Thursday, September 23, 2010

The One Year Choose Your Own Ending Devotions

The One Year Choose Your Own Ending Devotions book is a great book to help young minds learn to apply biblical principles to their lives. This devotional tells part of a story and then allows your child to finish it with what they think the right thing to do would be. In the back of the book there are examples to look at after they have ended the story themselves. There are also activities for each devotion to help the child apply the lesson. Thanks to Tyndale House Publishers for providing me with a complimentary copy of this book.

Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado

The book Outlive your Life by Max Lucado is a modern day look at the book of Acts. This book really helped me understand how some of the things that took place in Acts can relate to me today and what I can do to outlive my life. This book is about making the most of everything you have and do so that at the end of your life you can say you have no regrets.

Like all of Max Lucado's book this book is well written, an easy read and you learn how to apply biblical principles to your life. I really enjoyed this book because there are stories from the book of Acts that I have read but never really understood how they could relate to us today and this book shows clear examples of how you can relate to those stories and how to apply those principles to your life. I highly recommend this book. It was quite fun to read and I learned a lot about myself through the different examples he provided. Thanks to Thomas Nelson for providing me with an advanced reading copy.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

One Hand, Two Hands by Max Lucado, illustrated by Gaby Hansen

One Hand, Two Hands by Max Lucado, illustrated by Gaby Hansen. This cute children’s book has a very simple message about how our hands can do all kinds of things, but that the best thing to do with them is help. This book is written more for younger children ages 2-6, although the message is one that everyone should practice.

The message in this book is presented in a very simple way and would really only interest younger children. The pictures are very cute and colorful. The message throughout the book is that we can use our hands for many things but the best thing to use them for is to help. I would recommend this book if you have younger children or children who are just learning to read, this would be a great book to practice reading skills with. I would like to thank Tommy Nelson for providing me with an advanced copy of this book.

The Boy Who Changed the World by Andy Andrews, Illustrated by Philip Hurst

The Boy Who Changed the World is written by Andy Andrews and illustrated by Philip Hurst. This childrens book has a great message about how the things you do has a ripple effect, and no matter how small you consider something, eventually it may lead to something great. This book is great for children ages 3 to adults, the message in this story is even beneficial to adults.

This message in this book is a great one and easily explained so that even the youngest child can understand. It tells 3 stories of men who influenced each other, but didn’t even realize that they were influencing anyone. The illustrations are very colorful and well done. The spiritual message in the book is laced through the whole story and enforced over and over again. I would highly recommend this book the message is such an important one that I think everyone should read this book. I would like to thank Tommy Nelson for providing me with an advanced copy of this book.