When I saw the Family Illustrated Bible, I was excited to review it. The Family Illustrated Bible is written by Sally Tagholm and published by New Lea...moreWhen I saw the Family Illustrated Bible, I was excited to review it. The Family Illustrated Bible is written by Sally Tagholm and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. The book is hardcover and is 8.5×11 inches in size. The illustrations in the book are beautiful, being in detail and in very bright and vibrant colors. It is written in a storybook formation with the stories written in 1-3 pages.
You will find that the major stories of the bible are in here, like Adam and Eve, Moses, Noah and birth of Jesus. You will also find stories from the bible that you normally wouldn’t see in a child’s bible story book, like Sodom and Gomorrah and Rahab and the spies.
The overall appearance and stories found in the bible are very nice. However, I did find a few things that concerned me. First off, they include The Gospel of Thomas in the New Testament section. This book is not included in the Bible. Some statements in a few of those stories also showed that God was worried. Which is definitely not true. Some of the stories just had inaccurate information, like when they Red Sea was parted. It says the ground was muddy and the Bible clearly states that they walked on dry ground.
Overall, it is a nice book, but I don’t think I would recommend it to families. To me, there is more wrong with the book than there is right.
The Big Book of History is written by Laura Welch and published by New Leaf Publishing Group.
The Big Book of History is a 15 foot fold out time-line....moreThe Big Book of History is written by Laura Welch and published by New Leaf Publishing Group.
The Big Book of History is a 15 foot fold out time-line. You can use it like a book and flip through the pages, or you can fold it completely out. It is a time-line that covers from Creation to the time that it was published. It as 4 different lines and each line represent 4 different events. You have Biblical events, inventions, world events and civilizations and empires.
This time-line book isn't just a bunch of dates on a line. It has pictures and little comments through out the book to help explain the dates that are mentioned. The biblical events listed are some of the major events that happened in the bible. It also lists the major inventions, world events and civilizations/empires that have made a huge impact on our world.
The Big Book of History is colorful and very easy to follow. You can keep it compact in a book shape or you can fold it out completely and hang on the wall.
Overall, the kids and I really liked the Big Book of History. It has a lot of information that led to some great conversations. The kids enjoyed folding out the book and comparing when events happened. I see us using this often on our homeschool. It is definitely a conversation piece with my children and I.
*I was sent this book from New Leaf Publishing Group, in return for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
The World of Science is published by My Father's World and Master Books. Master Books is a division of New Leaf Publishing Group.
In this world, it is...moreThe World of Science is published by My Father's World and Master Books. Master Books is a division of New Leaf Publishing Group.
In this world, it is hard to find books that talk about and teach science from a Creation point of view. New Leaf Publishing has published a book that does just that, The World of Science.
This book is hardcover and has 240+ pages with over 800 colored pictures in it. It has 7 sections in the book; Matter and Chemicals, Energy, Motion and Machines, Electricity and Magnetism, Light and Sound, Earth and Life, Space and time, with the final section being science experiments that you and your children can do together.
As I mentioned before, this book teaches science from a creation point of view. However, it isn't an apologetic's book. It just blatantly states that God created everything in the beginning of the book and I like that. I also like how it includes the scientists that discovered certain things, for example, Benjamin Franklin discovering electricity.
The experiment section in the book has over 60 experiments that you can do. A lot of the experiments use items that you can find right in your own home. Which makes it a lot more fun and easier to do. We have tried a couple of them ourselves and enjoyed doing them.
The World of Science book is one of our favorite science books to look through and read. I find the kids looking at it often and checking to see if we do have the right items to do the experiments. I highly recommend this book to families to read together.
*I was sent this book from New Leaf Publishing Group, in return for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
Smack-Dab in the Middle of God's Love is a book about a middle age couple, Willie Juan and Ana, who live in a small Mexican Village. They loved each o...moreSmack-Dab in the Middle of God's Love is a book about a middle age couple, Willie Juan and Ana, who live in a small Mexican Village. They loved each other very much. Most of all, they loved God. Willie Juan and Ana, were unable to have children of their own, but they loved children dearly and always had a houseful of children from the village come to visit.
Willie Juan loved to ask the children questions and asked them one day, "Little friends, someday, when you are in Heaven, what do you think Abba will ask you?" This got the kids to thinking and a couple of the kids had a couple of very good questions.
I liked this book a lot for a couple of reasons. The main one is it is trying to show just how much God loves you. Not only do they show it through the couples love of children, but also in the conversations they have with the children. It does it in a way that younger children can understand it. Also, the illustrations in this book are beautiful. Very colorful and eye catching.
Overall, this is a very sweet book. My 6 year old and I loved reading it together. It will be a book that we will read often together.
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