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Heroes for Young Readers
David Livingstone: Courageous Explorer
As a young boy David Livingstone (1813-1873) read every science book he could find and dreamed of exploring unknown lands. Later he followed his dreams, becoming a missionary doctor in Africa. There he ventured bravely into places no other white man had been, healing people's bodies with his medical skills and reaching their hearts with the gospel.
Children, parents, and teachers love the adventurous Christian Heroes Then & Nowbiographies and unit study curriculum guides. Now Heroes for Young Readers introduces younger children to the lives of Christian heroes!
Whether reading for themselves or being read to, children love the captivating rhyming poems and unforgettable color illustrations of the Heroes for Young Readers series.
Children, parents, and teachers love the adventurous Christian Heroes Then & Nowbiographies and unit study curriculum guides. Now Heroes for Young Readers introduces younger children to the lives of Christian heroes!
Whether reading for themselves or being read to, children love the captivating rhyming poems and unforgettable color illustrations of the Heroes for Young Readers series.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 2003
About the author
Renee Taft Meloche
40 books3 followersFrom official website below: Renee Meloche is an international author and speaker who has written 30 books in her Heroes for Young Readers series, which encourage children to dream big, stand tall and be a hero.
An international traveler with Youth With a Mission, Renee has visited 26 countries and shared her stories with people young and old. Renee's message to parents and grandparents alike is, "Whoever your children see as their hero will be who they turn to in a moment of doubt, indecision or crisis." This inspired Renee to write a series providing positive role models who exemplify courage, faith, perseverance and integrity. Her books plant the seeds of character that will last a lifetime.
Renee is a graduate of the University of Texas with a B.A. degree in Music Education. She has also graduated from Youth With A Mission's School of Creative Ministries.
An international traveler with Youth With a Mission, Renee has visited 26 countries and shared her stories with people young and old. Renee's message to parents and grandparents alike is, "Whoever your children see as their hero will be who they turn to in a moment of doubt, indecision or crisis." This inspired Renee to write a series providing positive role models who exemplify courage, faith, perseverance and integrity. Her books plant the seeds of character that will last a lifetime.
Renee is a graduate of the University of Texas with a B.A. degree in Music Education. She has also graduated from Youth With A Mission's School of Creative Ministries.
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March 14, 2013
Once again, the author brings up issues to complex for the rhyming scheme. From pages, oops, sorry there are no page numbers.
"As he untied the string that held
the book that he had hidden,
he knew he could be punished, for
his father had forbidden
all books containing science. He
and many people thought
that if you were Christian, science
should never be taught.
For many living in the
nineteenth century believed
it challenged faith in God to question
how things were conceived,
like plants and animals,
and even people too.
But David longed to study and
learn how all life grew."
Furthermore, her animosity between Christians and science misrepresents David Livingstone. In other reading, it appears to me that Mr. Livingstone's issue with science was not that it shouldn't be studied at all, but that Biblical study should take precedence in the education of his children. I would say this is also true of Christians today. It's not that science is scary, evil, or lacks value, but that the Bible should be preeminent. Meanwhile, young David Livingstone's issue was that his own scientific curiosity lead him to rebel against his father, which he knew God did not view favorably.
For a superior treatment of Livingstone, see Sam Wellman's, David Livingstone, from the Young Readers Christian Library series:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This series is awful. Listed on CBD for ages 5-10, and on Amazon as 4 and up, this designation is completely off, even arbitrary. I would recommend these books, maybe, for preschool. For some reason, they decided to use rhyming verse, a literary style that greatly appeals to the preschool set. But in that format, the serious topics of missions, paganism, and the confrontation between light and darkness are addressed.
This is everything I hate about cheery "christian" literature. A sing-song, happy-happy-clap-clap approach to the very real war of the ages is infuriatingly inappropriate in preparing our children to stand for the LORD. If this kind of God will never let anything uncomfortable happen to you sweet child theology is what you are looking for, Meloche's work will suit you fine. But if you are looking to raise up godly children who are equipped to know, love and serve the amazing, awesome, Creative God, do yourself a favor: Don't buy any books in this series.
Excellent alternatives, which I have reviewed on Goodreads are:
Christian Biographies for Young Readers (Series), Simonetta Carr
https://www.goodreads.com/series/8395...
Trial & Tribulation (A single book overview of Church History), Hannula
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
History Lives Series by Brandon & Mindy Withrow
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
"As he untied the string that held
the book that he had hidden,
he knew he could be punished, for
his father had forbidden
all books containing science. He
and many people thought
that if you were Christian, science
should never be taught.
For many living in the
nineteenth century believed
it challenged faith in God to question
how things were conceived,
like plants and animals,
and even people too.
But David longed to study and
learn how all life grew."
Furthermore, her animosity between Christians and science misrepresents David Livingstone. In other reading, it appears to me that Mr. Livingstone's issue with science was not that it shouldn't be studied at all, but that Biblical study should take precedence in the education of his children. I would say this is also true of Christians today. It's not that science is scary, evil, or lacks value, but that the Bible should be preeminent. Meanwhile, young David Livingstone's issue was that his own scientific curiosity lead him to rebel against his father, which he knew God did not view favorably.
For a superior treatment of Livingstone, see Sam Wellman's, David Livingstone, from the Young Readers Christian Library series:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This series is awful. Listed on CBD for ages 5-10, and on Amazon as 4 and up, this designation is completely off, even arbitrary. I would recommend these books, maybe, for preschool. For some reason, they decided to use rhyming verse, a literary style that greatly appeals to the preschool set. But in that format, the serious topics of missions, paganism, and the confrontation between light and darkness are addressed.
This is everything I hate about cheery "christian" literature. A sing-song, happy-happy-clap-clap approach to the very real war of the ages is infuriatingly inappropriate in preparing our children to stand for the LORD. If this kind of God will never let anything uncomfortable happen to you sweet child theology is what you are looking for, Meloche's work will suit you fine. But if you are looking to raise up godly children who are equipped to know, love and serve the amazing, awesome, Creative God, do yourself a favor: Don't buy any books in this series.
Excellent alternatives, which I have reviewed on Goodreads are:
Christian Biographies for Young Readers (Series), Simonetta Carr
https://www.goodreads.com/series/8395...
Trial & Tribulation (A single book overview of Church History), Hannula
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
History Lives Series by Brandon & Mindy Withrow
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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