmond’s previous book about Christian women. In this collection, she shows how Christian men of different nationalities, races, and walks of life have honored God [...]
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Courageous World Changers is a children’s level look at fifty different Christian women and their witness. Using appealing illustrations and quick, one-page biographies, Shirley Raye Redmond succinctly covers a significant amount of information about a [...]
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Most children’s devotionals I’ve read are either too guided. The correct answers are telegraphed to the student to the point of absurdity. No real thought has to be given and, therefore, nothing is ever really [...]
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Arlo and the Great Big Cover-Up led to about an hour-long discussion on parenting between my wife and I. It’s a fairly standard premise in the “teach kids about sin and salvation” genre of children’s [...]
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The Good Book Company first captured my attention with their Tales that Tell the Truth children’s book series. It’s so difficult to find children’s books that are both meaningful and not overwrought. My experience is [...]
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Children’s books are everywhere. Children’s retellings of Bible stories are everywhere. And the quality…well…in my experience, the quality ranges. How are we supposed to sort through it all? Early on, with my kids, I developed [...]
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This charming picture book celebrates God’s design for every person. Author Rory Feek created this book for a parent or grandparent to share with a child, and it encourages readers to see God’s hand in [...]
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The Little Bible Heroes series has been a favorite in our house for quite some time. So much a favorite that the corners are dog-eared, the covers are ripped—and I’ll be honest, a page or [...]
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The Little Bible Heroes series has been a favorite in our house for quite some time. So much a favorite that the corners are dog-eared, the covers are ripped—and I’ll be honest, a page or [...]
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Empowered celebrates eleven notable women who made significant contributions to the world because of their faith in Christ. These women represent different races, nations, and spheres of influence, and even though some of them are [...]
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A Sporting Chance tells the inspiring story of Ludwig Guttmann, the founder of the Paralympics. He was a German-Jewish doctor who escaped to England before WWII, and after years of patient care and research, he [...]
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I’ve been reviewing books professionally for over ten years. Give me a non-fiction book and I can analyze it, deconstruct it, and put it back together in five hundred words. Throw me some fiction and [...]
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Children’s books are everywhere. Children’s retellings of Bible stories are everywhere. And the quality…well…in my experience, the quality ranges. How are we supposed to sort through it all? Early on, with my kids, I developed [...]
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Children’s books are everywhere. Children’s retellings of Bible stories are everywhere. And the quality…well…in my experience, the quality ranges. How are we supposed to sort through it all? Early on, with my kids, I developed [...]
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Children’s books are everywhere. Children’s retellings of Bible stories are everywhere. And the quality…well…in my experience, the quality ranges. How are we supposed to sort through it all? Early on, with my kids, I developed [...]
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Children’s books are everywhere. Children’s retellings of Bible stories are everywhere. And the quality…well…in my experience, the quality ranges. How are we supposed to sort through it all? Early on, with my kids, I developed [...]
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Children’s books are everywhere. Children’s retellings of Bible stories are everywhere. And the quality…well…in my experience, the quality ranges. How are we supposed to sort through it all? Early on, with my kids, I developed [...]
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Children’s books are everywhere. Children’s retellings of Bible stories are everywhere. And the quality…well…in my experience, the quality ranges. How are we supposed to sort through it all? Early on, with my kids, I developed [...]
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Children’s books are everywhere. Children’s retellings of Bible stories are everywhere. And the quality…well…in my experience, the quality ranges. How are we supposed to sort through it all? Early on, with my kids, I developed [...]
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Children’s books are everywhere. Children’s retellings of Bible stories are everywhere. And the quality…well…in my experience, the quality ranges. How are we supposed to sort through it all? Early on, with my kids, I developed [...]
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Children’s books are everywhere. Children’s retellings of Bible stories are everywhere. And the quality…well…in my experience, the quality ranges. How are we supposed to sort through it all? Early on, with my kids, I developed [...]
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By my count, there are approximately one million Easter-themed children’s books published every year. Probably a bit of an exaggeration, but it’s a fact that every publisher—Christian and secular—are all jockeying for position in the [...]
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(ed. note: These reviews are written from the perspective of an adult comparing this series to the Circle. Someone coming at the story with no previous knowledge may have a different perspective.) The Dream Traveler’s [...]
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The Dream Traveler’s Quest is a four-book series written by Kara and Ted Dekker that pairs with Ted Dekker’s Beyond the Circle duology that released around the same time. Written for ages 7-12, The Dream [...]
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(ed. note: These reviews are written from the perspective of an adult comparing this series to the Circle. Someone coming at the story with no previous knowledge may have a different perspective.) The Dream Traveler’s [...]
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The Dream Traveler’s Quest is a four-book series written by Kara and Ted Dekker that pairs with Ted Dekker’s Beyond the Circle duology that released around the same time. Written for ages 7-12, The Dream [...]
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If you haven’t heard of this series, you aren’t alone. The Dream Traveler’s Quest was released without much notice or fanfare in late 2018 and…well…that’s kinda been it. The four-book series is aimed at ages [...]
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The Little Words Matter series is meant to engage your littlest of readers with the simplest of words, all while introducing them to Scripture! In Little Words Matter: David, the story of David and Goliath [...]
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This vibrantly illustrated picture book adapts text from Job 28, showing young readers that even though determined explorers can uncover the earth’s hidden treasures, they cannot find or buy wisdom. Wisdom is only available through [...]
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The Little Words Matter Bible Storybook is intended to introduce our littlest readers (and pre-readers!) to Scripture. Each Bible story is condensed into one simple paragraph of about six or seven sentences. Meant to be [...]
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In The Quiet Crazy Christmas Day, Jill Roman Lord turned the supposed Silent Night on end, painting a much more realistic picture of joyous celebration as Messiah entered the world as a baby. Now she’s [...]
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Two stories in one book! The Little Bible Heroes flip-over book series is an easy to read and fun to look at retelling of biblical stories in a way that even the youngest of children [...]
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It’s the middle of World War II. The Nazis are closing in on the leader of the Dutch Resistance. And his children must go on the run to save themselves from the Gestapo. Hunger Winter [...]
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I feel like I have to preface this review by saying that the previous three books in this series have been probably the three best books I’ve seen come from New Growth and are books [...]
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There aren’t enough superlatives to adequately express my overwhelming joy at God Made Me Unique and its view of disability, particularly within a church context. As a pastor, I’ve often been disappointed in how the [...]
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I feel the need to begin with a trigger warning. This is a book about child loss. I knew it was a book about God’s enduring goodness, even through difficult circumstances. I knew its central [...]
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Learning emotional control can be one of the most difficult things about early childhood (or late childhood…or adolescence…or adulthood). For little ones engaging with these emotions and these heart issues for the very first time, [...]
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“How much is a little girl worth?” Rachael Denhollander asked as former Olympic doctor Larry Nassar faced sentencing for his sexual crimes. She was the first woman to publicly accuse Nassar, and in this book’s [...]
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Learning emotional control can be one of the most difficult things about early childhood (or late childhood…or adolescence…or adulthood). For little ones engaging with these emotions and these heart issues for the very first time, [...]
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Learning emotional control can be one of the most difficult things about early childhood (or late childhood…or adolescence…or adulthood). For little ones engaging with these emotions and these heart issues for the very first time, [...]
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Features include: Hundreds of verses illustrated in ready-to-color line art Thicker white paper for enduring note-taking Lined, wide margins for notes, reflections and art Complete text of the accurate, readable and clear New International Version [...]
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Reading a good book is a nice way to settle in after a long day, relax, and transition into a good night’s rest. No wonder then, that bedtime is a popular time for parents to [...]
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This delightful picture book biography follows the stories of C.S. Lewis and his brother Warnie, showing how their lifelong bond helped inspire the Narnia series. The author does not mention Lewis’s Christian conversion in the [...]
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We all know the story about Jonah, but have you ever thought about what it’d be like to have been the whale? In this installment of the Have You Heard Their Side of the Story? [...]
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Ever had a terrible vacation? It couldn’t have been as bad as the frog that took an Egyptian vacation just in time for—you guessed it—The Ten Plagues. In their Have Your Heard Their Side of [...]
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Have you ever been jealous of someone who seems to be better than you at everything? In this atypical keeping-up-with-the-Joneses story, Raven overcomes his jealousy of the Dove family and learns to appreciate the hard [...]
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Trusting God can be hard. Just ask Lion. He’s never really thought about needing to have faith before, because he’s the King of the Jungle. God’s provided for him by putting him at the top [...]
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Kids don’t like to be told what to do. That’s just a rule of life. That independence can be a good thing sometimes, but sometimes independence turns into selfishness. In The Donkey and Jesus, young [...]
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Max is just walking home from school, walking on the sidewalk, doing his best not to get his school clothes dirty. But it just looks so adventuresome over there by the trail along the creek. [...]
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There’s this very special part of Luke 2, right after the story of Jesus’ birth, that the erudite historian writes that Mary “treasured up all of these things in her heart.” I picture Dr. Luke [...]
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I absolutely love the concept of the HeartSmart series. It is never too early to get children into the Word and never too early for them to commit it to memory. The book begins with [...]
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Learning emotional control can be one of the most difficult things about early childhood (or late childhood…or adolescence…or adulthood). For little ones engaging with these emotions and these heart issues for the very first time, [...]
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Learning emotional control can be one of the most difficult things about early childhood (or late childhood…or adolescence…or adulthood). For little ones engaging with these emotions and these heart issues for the very first time, [...]
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Learning emotional control can be one of the most difficult things about early childhood (or late childhood…or adolescence…or adulthood). For little ones engaging with these emotions and these heart issues for the very first time, [...]
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Two stories in one book! The Little Bible Heroes flip-over book series is an easy to read and fun to look at retelling of biblical stories in a way that even the youngest of children [...]
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This is one of those books that Ted probably wishes didn’t exist. For some reason, there was a brief moment when Dekker got caught up in the hysteria of right-wing conservatism and his writing during [...]
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Thanksgiving is the season for getting together, fixing a big meal, and enjoying family. There’s something about table fellowship that really brings people together and Thanksgiving fellowship especially. That’s begun to get lost in this [...]
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Children need to know about private parts. That’s how Justin and Lindsay Holcomb’s book God Made All of Me begins. On the surface, that seems obvious, but past parents really do a poor job of [...]
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The Ology isn’t your typical children’s book: it’s in invitation to teach your child about the Word of God and the Person of God. It’s not your typical theology book for children, either. It’s not [...]
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Buck Denver’s Bible Coloring Book What’s in the Bible with Buck Denver is a hilarious, informative, and in-depth video series for middle to upper elementary school students. Phil Vischer (creator of VeggieTales) moderates a series [...]
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I really want to know whose idea it was for Christian suspense/thriller novelist Ted Dekker to write a couple of illustrated children’s/giftbook Christmas stories. I mean, around Christmas you see these kinds of books get [...]
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For the first twenty-three years of my life, I lived in a small town that was 95% white and attended a church that was 100% white. Upon the completion of seminary, I moved to a [...]
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There are a lot of children’s books that explore God’s creation through letters. I’ve not run across any that did so through numbers, not until now. In God Counts, theologian Irene Sun invites young readers [...]
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I grew up with VeggieTales. Where’s God When I’m Scared aired when I was four and the episodes were a staple of my Sunday School experience as a child. Fast forward twenty-some years and I’m not against [...]
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I grew up with VeggieTales. Where’s God When I’m Scared aired when I was four and the episodes were a staple of my Sunday School experience as a child. Fast forward twenty-some years and I’m not against [...]
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I grew up with VeggieTales. Where’s God When I’m Scared aired when I was four and the episodes were a staple of my Sunday School experience as a child. Fast forward twenty-some years and I’m [...]
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I grew up with VeggieTales. Where’s God When I’m Scared aired when I was four and the episodes were a staple of my Sunday School experience as a child. Fast forward twenty-some years and I’m [...]
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Forty. That’s how many attributes of Jesus your little readers will learn about in Stephen Elkins new Bible storybook. Many Bible storybooks for young kids focus on the knowledge aspect of Scripture. Let’s teach them [...]
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Two stories in one book! The Little Bible Heroes flip-over book series is an easy to read and fun to look at retelling of biblical stories in a way that even the youngest of children [...]
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Two stories in one book! The Little Bible Heroes flip-over book series is an easy to read and fun to look at retelling of biblical stories in a way that even the youngest of children [...]
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Two stories in one book! The Little Bible Heroes flip-over book series is an easy to read and fun to look at retelling of biblical stories in a way that even the youngest of children [...]
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Two stories in one book! The Little Bible Heroes flip-over book series is an easy to read and fun to look at retelling of biblical stories in a way that even the youngest of children [...]
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Two stories in one book! The Little Bible Heroes flip-over book series is an easy to read and fun to look at retelling of biblical stories in a way that even the youngest of children [...]
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Two stories in one book! The Little Bible Heroes flip-over book series is an easy to read and fun to look at retelling of biblical stories in a way that even the youngest of children [...]
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Two stories in one book! The Little Bible Heroes flip-over book series is an easy to read and fun to look at retelling of biblical stories in a way that even the youngest of children [...]
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