If you want your children or grandchildren to be readers, you have a powerful tool to use to influence them in that direction. When artist and journalist Jim Trelease began turning his career toward education in 1979, he had been reading aloud to his two children each night, as his own father had once read…
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5 Ways to Give Children the Gift of God’s Word
If I could give only one gift to my children and grandchildren, it would be knowledge of the Bible, the written Word of God. Ultimately, I want them to know and follow Jesus. But it is God’s Word that will prepare them to accept him, teach them how to follow him, and strengthen them to…
Start Here: How to Choose a Bible Storybook
When you’re shopping for a new Bible storybook for your child or grandchild, the number of options can feel overwhelming. How do you decide? Here are 5 tips to help you sort through all the possibilities, whether you’re at a bookstore or online. 1. Match the text, illustration, and format to your child’s age and…
Book Review—For Such a Time as This: Stories of Women from the Bible, Retold for Girls
Author Angie Smith wants today’s girls to know that, like Esther, they too have a purpose and calling in God’s kingdom—and that the stories in Scripture show us this is true. The title of this book for girls comes, of course, from the book of Esther. A Jewish girl turned queen of Persia is asked…