Big Truths for Little Kids: Teaching Your Children to Live for God [Hardcover]

Susan Hunt (Author), Richie Hunt (Author), Nancy Munger (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 30, 1999 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Deuteronomy 6:6-7a

Your children are a blessing from God. A gift that brings an abundance of joy and the privilege of teaching them God's ways. When they're young their potential to learn is amazing. And because actions and beliefs go hand in hand, the lessons they learn from you now will shape their lives forever.

This wonderful book, with its easy-to-use story format, can help you teach the basic truths of the Christian faith to your children. They'll learn right along with Caleb and Cassie that God's ways are the best—and that even as kids, they can live for His glory every day.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books (August 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581341067
• ISBN-13: 978-1581341065
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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103 of 113 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could be dangerous...., March 25, 2008

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Tim Elsbree (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Truths for Little Kids: Teaching Your Children to Live for God (Hardcover)

I'm a little wary of this book. In the first 5 stories or so it seems that the emphasis was on the sin of non believers and new believers. Every time some one sinned it was this new Christian boy Daniel. Then the other children that were believers would point out the sin in the boy or go and get there father to help explain the areas of sin in the little boy Daniel. This type of thinking will lead you away from the cross and right into judgmental legalism. I think the book would have served its purpose to a greater degree if it would have pointed the hearts of Caleb and Cassie to the cross, to examine there own hearts and to be brought to repentance through Christ's work on the cross. The last thing I want is my children to be looking for sins in others without looking to there own hearts first. That being said it still had some great things as well. Teaching our children to pray through scripture and going through the catechisms is a wonderful thing.

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Choice for Parents with Small Children!, November 4, 2005

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Michael J. Shoaf "mjshoaf" (Cary, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Truths for Little Kids: Teaching Your Children to Live for God (Hardcover)

I have a 6 year old son. My wife and I desired to teach him "Big Truths" but in a way that was interesting and fun. I began searching for books that would help us to do this. Finally, I found this book, "Big Truths for Little Kids". Perusing it at the store, I felt like it would fit the bill. But once I got it home and began reading it to my son, I knew it was the right choice! He loves hearing the stories in this book. The book uses short stories to teach kids biblical truths in a practical and insightful way for children. All of the stories have the same characters - Caleb, Cassie, Angus, Daniel, etc. After the first few stories, your child will know all the characters and relate to them. This makes the stories even better! My son looks forward to reading these stories with great anticipation. He thinks it's just fun, but all the while he is learning great spiritual truths that will help him grow into a man of honor and integrity. I cannot thank the authors enough for the wonderful service they have done by writing this book for children. Thank you!!!

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my children's favorites!, November 2, 1999

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Cathe Cleveland ([e-mail]) (Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Truths for Little Kids: Teaching Your Children to Live for God (Hardcover)

These authors have done a great job of taking the truths from the Children's catechism and relating them in understandable stories that my children really relate to. It focuses on the God revealed in the Bible and helps children to understand who He is and how He relates to them personally. I highly recommend this book.