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Jesus Calling The Story of Christmas, How Do You Say Goodnight

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Jesus Calling The Story of Christmas

Jesus Calling, The Story of Christmas; Ten in the Bed; The Friend Ship

Books.  Books. Books.  This former home school mom, grandmother and “reader” loves books.  In particular, I love children’s books.  A few posts have already been written here on the blog about children’s books, and today I have a new one for you.  New books often arrive in my mailbox, or or I find new gems at the bookstore.  These favorites, old and new, find their way off the shelf and into the hands of a new generation, my grandkids.  Read on to discover new books you will want to introduce to the children in your life!

Jesus Calling The Story of ChristmasSarah Young, the author of Jesus Calling, has written this book for children.  The story of Christmas begins at creation.  The author highlights that fact that Jesus has always been present, and God always had a plan for Christmas, which is Easter.

Bible verses and devotions are on every spread of this book.  The illustrations are by Katya Longhi and are just beautiful.

“Jesus Calling:  The Story of Christmas is a beautifully embellished jacketed hardcover with foil and glitter. Curl up the precious young ones in your life, and share with them Jesus Calling: The Story of Christmas.”

Ten In the Bed by Penny Dale

Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale

Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale is an old favorite.  This book originally entered our home about 19 years ago, when I purchased it through Discovery Toys.  It has been regularly pulled off the shelf since then.  I find it absolutely delightful to read this charming book to my grandchildren!

The Friend Ship

The Friend Ship by Kat Yeh is a book I found while at Powell’s Books in Portland a couple of years ago.  Side note, have you been to Powells?  I can not wait to go back!  Floors and floors of books…  Back to “The Friend Ship” is a gentle reminder of  the truth that sometimes what you’re searching for is right there in front of you.  I just love seeing understanding grow in Miss Joyness eyes each time we read this book together.

Board books!

How do you Say Good Night? by Tommy Nelson and Catalina Echeverri

“Zoey the zebra needed to get ready for bed soon…

This sweet board book follows Zoey the zebra as she searches for the best way to say good night.  What she finds is that different is good, and it’s okay if what is right for you isn’t necessarily right for me.  I love the way this book introduces the concept of celebrating differences.

ABC’s of Physics by Chris Ferrie

Just for “purposeful” fun I picked up this book for my youngest grandson.  Both of his parents are quite science minded, and in the healthcare field.  I chuckled when I saw this book and decided to slip it into Lil Man’s gift bag.  Some time back I studied the way we learn, and about the creating of mental pathways.  I think this book will be a gentle beginning of one of those pathways.

There they are, 5 delightful children’s books that you may want to introduce to the children in your life!

Please tell me in the comments, have you added any of the Baby University books to your home library?

CSB (in)courage Devotional Bible

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Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.  Psalm 119:105

As I said earlier this week in an instagram post, I love the Bible.  God’s Word is a gift, a love letter to all people.  And it truly is a lamp and a light before me, before any who choose to read it.

Today, I have a newly packaged Bible, from (in)courage to share with you.

The CSB (in)courage Devotional Bible

The CSB (in)courage Devotional Bible was made as an invitation to each woman to find her own story in God’s story, the story of love and redemption.

This Bible is in the Christian Standard Bible version, which seems to have become very popular for readability and accuracy.  It has many features which I think are fantastic.

  • Women of Courage
  • Reflective Devotions
  • Book Introductions
  • Theme Verses
  • Journaling Space

Of these features, I think I am most impressed with the journaling space.  As one who does write in her personal Bible, those lines at the bottom of each page are inviting.

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Sequin Sparkle and Change Bible

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You may know that I really love the Word of God and enjoy receiving newly packaged Bibles to review here on the blog.  Well this week I have not one, but two Bible’s to tell you about.  Today, I have a new children’s Bible that I think will be a super delightful gift for one of my grand daughters.  As a matter of fact, I am thinking about buying a couple more copies as I have several grand daughters!

Sequin Sparkle and Change Bible

The Sparkle and Change Bible is packaged in a teal blue or pink cover.  The cover of the Bible has embossed detailing, and sequins that change color right before your eyes.  I have caught my teens handling this book, and running their hands over the sequins.  It is definitely eye catching and fun.

This Bible is set in ten-point type, with bold in-text subject titles.  This will help kids find the passages they are looking for more easily.  There are bold type words that correspond with the dictionary and the concordance.  And as always, I appreciate the maps and timeline that are included.

There are pretty pages that include a presentation page, a place to record favorite verses and articles to increase a child’s understanding of Jesus’ love and purpose for her.

The translation of this Bible is the International Children’s Bible by Tommy Nelson.  This translation was created for children, for readability and understanding.  This is a good translation for children between about 6 and 10 to use in his/her own reading and following along in Sunday School and church.

One thing I’d recommend is that you don’t have your child memorize in this translation.  Choose the translation that your family, or your church teaches from… and memorize from it.  From experience I know the challenge of memorizing in one translation…and it not meshing with the memory work in the teen and early adult years.

My photos just don’t do this Bible cover justice.  It is quite pretty and very sparkly.  Thank you to Front Gate Media and Tommy Nelson for this free Bible in exchange for this post.

 

 

Bookish Ideas for Grandchildren

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Bookish post

A Bookish Person

Being a rather bookish person, I love to share good books with others.  I’m finding that more and more of these sorts of posts are jotted into my planner.

My youngest children were literally raised, and schooled with books.  Our home school was built around living books, great literature and plenty of time gathered around reading together.

I hope to pass that gift to my grandchildren, so I am constantly checking out new children’s books.  And today I have three new books to share with you.

 

Three New Books For My Grandchildren

Love Does for Kids

LOVE DOES for Kids by Bob Goff and Lindsey Goff Viducich.

Loves Does was a family read aloud some years ago, and that book has stayed with me over the years.  There are occasional clues that it has stayed with my kiddos as well.  When I head that Bob and his daughter were teaming up to write a version for kids my excitement was intense.  It is my plan to read my copy to my grandchildren…but we’ll see.   We laughed, and cried our way through the original copy, and as I skimmed through LOVE DOES for Kids, the tears started again.  So much of what this book is about resonates with the deepest hopes of my heart.

Love Does for Kids

If you haven’t read Love Does yet, start there, but go ahead and buy these books together… as I think you’ll want to dive right into sharing the wisdom and love in action theme to the kids in your life!

Who Sang the First Song

Who Sang the First Song by Ellie Holcomb

Multiple copies of this charming, beautiful board book are stacked in my sewing room (a room with a locking door so I can keep gifts “hidden” as well as projects pet hair free).  My youngest grandson, Mr Man, will be getting a copy for Christmas, and I also plan to gift this book to new moms in 2019.

Who Sang the First Song

And if you are wondering who sang the first song… no spoilers here, go get this book!

God Bless You and Good Night

God Bless You & GOOD NIGHT by Hannah C. Hall, illustrated by Steve Whitlow

This is a touch and feel book and the illustrations are incredibly sweet.  God Bless You & GOOD NIGHT is a perfect bedtime read.  As your own little sweetheart settles in and gets sleepy, you can read about the baby animals getting ready for bed.  Your little one can gently touch and feel the textures on each page as you begin to lay the foundation of security in God’s love.  This is another book going on the little stack for little Mr Man this Christmas.

 

Two of these books were given to me by  FrontGate Media in exchange for this review.  And I gladly recommend God Bess You and GOOD NIGHT and LOVE DOES for Kids to you.

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Remember Adventures in Odyssey? Young Whit

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Do you remember Adventures in Odyssey?  Or are you in the midst of raising kids who are currently listening to Adventures in Odyssey?

My own children are, well, no longer children!  The youngest is nearly 16 years old and my kids have left Adventures in Odyssey in the past.  Even so, it was pretty fun to find out about this book,

Young Whit

Young Whit and the Traitors Treasure by Phil Lollar and Dave Arnold is book #1 in the Young Whit series.

This book arrived in the mail during a period of time my family was dealing with some medical issues.  I packed it along to read during an appointment at Denver Children’s hospital, and left it on a table.  So I haven’t finished reading it.  That said, I have read quite a few reviews and think it is a good book, one to add to the family library.  If your children, or grandchildren enjoy listening to the Adventures in Odyssey radio show, check out this giveaway for a copy of Young Whit.

 

Thanks to FrontGate Media for this book and opportunity, in exchange for this blog post.

 

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