If there is but one book that we have in our home, it should certainly be God's word.
Once children began to arrive in our home, so did the children's bibles and devotional books for children. The children's bibles seem to take those few well-known stories and tell them in the words of a child and add lovely illustrations. The devotionals take verses from God's word and then give application for the child. However they all lack. I want to lead my wee ones to the very throne of God ... to the foot of the cross ... not just teach them how not to lie, how not to steal or how to be kind.
A very, very dear friend shared the following book with me.

It is the most wonderful book for children! It presents the message of salvation in a way that you have never seen before. I find that as I read this book to my girls, as I want to elaborate "sentence one" to better their understanding, I actually find almost exactly what I was going to say in "sentence two".
I fail in my words to accurately explain this wonderful book. Find a copy and buy it immediately, save your pennies if you need to! I promise that you will not be disappointed in the amazing way that God's plan is explained.
As we read through it, I find myself thinking it would be good for the lost adults that I know. Ms. Schoolland (the author) has truly taken God's plan of salvation and put it into words that a child can understand...and into words that answer all those hard questions that adults have about the Lord.
Each "lesson" is less than two pages long and it contains a verse with Ms. Schoolland's writings to help the child understand the verse. It contains a hymn that is in accordance with the scripture that is being discussed and then a short prayer.
Most of us know where we can get new books but I wanted to share a few places that you can pick up used books.
www.half.com
www.thislittlepiggystayshome.com
www.usedhomeschoolbooks.com
www.curriculumexchange.com
www.lacellefamily.com/catalog/usedbooks-c-170.html
www.homeschoolclassifieds.com
http://the-book-cover.com/
www.addall.com
www.ebay.com
I highly recommend buying used books. It sure saves pennies!
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There is nothing more important in the lives of our children than their very souls! It is easy to get focused on the things in this world that do not last. We Mommas must be very careful and faithfully prayerful over the lives of our little ones. Lead them Momma!
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; " ~~Dueteronomy 4:9
"5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. " ~~Dueteronomy 6:5-9
We have been given great responsibility. The souls of our children. Lead them to the foot of the cross Momma! Daily take their wee hands into yours and sit them upon your lap and share God's word and lead them into the Gates of Heaven! Start now Momma .. we do not know what tomorrow holds.
posted by Mrs. Klause
October 8, 2007
Music: Canon in D