What are the treasures in Benjamin's Box? Come along with Benjamin and see. Like all boys and girls, Benjamin is very, very curious. When Jesus comes to Jerusalem, Benjamin decides to follow him and find out who he really is. At first, Benjamin thinks Jesus is a teacher, then a king. At last, he learns the good news---news that every child (and grown-up!) will want to share. Can be used in conjunction with Resurrection Eggs from Family Life!
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Melody Carlson has written more than 200 books for teens, women, and children. Before publishing, Melody traveled around the world, volunteered in teen ministry, taught preschool, raised two sons, and worked briefly in interior design and later in international adoption. 'I think real-life experiences inspire the best fiction,' she says. Her wide variety of books seems to prove this theory.
Jack Stockman designs paper airplanes and snowmen. He has a whole collection of tin toys, yo-yos, and kites, but only one wife, one daughter, one son, and one daughter-in-law. He loves them all.
Jack Stockman designs paper airplanes and snowmen. He has a whole collection of tin toys, yo-yos, and kites, but only one wife, one daughter, one son, and one daughter-in-law. He loves them all.
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Melody Carlson has written around 200 books for teens, women and children. That's a lot of books, but mostly she considers herself a "storyteller." Her books range from serious issues like schizophrenia (Finding Alice) to lighter topics like house-flipping (A Mile in My Flip-Flops) but most of the inspiration behind her fiction comes right out of real life. Her young adult novels (Diary of a Teenage Girl, TrueColors etc.) appeal to teenage girls around the world. Her annual Christmas novellas become more popular each year. She's won a number of awards (including the Rita and Gold Medallion) and some of her books have been optioned for film/TV. Carlson has two grown sons and makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and yellow Lab dog. To find out more about Melody Carlson, visit her website at http://www.melodycarlson.com/
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
To start the season off, I finally decided to buy Resurrection Eggs for my family and CCD class. Call me lazy because you could surely make these yourself, but I liked having them done for me instead of searching for the pieces for inside the eggs.... Plus the resource book included came in useful.
If you want an awesome resource to go along with the eggs, you need this book (Benjamin's Box). The story is great and matches the eggs perfectly. It is nicely illustrated and each page tells a story to match the item in the egg. The kids seem to enjoy the story and hearing it from the point of view of a little boy. I highly recommend getting this book to compliment the eggs. My kids ages 5 and 8 really enjoy this book. I am also sharing it with my third grade CCD class and they love it too.
I hid the eggs around my house and told my kids to find them but not open them. Once we had all 12 eggs we took turns reading a page from the book and opening the egg that went along with the page.
I used Benjamin's Box to help me create a printable to match the Resurrection Eggs activity. If you search Teaching Heart Mom on Google and then go to Easter you will see it. You can download it free here. It is five pages. The last page (foldable eggs) you will need to print three times on colored card stock. All other pages get printed once on regular paper. My kids enjoyed making the books and we will refer to them through the season.
If you want an awesome resource to go along with the eggs, you need this book (Benjamin's Box). The story is great and matches the eggs perfectly. It is nicely illustrated and each page tells a story to match the item in the egg. The kids seem to enjoy the story and hearing it from the point of view of a little boy. I highly recommend getting this book to compliment the eggs. My kids ages 5 and 8 really enjoy this book. I am also sharing it with my third grade CCD class and they love it too.
I hid the eggs around my house and told my kids to find them but not open them. Once we had all 12 eggs we took turns reading a page from the book and opening the egg that went along with the page.
I used Benjamin's Box to help me create a printable to match the Resurrection Eggs activity. If you search Teaching Heart Mom on Google and then go to Easter you will see it. You can download it free here. It is five pages. The last page (foldable eggs) you will need to print three times on colored card stock. All other pages get printed once on regular paper. My kids enjoyed making the books and we will refer to them through the season.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Tami
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I absolutely LOVED the idea of this book, and when it got here I absolutely loved to read it with the kids. We do bible study daily in our homeschool, and they are learning God's Word and truth. My point? Well... they (my kids) are now relating a child named Benjamin and some of his friends and intertwining it with the real account in the bible, and I'm just not comfortable with that. I like the story, but now when my kids are telling the story of Jesus' death and resurrection, they are now talking about how "...then Judas gave Benjamin silver..." And I'm forced to tell them "Benjamin isn't part of the REAL story...but yes, the other characters are..." I'm just not sure if this will be a part of our reading any longer, just because I cannot expect them to believe the word of God if there is a fictitious character added to it, as in this book. It's causing confusion with the Word. I suppose for us, we'll stick with the original story in the bible.
I reeallllly liked this book... just cannot use it any longer. Perhaps this won't be a problem for anybody else.. but it was for us.
I reeallllly liked this book... just cannot use it any longer. Perhaps this won't be a problem for anybody else.. but it was for us.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By RPMOM
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this for my daughter who is 4 1/2. We used the resurrection eggs last year, but I just talked w/ her about what each egg meant. This book is great to use with the eggs now that she is older and tells the story of a little boy who lives in Jerusalem and follows the events of holy week. He picks up an item at each scene that depicts what is happening to Jesus. The box in the story was his grandfather's and had a bit of hay in it from Jesus' birth. At the end he shares the story of Jesus w/ his friends. Well done!
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The only real issue with the book--but it's a big one for Catholics--is that it refers to the Body and Blood of our Lord in the eucharist as being a symbol or picture of Jesus' flesh and blood, rather than his actual flesh and blood, as in Catholic doctrine.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I read this with my 4 year old and she loved it. We picked the days before Easter and she was fascinated as we did a count down to Easter. This is an excellent book to introduce young children to the harder concepts of Easter.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By DeanieG
Format:Hardcover
My kids loved the story, however, they have pointed out the colors are mixed up between the book and the eggs. Perhaps my eggs are an older edition? Blue and White are reversed in the book versus the resurrection eggs we have. Just so you know....the eggs are an awesome way to present the resurrection to children. I have seen them used in preschool rooms with great effect. A teacher friend of mine passed out the eggs to the children and convinced them not to open them. She then read the story and asked each child to open their egg and show it to the class. My son, who is 8 now, still remembers he got pink that day and that was years ago, by now.Resurrection Eggs
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Benjamin's Box is a good book to read at Easter time to kids. By the way, it's really good for adults, too!!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a lovely Easter book for children - However,BEWARE those of you who treasure the full Gospel truth. The author changes the Scripture references to the Last Supper. A careful reading of Mark 14:22-25 would have benefitted this book. A book expecially written for children should contain the full truth without an author adding words to change the meaning of what the Lord Jesus actually said.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Story and Great Book
My daughter wanted this book so bad and now she reads it all the time. She already knew the story and could recite it but she really wanted the book to read too. Read more
Published 29 days ago by S. Kim
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benjamin box - kids liked
I used this book with the ressurection eggs also, the story had great pictures and helped the students to understand it better. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Janet Boh
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
This book combined with a set of resurrection eggs is absolutely the best way to teach the Easter story to kids as young as 2! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Olive Peterman
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cute connection
A good child connection to use with resurrection eggs. My only complaint is the last two egg colors are different from designation in resurrection egg carton.
Published 2 months ago by Mona Osborn
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Story
I love the way this book reinforces the real meaning of Easter. We often get busy with out Easter dinner and out Easter Egg Hunt and forget the reason we are celebrating. Read more
Published 2 months ago by PattyP
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for families
I use this book as gifts to families and make little symbols for them to put into eggs for a family activity to help children celebrate Easter.
Published 2 months ago by Joanne Lundberg
5.0 out of 5 stars
Telling the Easter Story through the eyes of a child.
Benjamin's Box was a great way for my son to see all the events of Holy Week in one story. He was able to connect everything
together in one story and see the glory of Palm... Read more
together in one story and see the glory of Palm... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Stacy Shumaker
5.0 out of 5 stars
This story is wonderful!
We used this book with the Resurrection Eggs. Children love it when you involve them in the story. This book has a boy named Benjamin and his friend Eli, which tells the story of... Read more
Published 2 months ago by fourballmom
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonder of Easter
Benjamin's Box is a beautiful way to share the story of Jesus with children. It is a tradition our family looks forward to each year. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Marilyn Dawson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Meaningful Way to Relate Christ's Sacrifice in a Way a Child Can...
I bought this to use with the Resurrection Eggs for my Kindergarten class (5-6 year olds). Before we started I told them that everything in the Bible is true but not everything in... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Miz Amber
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