Children's Book Review: Wow! The Good News in Four Words

How great! A participatory book for children about the Bible!
I received this book, yesterday, for free from Tyndale Kids, and the first thing that struck me was the bright, expressive colors on the cover. And illustrations that will draw kid's attention to it.

This book gives the children four words that they are encouraged to say, loudly, when they see them on the page. Each one has its own shape to go with it. So Wow is in a red heart, Uh-oh is in a broken purple heart, Yes is on a brown cross and Ahhh is in a blue cloud. The text is written in a rhyme so children will catch on to it very quickly, plus the story itself is the Good News.

Before the story begins, there is a page to parents to give an idea of how to use the book and then at the end there are Scriptures for the parents to take the story further with the children. The Scriptures are given for each of the words.

I am so excited to share this book with my grandchildren. What a fun way to present these little ones with the Good News!

I was given this book by Tyndale Kids in exchange for my honest review.

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Book Review: Secrets of the Ancient Manual: Revealed!

This is a new way to look at Bible stories for children. With the rise of fantasy books and games, children are always on the lookout for books with this kind of twist, Secrets of the Ancient Manual: Revealed will catch their attention. The narrator throughout the book is a dragon slayer and looks at Bible stories from this point of view. I enjoyed this book and I can see my grandchildren enjoying it also.

Even through it is meant for middle readers, I found myself enthralled with this version.

I was given this book by NetGalley and Paraclete Press in exchange for my honest review.

Book Review: Crazy Stories Sane God

This book, Crazy Stories, Sane God,  is filled with stories from the Bible with a different view given to each one. The author looks at the stories of the Bible and shows how God had a purpose behind each one. For example, the story of Lot and his wife, he gives us their viewpoint where they believed the world was being destroyed and it was up to them to repopulate the world. We now have lineage from them in the Bible.

Turner helps us to see why these stories are placed in the Bible. There are stories included from throughout the Bible such as the demons in the pigs.

I did have to go into each story with an open mind, realizing that these views are what the author sees as a purpose, but I did see the reasoning behind the telling of the tales. I would recommend this book.

I was given this book by NetGalley and B&H Books in exchange for my honest review.