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Wrong Way, Jonah! (Discover 4 Yourself® Inductive Bible Studies for Kids)

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I do my Bible study in "Wrong Way Jonah" each morning while mom's cooking breakfast. This is my second book this school-year in the "Discover 4 Yourself" Bible study series. I like "Jonah", because you get to be a newspaper reporter trying to be the first one to break the big story about Jonah.

Mom likes the study, because I have to read the Bible and learn how to actually study it. I like it because you get to do crossword puzzles, word searches, and interviews. There's even ideas for making things.

Wrong Way, Jonah!, written by Kay Arthur and Janna Arndt, with Scoti Domeij, is a study guide about the book of Jonah.

The characters in the book, Max and Molly (along with their dog, Sam), are cub reporters, working with Mr. Chase. They are looking for facts and informaiton so they can write the story of Jonah for the Nineveh News. They search the scriptures, and elicit the reader's help, to find answers to the journalists' questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?

The book is divided into four chapters, each chapter relating to a different aspect of the story of Jonah. Each chapter is broken down into five days' worth of activities. Observation Worksheets are given in the back of the book to go along with each chapter. If you keep pace with the book, you will finish the "assignments" in about a month.

Along the way in each chapter there are several puzzles to solve. Scripture references are given for the puzzles. At the end of the five days' activities, the reader is supposed to be able to "write" one part of Jonah's story from a journalist's perspective. A sample "article" is included with key words left out for the reader to fill in themselves. Each chapter ends with an "Extra" activity or craft that relates to the story of Jonah. Answers to all the puzzles are included at the end of the book.

The illustrations by Scoti Domeij include the puzzles as well as cartoon-like line drawings that emphasize points in the text.

What I Like: Everything. This is a great way to approach Bible study with all the hands-on activities. Kids should love it.

What I Dislike: Nothing.

Overall Rating: Excellent.

Age Appeal: 9-12.

Christine M. Irvin - Christian Children's Book Review