My Toddler Bible by Juliet David and illustrated by Chris Embleton-Hall

My Toddler Bible

By Juliet David

Illustrated by Chris Embleton-Hall

(received in exchange for an honest review)

Genre- Christian / Juvenile / Bible

Published by- Candle Books

Copyrighted- 2016

Number of pages- 224

Age Group- Young children (young readers)

Description of book- hardback, listed price- $12.99, ISBN 978-1-78128-241-0

This book contains twenty Biblical stories.  Nine are from the Old Testament, and eleven are from the New Testament.  Young children will learn about Noah, Moses, Jonah, Jesus, and more!

The language is easy enough for toddlers to understand and simple enough for young readers.  The illustrations are bright, realistic, and come off the page.

About the Author-

Juliet David lives in London with her family. She has written Bible activity books and children’s stories. She enjoys traveling to Israel and other Bible lands.

About the Illustrator-

Chris Embleton-Hall is an English-based artist.  He uses different digital styles for children’s illustrations.  He has a degree in illustration.  When he was a young child, he spent time with his granddad drawing.

My thoughts-

This book would be perfect for any toddler, since there are so many stories and illustrations to look at.  I thought it was great.  I have some young nephews who I think would really enjoy looking at the illustrations and reading the text.

Many times Bible storybooks that are written for young children are short and don’t contain very many stories.  I thought it was great that this book had 224 pages and twenty different stories.  I think it would have been nice to have some different stories, not ones that are told all the time. 

I really liked the illustrations.  They seemed to pop off of the page.  I thought it was neat how they were done digitally.  They were realistic and not strange as they sometimes are.

I really enjoyed reading the text and looking at the illustrations in this book.  I think the young children in your life would like it too.

Disclosure of Material Connection- I received My Toddler Bible, by Juliet David and illustrated by Chris Embleton-Hall, for free from the Kregel Publications’ Blog Tour. All links were current when posted. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.

The End of Law by Therese Down (Book Review!)

The End Law

(A Novel of Hitler’s Germany)

By Therese Down

(received in exchange for an honest review)

 

Genre- Fiction

Published by- Lion Hudson

Copyrighted- 2016

Number of pages- 320

Age Group- Adult

Description of book- paperback, listed price- $14.99, ISBN 978-1-78264-190-2

This book is a novel about the beginning of World War II and Hitler’s rise to power.  SS Officer Walter Gunther and SS Officer Karl Muller are involved in the T4 euthanasia programme.  This program has been developed to kill those who are considered “unworthy.”  Those people are Jews, crippled children, the mentally ill, and homosexuals.

Their families don’t know what they are doing.  Officer Muller decides to be brave and share what he knows about the program.  Who will he share his burden with?  Will it be Officer Gunther’s wife?  

About the Author-

Therese Down is a teacher of the English language and literature.  She lives in Worcestershire.  Her other novel is Only With Blood: A Novel of Ireland.

My thoughts-

I thought this book was interesting.  I had never read much about this aspect of World War II.  I’m not even sure if I knoew about the T4 euthenasia program.  I knew that the Jews were killed, but I’m not sure I knew about the other groups.

Sometimes it was a hard book to read, because of all the detail about what the Third Reich was doing to the crippled children and mentally ill.  Therese Down painted such a strong vision for me.

One of the best parts of the book was the historical section at the end, because I was able to learn true story.  I do wish that this section had been at the beginning of the book, so I would have known more about what the novel was about.

If you like reading about World War II, this book is for you.  I do recommend it to everyone.  I think you will like it.

Disclosure of Material Connection- I received The End of Law, by Therese Down+, for free from the Kregel Publications’ Blog Tour.  All links were current when posted.  I was not required to write a positive review.  The opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.