God Made Space

by Stephanie Bryant

God has given us lots of clues about how He made space. This is how we think He did it. Discover how the wonders of the universe were made, beginning with a huge explosion. Follow the process of how stars, asteroids, comets, moons and planets were formed. The 'God made' series encourages young children to explore and discover the world around them and tells them about the loving God who made it all. Scientific ideas about how and why everything was created are simply explained through the lively narrative and wonderful illustrations, leaving children marvelling at God's creativity, love and power. With additional information by the Faraday Institute about Science and the Bible for parents to open up discussion and some simple science experiments to engage budding young scientists.

32 pages, Paperback

Published March 20, 2020

Reviews

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

GOD MADE SPACE is written by Stephanie Bryant and Lizzie Henderson and illustrated by Steph Marshall. This short children's book is part of the "GOD MADE" series produced in collaboration with The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. Other titles in the series are God Made the World and God Made Animals.
These websites were included for more exploration about science, faith, and what God has made.
www.faradaykids.com
www.faradayeducators.com

The illustrations are colourful and interesting. The authors use scientific ideas to explain in simple language how they think God made the universe. They show and tell how to use science to see, explore and help understand what God has created in space.
There are some science experiments
and activities after the story that children might enjoy. The book ends with a note for parents or teachers about science and the Bible.
Thanks to Lion Hudson Limited, and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book. The thoughts expressed are my own.

Posted on April 17, 2020 to
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[Natalie all_books_great_and_small · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received an advanced reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This book explains in an easy to understand format, how space and the universe were made. The book refers to god throughout but not in a forcefully way and the illustrations were lovely.
My little one is learning about space in school so she will love reading this book.
The back few pages after the story explain about god and space and how the bible connects with the two.
I really enjoyed this book and think its a great short book for children starting to learn about space.

[Etienne · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book that present space with kind of actual scientific facts, but with placing God everywhere. Yes the Big bang happen, but it was cause by God. The sun existed, but it was put there by God. Not sure that putting God everywhere was necessary, but at the same time the scientific facts where respected so that is good point. Mixed feelings with this one!

[Andréa]

Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have two problems with the content of this book. First, the authors mention the Big Bang, which to me is something that people refer to when they do not want to acknowledge God as Creator; they want to believe that the universe just randomly happened. The Bible tells us that God spoke to create the heavens and the earth. He did not randomly create the universe; He had a plan before the beginning of time. Secondly, the authors use the phrase "over a long, long time" when talking about God filling His universe. It is unclear if the authors mean a long, long time as thousands of years or millions of years and perhaps that is the point; they wanted to leave that open to interpretation.

I did appreciate the authors focus on God as Creator and how we can use science to observe all the awesome things He created in space. Also, the experiments and activities at the end of the book look like a lot of fun and I know my kids would enjoy doing them.

[Cassie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received a dARC from the publisher via Netgalley; this is my honest review.

Due to the format of this book, the formatting was wonky in the review copy I received. I had to put pieces together in order to be able to review this book.

First, I think the illustrations and artwork are wonderful in this book. It will definitely be appealing. I do wish that there were actual photos for some of the things instead of just illustrations. I have found that young readers really enjoy seeing non-fiction books with actual pictures.

I also really liked the vareity of text sizing and use of bold and italics. I can imagine that it is used to pull the reader along as they learn.

The Bible tells us that God created everything out of nothing, although it doesn't tell us how he did that. This book attempts to show how faith and science could be aligned. I'm not sure I agree with the big bang theory, but I did appreciate the end note and this quote by Deborah Haarsma, Astrophysicist: "We are free to explore the universe with joyful curiosity, relying on God's faithfulness, discovering all the wonderful 'hows" and 'whens' of creation, about which scripture tells us 'who' and 'why'".

Another neat feature included is a section of experiments and activities that you can do with children.