"Rumble! Zap! Pow!" by Diane Stortz and illustrated by Luke Daab is a very cute kid's Bible Storybook. Each story is written in comic strip form and are short and action-filled, definitely written to attract and maintain a preschooler's attention. In each story is a "mighty thought" - which tells who God is and what He does, a "power word" - which gives words from the Bible about the theme of the story, and an activity - to extend learning through movement and doing.
The stories and illustrations are done well and hold to scripture, while using words and pictures that young children could easily understand. The scripture memory for each story is a very short snapshot of the actual scripture, but easy for children to memorize and grasp what they are memorizing. And the activities are actually easy and do-able. So many of these types of books have activities that look good in theory but are hard to pull off. These are simple activities that preschoolers would enjoy while the point of the story is being driven home.
All in all, I think this is a fun Bible storybook and I wish I had it when my son was younger. I think young boys especially would enjoy it.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
You Changed My Life
The book "You Changed My Life" by Max Lucado is a great little gift book. The subtitle, "Stories of Real People with Remarkable Hearts" is a perfect description. The 188-page book is full of heartwarming and inspiring stories of real people in real life. Many of the stories are repeats that he has used in earlier books, but I think this would be a perfect gift for someone who needs little vignettes to use in speeches or sermons.
I also liked the way the book was broken down into categories such as, Love, Kindness, Commitment, Compassion, Hope, Courage, Wisdom and Friendship. This makes it easy to find a perfect story to go with a speech.
The title implies that it would be a good gift to give to someone who “changed your life,” but I think there are better gift books out there for that purpose.
However, I plan on giving copies to our local youth ministers as there are many stories in the book that would be useful for our youth to hear.
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