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The Children's Book of Faith

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This beautiful, gently written and illustrated book will certainly appeal to all ages. It is a delightful presentation of Christianity and, I think, provides a gentle overview of Christian concepts. Young readers will especially appreciate the illustrations. This book is an excellent teaching tool and a good way to form conversations regarding to Christian faiths. It is a treasure and a wonderful part of any family. I really love this book.

This is a wonderful anthology for all Christians. It keeps to the basics that we all agree on and includes prayers, poems, Bible stories, stories of Catholic and of Protestant heroes of the Christian faith and stories which encourage the development of morals. There are delightfully drawn pictures on every page. While preschoolers and kindergartners will enjoy some of these stories, others may take until children are in 6th grade before they understand the world enough to fully get all that can be gotten of stories they may enjoy with a simpler understanding at an earlier age. As you can tell from other reader reviews, even adults will find it an enjoyable and challenging book. I think that if you get it early enough, that it will be a book that children will grow into and love throughout the years.
According to the book jacket, the editor, "William Bennett served as secretary of education and chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities under President Reagan and as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Bush. ... and co-chairs the Partnership for a Drug-Free America." I think that indicates his motivation for writing this book and deciding what he would include in it. As he states in his introduction, "In a world that often seems full of woe, faith produces an astounding amount of good. It is the rock on which so many virtues are founded: honesty, courage, generosity, hard work, responsibility, and self-control. It is a call to kindness, decency, forgiveness, and love. Faith keeps us from drifting by anchoring sour sense of right and wrong. It lifts each person outside himself and offers a larger sense of purpose as we journey through life.... In these pages, we find examples of people who draw strength from above, trusting in God to help them in the large and small tasks of life. We witness them living in readiness to answer God's call and standing steadfast in their devotion to him. By reading and talking about faith, parents help children learn that God loves them, that he cares about what they do, that he has created them for goodness. ... I hope ... this book aids parents in that task and speaks to children as creatures of God who are beginning a spiritual journey."
The chapters in this book include:
Daniel in the Lion's Den
What God Hath Promised
Where Love Is, God Is
The Captain's Daughter
In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea
The Legend of Saint Christopher
Morning Prayers
The Healing of the Paralytic
The Call of Samuel
The Boy and the Angel
The Little Lost Lamb
The Twenty-third Psalm
The Selfish Giant
Babushka
Prayers of Thanks
Ben Franklin's Reminder
Advice from Thomas Jefferson
The Story of "Amazing Grace"
"Amazing Grace" (the song)
The Angel of the Battlefield
A Light to Guide Us
The Boy Who Brought Light Into a World of Darkness
Saint Martin's Cloak
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
Miriam and the Floating Basket
He Will Hear
The Seed
The Story of Hanukkah
Why the Chimes Rang
My Gift
Loving Jesus
The Lord's Prayer
Bedtime Prayers
Saint Augustine's Walk by the Sea

This is one of the great books for children. Besides being entertaining it is educative as well. It works towards improving ones knowledge and faith. This book is a must read and should be there in every family.Some of the chapters are just great and personaly I just loved the book

To no ones surprise, I am sure, there is a deplorable encroachment in the US to move God and the Bible principles as far away from our lives and the lives of our children as possible. Without giving honor to the Creator of Life, we lose our sense of value for human life. Without giving honor to the Creator of Love we lose our sense of what love is. Worst of all without giving honor to the Creator of Truth, we lose our perspective of what Truth is. Only Truth can lead us to kindness, wholeness, and inner peace. Mr. Bennett's Children's Book of Faith offers a road that leads back to the true Desire of every heart. This book share's the consequences of immorality, the faith to overcome, and the wisdom to make good choices. Sally Taylor Author/Illustrator

This is a wonderful book...I love it and my child does too! Well written and nice illustrations...its a keeper!
Thanks Amazon for the good prices!

I found this book just incredible. The stories are just wonderful for teaching the children valuable lessons and virtues. It's hard to explain the book, other than that my kids enjoyed hearing them, I enjoyed reading them, and the lessons in the stories challenge both child and parent alike.

Nicely done. It is difficullt to find good books that teach the virtues of faith without being heavy handed. I would have liked a few more faith stories from non-Christian traditions. My seven year old is enjoying it.