Showing posts with label tales that teach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tales that teach. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Adoption friendly "how babies are made" book

Ok, I wanted to find a book for my boys that talked about where babies come from and included adoption. I have really enjoyed a series the Navigators puts out but they don't include adoption really in the first few books for younger kids. So, the search began. There are some secular ones and if you know of any post it in the comments. But, I really wanted one that also reflects our faith. After much looking I found these two books by Jim Burns How God Makes Babies and the second book God Made Your Body. I really like them and they have photos of kids of all different colors. They both include adoption as how you get your family. The boys like the first one and we have read it several times.
I think this topic may come up earlier for adopted kids because of all the talk about birth families. Anyway, this is a good one.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones

I love this book. It is by far the very best Children's Bible I have ever seen or read. The flow of the book is great, following the linear stories of the Bible in a fresh manner. It links them together and links them ultimately at the end of every story to Jesus our Redeemer. It tells the story of the Bible as it should be told, the point as it really is. Redemption. It is not a collection of child-afied Bible stories. In my opinion, we do our children a disservice by separating the stories in the Bible from each other and by making them historical tales and worse yet, folk tales. This is inevitably what happens when we tell the stories without linking them to redemption. This book is really the message of Redemption from Genesis to Revelation. I think this is a must have for every family with kids. Maybe every young child should have their own. This book would make a wonderful baby gift or adoption gift for any Christian family.
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