His Mighty Warrior
Sheri Rose Shepherd
Reviewed by Ashley Merrill
This children’s book is made up of
beautifully written letters and prayers.
The letters are from God and the prayers are from a male child. This 101 page book is a little bit longer
than an average children’s book but each page holds a letter that God
is either
writing to a child or the prayer that the child is composing to god.
Each duo
holds a certain message intended for the child reading the book to
absorb.
The messages that this book hold
are issues regarding how God wants this child to deal with conflict,
how to
obey rules, how to treat his family, etc.
These are all values that a lot of parents try to instill in
their
children. If this is the case, then this
book is a great tool for parents to use.
The pictures are entertaining and appear on every page, so that
will
help to hold the attention of any age child.
Also on every other page is a verse
from the bible. Religion needs to be a
familiar part of the child’s life for this book to be read and
understood
because the whole book is based around god and the bible.
The prayers that the child recites
in this book are very real-like because they do not portray the child
as
perfect. They portray that all children
have faults and that even though that may be, god still has a place in
his
heart for all. I think this is an
important aspect for children to understand.
As long as they continue to learn from their mistakes in life,
they do
not need to be perfect.
My criticism for this book would be
the pictures. Although they are entertaining and well done, there is
not enough
variety. Some pages repeat the same
pictures. Because this book is rather
lengthy I think that more color and variety of pictures should be added
to help
the child to stay focused. On the other
hand though, I think this book could be read in installments. Since each page is filled with a value,
parents may decided to only read a few at a time to their children so
that they
can absorb and practice them, and then move on to a few more.
All in all, this is a great
children’s learning book for those families out there that have a
belief in god
and are familiar with the bible.