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Jesus and The Children by Andrew McDonough

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!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Andrew McDonough

and the book:

Jesus and the Children

Zondervan (January 15, 2010)

***Special thanks to Pam Mettler of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

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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My personal thoughts on this book: Asher seemed to enjoy this book and I thought it was an easy way for children to understand how much Jesus loves them. I must admit that the kids on skateboards and the way the characters talked felt weird to me. I understand the concept of making the book a more modern way of sharing this Bible story with children, but I guess I just prefer the more traditional form. Seeing as the book isn't geared toward me, but toward children, I think it does do a good job of making the story easy to understand. So, overall, I think it's a good book.

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This is a really cool jacket and Riley thinks so too. It is an absolutely perfect spring and early fall jacket and great for drizzly days. The color is great too. I really like this jacket and wish I had one for each of the boys!



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Disclosure: I received these products for free for review purposes. My opinions expressed in this review were honest and genuine and I was in no way persuaded by the company involved.

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