Review: WOW! The Good News in Four Words
Dandi Daley Mackall
Tyndale House Publishers
2017
This is one of several books that attempts to explain the
gospel to children. It’s not as easy as
it sounds since us grownups have made it pretty complicated, in some respects. I had heard someone say that they found it
quite difficult to explain things especially around Easter time, so I decided
to give this book a look.
It is meant to be read to children. That’s a plus right there. It isn’t something you place in front of them
and walk away. That meets the first
criterium in my opinion. Parental
involvement. The size of the book works
for sharing it with someone. Nice big pages,
colorful illustrations done by Annabel Tempest, and print that fills the space
left for it nicely.
The story is told in rhyme and mostly simple terms. There are some words like grace or Savior
that might trip up a young child, but with mom or dad there to help her
understand I think it’ll be OK. The
child is encouraged to participate whenever the word Wow!, Uh-oh, Yes!, or Ahh appears.
There’s the four words from the title.
Good choices, I think.
This seems like an entry point book for helping your child understand
the gospel. And fear not, if the dust cover gets torn, the cover itself also
has the art work. Nice touch, I think.
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for a review.
Comments
Post a Comment