Book Notice: ESV CHILDREN'S BIBLE
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance By Fred Zaspel After some checking around, this is the children’s Bible we’ve selected for our grandson. It’s really well done and suited very well for young children ages 5-10,…
THE BIBLE'S BIG STORY: SALVATION HISTORY FOR KIDS, by James M. Hamilton Jr.
A Brief Book Notice from Books at a Glance Our friend Jim Hamilton (professor of Biblical Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is not content teaching the Bible to seminarians. He wants to teach your children too. Hamilton, himself…
Board Books for Children by Rebecca VanDoodewaard
Board Books for Children Reviewed by Kristin Stiles Rebecca VanDoodewaard’s new set of board books based on the lives of men and women of the faith is such a refreshing offering in the area of children’s Christian literature. Her…
WHAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PRAYER, by Nancy Guthrie
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles I have to admit that when I first picked up this book, I thought, “How in the world can this author fill up 142 pages with information about…
WINDOW ON THE WORLD: AN OPERATION WORLD PRAYER RESOURCE, edited by Jason Mandryk and Molly Wall
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles If you’re looking for a great resource to help you and your children have a broader perspective on the world and how Christianity is spreading, this is an…
EVERYONE A CHILD SHOULD KNOW, by Clare Heath-Whyte
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles There are a variety of ways to instill in our children what it looks like to be a follower of Jesus Christ. The New Testament is replete with…
EVERYTHING A CHILD SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GOD, by Kenneth N. Taylor
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles Everything a Child Should Know About God. That is a rather impressive claim and a daunting undertaking. Kenneth Taylor has done an admirable job in assembling a book…
Good News for Little Hearts Series
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles There is a wealth of resources available to adults who struggle with anger, anxiety, and failure, but what about young children who deal with these issues? Now there…
AND GOD SAID. . ., by Andrew Wilson
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles Looking at the cover of And God Said. . . I had no idea what was in store for me. The cover is typical of a children’s book:…
WHEN SANTA LEARNED THE GOSPEL, by Simon Camilleri
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles Let me be frank. Those Christmas cards that depict Santa kneeling at the manger make me cringe. There’s something about blending the icon of the secular, materialistic holiday…
JOHN NEWTON (Christian Biographies for Young Readers Series), by Simonetta Carr
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles Simonetta Carr has released the latest title in her Christian Biographies for Young Readers: John Newton. I was delighted to see this book since I’ve been a big…
THE FRIEND WHO FORGIVES, by Dan Dewitt
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles A picture book combines text and illustrations to tell a story. A good picture book integrates the text and illustrations in such a way that the story is…
A JESUS CHRISTMAS: EXPLORE GOD'S AMAZING PLAN FOR CHRISTMAS, by Barbara Reaoch
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles Every year as my children were growing up, I’d look for new and creative ways of preparing their young hearts and minds for the Christmas season. It was…
Book Notice: A COLORFUL PAST: A COLORING BOOK OF CHURCH HISTORY
A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance Parents! This is a delightful idea for introducing your young children to the church’s illustrious history. Boekestein works his way through the twenty centuries of the church with a very…
THAT LITTLE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD: LEARNING ABOUT YOUR CONSCIENCE, by Andrew David Naselli
A Book Review from Books At a Glance By Kristin Stiles I can’t say that I’ve ever read a book on the conscience. And before today, I most certainly had never read a children’s book on the conscience. So…
PEEK-A-BOO BIBLE: 4 BOARD-BOOKS, by Catherine Mackenzie
Reviewed by Kristin Stiles “How very clever!” That is the phrase that kept coming to mind as I looked through Catherine Mackenzie's Peek-A-Boo Bible. This is actually a collection of four board books that are assembled in a shallow…