It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
***Special thanks to Pam Mettler of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***
Andrew is the creator, writer, and illustrator of the Lost Sheep series. Way back in 1989 as a young Bible college student, Andrew was asked to give the dreaded “children’s talk” at a large church. Andrew possessed one talent: he could draw sheep. He bought some overhead projector sheets and drew up the story of Cecil and the Lost Sheep. T he congregation loved it, so Andrew continued to draw stories to use with kids and adults. Other students, pastors, and teachers started borrowing the stories.
Product Details:
List Price: $4.99
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Zondervan (January 15, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031071947X
ISBN-13: 978-0310719472
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Munchkin’s thoughts:
Munchkin thought some of the illustrations were a bit scary. She also thought that it would have been better to stick with character sketches that looked more like what may have been during Bible times. While it is okay to try to make the characters more modern, it was not something that she preferred. The story itself was nice, but she would have, once again, preferred that it stuck closer to the real story in the Bible.
At the end of the story, there are suggested lesson plans for using the book in a group setting. If you are looking for a more modern appearing story of Jesus and the Children, this may be the book for you.
I received a copy of Jesus and the Children from Zondervan as a member of First Wild Card for the purpose of the blog tour and review. No other compensation was received. All opinions are my own. This post contains Amazon affiliate link(s)
