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Friday, December 7, 2018

December 07, 2018

A Beautiful Devotional for My Daughter and Me {A Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women Review}

If you've got a young woman of faith in your life, the Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women by Zondervan could make a lovely gift.  


It is a small, hardcover devotional targeted to young women aged 13-18 that can be enjoyed by older and younger women, too.  

The devotional begins with a single-page introduction that explains that the Bible has "a lot to say about the unique challenges -- the heartaches and the high points -- of being female" and invites women to look at the stories of about 60 women in the Bible and to see how they are relevant to us today as beloved daughters of God.

Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women then gets right into 365 one-page devotions.

The devotions are numbered, not dated, which I appreciate, because that means the book is more inviting to pick up and begin at any point during a year. It also means that if you cannot spend time with the book every day, you won't be taunted by a day or week written at the top of page telling you to "catch up". Rather, you can just use the handy attached bookmark ribbon to open up to where you left off and carry on.




Each devotion is laid out in the same eye-pleasing way with a cheerful border of flowers, the number of the devotion, a verse at the top of the page in a reddish font, then several paragraphs in black that bring the tales of tragedy and triumph of ancient women of the Bible into nowadays relevance, and finally a few blank lines in case you want to make notes.

The devotions are also laid out in a logical way, beginning with women from Genesis and ending with those from the Old Testament and ending with those from the New Testament with consecutive days of devotions exploring lessons that can be gleaned from one woman from the Bible before moving on to the next woman that the Bible introduces.


Of course, all the more famous women of the Bible, such as Eve, Ruth, Elizabeth, and Mary are included.


Wonderfully, some lesser known role models are as well.


Each of he 365 devotions in Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women is brief, pointed, and inspiring, written in a language that appeals to many young women (with words such as "cool" and "just sayin'" included at times).

The organization, approach, and language of the devotional make "meaty" matters digestible, relevant and accessible.



A Gift for Daughter-and-Me

When I received Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women, my intention was to see if it would be appropriate as a gift for my 11-year-old daughter.  Thus, I have not read every page of the devotional yet, because I can only enjoy reading it when my daughter is not around - which is a rarity.  However, I have found pockets of time to read a week's worth of devotions here, another week there, a page here, and a page there, and, so far, I have found the material thought-provoking, encouraging, and edifying.



Mind you, I am well beyond the age that Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women is intended for, so the fact that some of the devotions speak to me personally points toward the fact that, although the book is written for Young Women, the stories of Biblical women are timeless and can be illuminating to all women.  Even when the take on them is geared to be relevant to younger women, we aging ones can benefit, too.  
With this in mind - as well as the fact that the print in the book is relatively small and might frustrate my daughter who struggles with dyslexia,  I have decided to gift Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women to my daughter as a mom-and-me devotional. 

My plan is to gift the book to my daughter with some tea bags, a container of cider, and a note saying I'd like to make regular mom-and-me time to read and chat about the book together. 

Why tea and cider? Simple. I favor tea, she favors hot cider, and we both like to spend time outside. This winter, I look forward to making some quiet time for just y daughter and I to read and chat about the devotions outside away from the hullabaloo of family life at home with just her brothers.


I am especially excited about this, because my daughter has been making strides with reading her large-print Bible and other material, and, I think that, with me alongside her, Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women might unlock the gift of reading for my daughter even more. For, I know she will love the stories and verses in it and will be moved by many of the thoughts in the devotions. 

Familiarity with the language of the Bible and desire to see what Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women has to say might motivate my daughter to make strides in reading while also encouraging her to keep blossoming as the beautiful daughter of God she is.



If I am wrong about the reading part, however, and the relatively small print and level of reading in the devotionals proves just a little too much for my daughter, I am still confident that Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women can be a win for us. I can read the devotions to her and, then, we can chat about them. Whether she reads them or I do, the beauty of their meaning will still be there. 

I truly look forward to seeing how our time with Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women will unfold and bless us.

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From what I've read of Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women so far, I recommend the book for young and older women alike.

If you'd like to see what people who are currently using the devotional with their daughters or have daughters using it on their own, be sure to click through reviews from 60 Review Crew families.  Some are written by people who are not saving the book as a gift, like I am, but who are already using it!




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Sunday, November 11, 2018

November 11, 2018

Enjoy An Illustrated Rosary Book for Kids and Their Families {A Review, Giveaway and Coupon Code!!}

Don't you just love when you find a wonderful faith-based resource and have the opportunity to give one away for someone else to enjoy?



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With thanks to a friend who works for Gracewatch Media, that's exactly what I am getting to do.  At the end of this post, you can enter a giveaway for an individual softcover Joyful Mysteries, Luminous Mysteries, Sorrowful Mysteries, or Glorious Mysteries Illuminated Rosary book.

First, though, I would like to share with you why I appreciate the Illuminated Rosary books so much.

A Simply Beautiful Tool for Praying the Rosary (and Doing Picture Study!) with Children





It's no secret that praying the Rosary with children can be challenging.  Attention wanes.  Strings of rosary beads morph into fidget toys instead of prayer aids. Antsiness happens.  So it is helpful to have resources that draw your children into praying the Rosary and keep them focused on each mystery prayed.

In the past, I've used everything from cookies and cupcakes, to 3-part cards, to celebrations with friends to entice my children into joining in full Rosaries with prayerful attention. Eventually, such efforts helped us get used to praying the Rosary, and we developed habits of praying one decade or a full Rosary as a car rosary, on a rosary walk, as part of the Children's Rosary prayer group movement, or as a bedtime rosary daily.

Now, you'd think that with such habits in place, praying the Rosary with my children would typically be a peaceful and reflective experience. However, I have to be honest: it can still be challenging, especially when we pray the Rosary before bedtime. There is just something about that time that makes my children lose focus and act out.

Until recently, then, our best strategy for praying the Rosary at bedtime has been to use Youtube videos with beautiful artwork in them, which kept my children's attention focused.

Unfortunately, I don't relish screen time just before bedtime - even if it is prayerful screentime, so I've been looking for another engaging strategy.




Enter The Complete Illuminated Rosary: An Illustrated Rosary Book for Kids and Their Families by Jerry Windley-Daoust at Gracewatch Media.  As soon as I saw digital samples of it, I thought, I know just what I am getting with my birthday money this year!

I was excited to order a hardcover edition of the The Complete Illuminated Rosary at a discount pre-publishing rate and have been happy to use the prayer aid with my children. 


This Rosary resource is perfect for our family at bedtime: It is large enough for each child to see when we cuddle together and allows us to pray while perusing artworks which help us with meditation and attention.




Okay, admittedly, the first time we prayed each decade of the Rosary using The Complete Illuminated Rosary, the artwork almost drew too much of my children's attention, and I found that they kept interrupting our prayers to comment on the images - what they liked, what surprised them, and more. 


Now, though, my children simply examine the artworks while remaining engaged in prayer.  Thus, The Complete Illuminated Rosary has been serving us as an effective alternative of sorts to typical rosary beads, helping my children pray bedtime Rosaries with peace.

Using the book is so simple. 




We just open to the appropriate set of mysteries for the day, then read the prayers, which are printed in an easy-on-the-eyes font while meditating with the large reprints of artworks that accompany each prayer.




These reprints vary in style,





...time period,





...and cultural lens,





...with some classic...



...and some modern...


All artworks, however, are carefully selected to be child-friendly and engaging.




There are also "prayer beads" of a sort include on the bottom of each page.





For each set of mysteries, a large circular detail of an artwork follows the Canticle of Mary, another follows the Creed and Our Father, and three small detail circles accompany the "Hail Mary"s for Faith, Hope, and Charity.





Then, each mystery begins with a brief paraphrased text from the Bible for meditation as well as a prompt to remember your intentions just above another large circular detail.




Then, the "Our Father" page, too, includes a large circular detail of an artwork, acting as a large Rosary bead.


After that, on each "Hail Mary" page, strings of roses act as beads, allowing children to count to keep track of the number of prayers prayed should they wish to do so.

The Complete Illuminated Rosary also contains pages listing art credits and ideas for how to pray the Rosary using the book.




It is truly a well-designed and lovely prayer aid that, in my children and my opinion is only missing one thing: a list of which day to pray which mystery of the Rosary.  (Sure, we should have this memorized, but do not, so we're sliding a bookmark with this information into our book.)

Same Wonderful Rosary Resource, Several Formats






The Illuminated Rosary comes in  a number of formats:
  • single volume softcover
  • single volume hard cover
  • individual volume softcovers for each of the mysteries.
Each of these formats measure 8 1/2  x 11", and The Complete Illuminated Rosary, which I purchased in hardcover, has 368 pages.

So, if you like a lighter resource, the softcover individual format might be for you.  We like the all-in-one hardcover ourselves.


Purchase Your Own Illuminated Rosary at a Discount

If you'd like to purchase an Illuminated Rosary book, but are not sure which you would prefer, the following videos might help you decide.





You can purchase  a hardcover copy of  The Complete Illuminated Rosary on Amazon (which, at the time of this writing is 26% off with free shipping!) You can also get the Joyful Mysteries, Luminous Mysteries, Sorrowful Mysteries, or Glorious Mysteries Illuminated Rosary books and other books by author Jerry Windley-Daoust on Amazon.

Alternately, purchase an Illuminated Rosary book direct from Gracewatch Media between now and December 12 using the coupon code ROSES 25 for a 25% off discount!

Or, while supplies lasts, get an imperfect copy for 50% using the code dents&dings, for as Allison Gingras from Reconciled to You posted on Facebook earlier this month:


We all acquire a few dents and dings along the journey of life, right? Well, so did a shipment of our new Illuminated Rosary books. Grrr.
On the bright side, while these books aren’t perfect enough to sell new, they’re still in “good” condition, with minor flaws or damage: banged-up corners, dented page edges, ink smudges on the last (blank)page, imperfections in the glossy coating on the spine, etc. You can give these less-than-perfect illustrated rosary books for kids a home for 50% off the sale price using coupon code dents&dings at checkout. Quantities are limited and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.

BUY YOUR COPY HERE: http://bit.ly/2F9N7kY

We’re so confident that you’ll be satisfied with these books, we’ll honor our usual no-hassle return policy…we’ll send you return postage and a full refund if you don’t like them.


You can also always check the deals page at Gracewatch Media for other deals and discount codes on wonderful faith-related publications. There product line is truly fabulous for families of faith!

Enter the Giveaway!

I am excited to be able to offer one reader a softcover copy of an individual mystery in the Illuminated Rosary series using this giveaway Rafflecopter.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

October 03, 2018

Learn About Forensic Faith with a Fun Book {A Review}

If you're children enjoy mysteries and stories that include a faith focus, then I have a fun book to share with you today: Forensic Faith for Kids provided by David C Cook and Case Makers Academy.




My children and I enjoyed reviewing an advance reading copy of this book - written for children ages 8-12 -  as  bedtime read together a last month, learning a bit about how real detectives solve cases, strengthening the kids' logical thinking, and encouraging them to boldly share faith with others.

I was particularly interested in Forensic Faith for Kids because it is written by a former atheist and real-life detective - J. Warner - and his wife - Susie Wallace - who have been training young people in faith for over a decade.  I thought my children would find it interesting that one of the authors of the book is a cold-case detective who has been featured on Dateline, Fox News, truTV, and other crime-related televisions, and I was right about that. 

I also suspected there would be an energetic faith basis shining throughout the story, since, typically, converts to Christianity have contagious faith.  Again, I was correct.  Without question, the Wallaces main intent in Forensic Faith for Kids is to share their faith with others and teach readers to do the same.  They did so well!


Enjoyed by All!

All three of my children and I enjoyed reading and chatting about Forensic Faith for Kids - a 134-page softcover book - together.




My 11-year-old said:
Forensic Faith for Kids is a good book that children who like to be detectives can enjoy.  It begins with a team car wash, where a corgi named Bailey shows up.  One of the kids from the car wash brings Bailey home and, then, to their detective club.
 Meanwhile, a girl and her friend are at a youth group and talking about if Jesus was really God, because their acquaintance Marco said Jesus might not be God.
The young detectives bring these two cases - Who Does Bailey Belong To and Is Jesus God - to their detective club.  The leader guides them through the cases.  Some things they discover are:


  • what unreasonable faith, blind faith, and forensic faith are
  • how to gather evidence
  • how training can be frustrating but lead to success
  • the importance of being thorough, alert, and detailed
  • how to organize thoughts
  • how to communicate
  • how to find truth


 They keep getting steps closer to solving Bailey's case, but, then, find out they're stuck.  Meanwhile, they go to Marco's to talk to him about Jesus.  They bring Bailey there and accidentally solve the case.
Sometimes the truth is hidden in plain sight!
I enjoyed this book and would like to read other ones in the series!





My 12-year-old (who liked the illustrations like on the page pictured) said:


I, as a book lover, thought this book was good, because it has an interesting storyline.  I had a theory, which was proven false, that the author may have been trying to point the dog towards being Marco's, but, then, it would be someone else's.  But - spoiler alert! - I was wrong.  I looked forward and realized it was Marco's.  I think it would have been more interesting if it wasn't.
I liked how the two cases were connected, and I enjoyed the story.  It was entertaining.  It taught me about corgis.  It didn't do much for my faith, because I have already done a lot about my faith.  It did help me think about doing apologetics though. 
I would like to state one small point that bothered me a lot, because I am crazy about myths and fantasy.  In the story, they say Viking myths had elves riding dogs and corgis are small.  Elves in Viking mythology are like seven feet tall.  So, maybe they meant Celtic or Irish elves which I am not as studied in.  It drove me crazy to have this in the story.
I thought the illustrations were the right style for this type of book.   
I would recommend this book to families who have members who are interested in detective stuff and apologetics.  We read as a family, but you could read it on your own, too.  I was tempted to, but I knew I would spoil it for everyone and that would not be very kind.  (I've done that before!)




My 8-year-old (who liked the corgi like on the page pictured) said:


This book was okay.  I liked guessing how to solve the cases and predicting them.  It was easy to predict.  When my mom was reading us the book and would stop, I'd say, "More!"  I wanted her to read more to see if I was right. 
I did not know much about corgis before. I did know a lot about God. I thought it was kind of weird, but connected to do the two cases together.   
I would recommend this book as a read to self and skip ahead (giggle) so you can see what happens!  Spoiler alert: It is Marco's box.  I thought that at the beginning of the story, and, then, looked ahead and knew.

With an easy to follow story, CSI Assignment boxes that featured Bible verses, Detective Definition boxes to help teach about solving cases, boxes with tools for "Your Detective Bag", engaging illustrations, and a strong faith message,  Forensic Faith for Kids is well-designed and worth our time.  


Online Fun, Too!

As you can tell, my children and I enjoyed the book Forensic Faith for Kids.  So, I was excited to see that there are loads of corollary materials to go along with it online at Case Makers Academy. 

Indeed, there are:

  • brief videos to go along with each chapter of the book
  • printable training activity sheets (which are typically puzzles and games)
  • a printable Academy Notebook with fill in portions to help highlight key points)
  • an Adult Leader Guide which tells you how to prepare for presenting the chapter, highlights key concepts, and offers discussion questions.

These digital components are all provided FREE and could well make enjoying the book into a full-blown study for a child, family, youth group, or co-op class.

Truly, Case Makers Academy offers a bevy of resources which can engage and focus children and their parents and teachers.

No Worries for Catholic Readers

As anyone who reads here regularly is aware, I am a grateful Catholic who is hardly shy about sharing my faith.  I am also a big believer that all Christians needs to know, love, and understand one another, working together for Christ regardless of denomination.

That said, I had one reservation before reviewing Forensic Faith for Kids: Despite the obvious expertise and trustworthiness of the authors (which I knew would make the book a good one),  I wondered if there might be a pronounced anti-Catholic bias in it. For while I have no problem using non-Catholic materials with my children, and have, many times, witnessed fruit through doing so, I also like to be careful about using too many materials with anti-Catholic bias.  For, frankly, I would rather spend time uniting in Christian faith rather than explaining to my children ad nauseam all the different divisions.

In fact, I truly believe the evil one seeks to divide - families, communities, Christians - and, I aim not to partake in such things when I can avoid doing so.  

Thus, I did my due diligence, looking about online for indication of bias in the book, and, not finding anything that convinced me one way or the other that Forensic Faith for Kids had anything but a general Christian point of view, I took a chance, and decided to review the book - reading it with my kids just in case. 

I am happy to report that my precaution of reading the book together with my children in case of bias was unnecessary, but also fruitful.  Fruitful because reading Forensic Faith for Kids alongside my children was enjoyable and edifying.  Unnecessary because I did not need to spend any time explaining divisions among Christians to my children while reading the book. 
Rather, we focused on the fun of the story, the logic of the process the young detectives used in it, the way the Bible can help us to understand and share our faith, and the ideas the book provided for how to investigate and share truth.


I would recommend Forensic Faith for Kids to any family that has children who enjoy mysteries and would like to strengthen their ability to communicate truths about God to their friends and family members.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

September 19, 2018

Rescue Me - A Comic Book with a Christian Message {A Review}

Since our family likes focusing on faith, and my oldest son enjoys reading comic book style stories, we opted to take advantage of an opportunity for him to review Rescue Me! What Superheroes Can Teach Us About the Power of Faith from The Captain Sun Adventures.




A Comic Book for Christians and Other Who Love Comics

Rescue Me! What Superheroes Can Teach Us About the Power of Faith is a slim paperback of 30+ glossy pages that is part comic book and part devotional.  It encourages readers to become superheroes themselves through their faith in Jesus Christ.

In each chapter, panels showcase the adventures of the story's superhero Captain Sun as he fights the bad guy Black Out.




At the end of each chapter a newspaper-like devotional includes Scripture references and points readers to faith.  




The book concludes with questions to think about and discuss...




... and a page of "fan art".  (There is more fan art online, too.)




The Story



In Rescue Me! What Superheroes Can Teach Us About the Power of Faith, Captain Sun - whose secret identity is a human named Derek Duke - is a visitor from another world who was sent to our world to defend the weak, help the oppressed, and uphold justice.

Captain Sun is pitted against Black Out, a villain who is blinding and darkening an entire city.  As Captain Sun fights Black Out, the age old theme of lightness vs. darkness plays out and examples of Christian thought and action do, too.

Author Bryce Morgan does an excellent job capturing the fun of comic books and pointing readers towards faith, while illustrator Mich Martin keeps things visually bright, clean, and interesting.


My Son's Thoughts



My 12-year old son was the one who asked to do this review.  He said:


Rescue Me! What Superheroes Can Teach Us About the Power of Faith is a good book.  I liked the villains and heroes and the plot, but I would have liked longer battles scenes and a more developed story.  It felt like 30-something pages was too short.

In the story, Black Out invades Capital City (which could use a better name) and Captain Sun stops him and locks him in jail, but, then, Black Out breaks out and goes to a power plant sort of thing and into an energy lab where he gets more power. 
Because Black Out has more power, Captain Sun needs help.  So, his friends from the Heroes Defense League join him, but they are still not powerful enough.  They break the darkness, but not enough. 
Electro Lad, the electricity guy, says he needs a bigger conductor to get enough light, so Captain Sun flies over everyone and tells them all to hold hands. Then, Electro Lad sends an electric jolt through all the people.  It is so bright that it knocks away all the darkness. 
Light wins for the moment, but we don't know if Black Out will be back. 
Between the chapters are newspapers.  They teach you stuff about God, but I find them a little weird, because they reveal Captain Sun's secret identity, and the people writing the news in Capital City would not know that.  So, the newspapers are good for teaching readers, but aren't good for the story. I think the author should change them to something else.  Maybe a mission paper from Captain Sun and the world he is from. 
Overall, the story was pretty good.  I would read more in the series and recommend this book to people who like comic books, but I think future books need the changes I mentioned: 
(1) to be longer and more in depth
(2) to present devotionals in a different way  
I am glad  I did this review. 

Now that my oldest has reviewed the book, my youngest (age 8) has absconded with it to read it.  So, I would say the book is appealing!

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Monday, September 10, 2018

September 10, 2018

Dig Deeper with These 2 Bible Biographies {A Review}

Have you been searching for easy chapter books that engage children in Biblical biographies, challenge them to apply lessons to their own lives, and easily support learning activities such as mapping, timelining, copywork, memory work, and more?  



Then, check out Matt Koceich's Kingdom Files series from Barbour Publishing. I have just read Who Was Jonah? and Who Was Mary, Mother of Jesus? and recommend them!


What is the Kingdom Files Series?




The Kingdom Files is a series of juvenile biographies written by Matt Koceich which are designed to introduce kids to heroes of the Bible.  Each book is set up in a similar fashion with:

  • a Fact File that lends itself nicely to exercises in mapping, outlining, timelining.



    • an Action File that offers a kid-friendly narrative in an easy-to-read font with plenty of white space and black-and-white illustrations.


      • gray Clues boxes throughout the narrative that highlight thought-provoking details.


        • a Power File that takes the familiar story of a Bible hero and extends it through highlighting specific lessons and suggesting ways we can apply the lessons to our own lives.  This section also offers Bible verses for memory.

        All this is packaged neatly in a paperback of less than 100 pages.

        Great for Developing Readers




        My daughter with dyslexia typically struggles with chapter books, but happily made reading the narrative portion of Who Was Mary, Mother of Jesus? to me an August-September goal for herself.  So, whenever we have a few minutes to ourselves, we've been cuddling up and doing just that - having her read me the story.

        It's been great!

        My daughter is already quite familiar with Mary's story, but was curious how this particular book would tell it and has found the layout and content of the book to be at a "just right" level for her for her growing reading competency.  She's breezed through some of the text and surprised us both tackling big words on other pages.

        We've also both enjoyed the Clues boxes as things I read to her as a break from her reading to me.  I especially appreciated how the ideas in these boxes inspire short conversations and highlight virtues, as well as, sometimes, Biblical parallels.

        I also like how the Power-Up's at the end of the book extend the narrative story, challenging us to think more deeply and apply lessons from Bible heroes to our own lives  They make the book a biography, Bible study, devotional, and self-help book in one!  Love it.

        My daughter liked the book as well, although she did ask me why so many parts of the story she knows as Mary's story are missing.  I explained to her that the Kingdom Files books focus just on what the Bible says about certain people, not on what has been handed down via Tradition.  Thus, this book sticks to Mary's journey through marriage, motherhood, the loss of her son, and his resurrection - telling Mary's story as found in the Bible.



        When I asked my daughter what she thought of Who Was Mary, Mother of Jesus?, she said:

        The reason I like Who Was Mary, Mother of Jesus? is that you can just read the story, and the little clues can go on the side, so you don't have to read them until later. 
        Or, if you want, you can just read the clue boxes to find out about some virtues and facts about Mary and how she trusts in God.  The Clue boxes are easy to find, because they are highlighted.
        You can also read the Power Ups.  They tell you how to take Mary's story and incorporate it into your own life.  They also include memory verses.  I like how the memory verses are written out and are not just a short note of the Bible chapter and verse, like "Luke 1:46".  Instead, they have the whole verse written for you so you do not have to look it up.
        I like the Action File part of the book the best.  Mommy likes the Power Ups the best.

        My daughter is absolutely right about me liking the Power Ups!  In fact, I am thinking about using the ones from this book as family studies next May since it is a month dedicated to Mary.

        Familiar Characters, Wonderful Lesson




        My daughter has succeeded so well with         Who Was Mary, Mother of Jesus? that I plan to encourage her to read Who Was Jonah? next.  Thus, I decided to keep the Jonah book as a special one for the two of us to read together before letting either of my son's read through it.   Of course, though, since I knew I would be reviewing the book before my daughter would have a chance to read it to me, I did quickly pre-read it myself.

        In doing so, I was impressed by how         Who Was Jonah? goes beyond the simple episodes of Jonah's life that most children find highlighted in Bible storybooks and dives a bit deeper into the full story of Jonah as told in the Bible and how it applies to our own lives.  It truly takes Jonah out of the whale's belly and into relevance for life today.




        Both         Who Was Jonah? and Who Was Mary, Mother of Jesus? are written so that an 8-12 year old can read, enjoy, and learn from them.  They are also written, I found, so that a parent reading along can be reminded of truths and pushed to live our callings better.  Yes, most certainly,the Spirit whispered to me, reminded me, convicted me, and pushed me more than once as I read these wonderful Christian biographies that I would recommend for any family seeking to deepen their understanding of how Bible heroes can illuminate everyday living.


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        The Kingdom Files series currently includes 6 books about Bible heroes and the series website offers free printable game sheets and educator reosurces related to them.

        Author Matt Koceich also writes Biblical fiction, which my family has enjoyed.

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