Friday 56: Review-If I Could Ask God Anything

* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog Starting Fresh and to Storytime with Tonya and Friends
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Here's mine:

"After you die, you can live forever with My Father God and Me in heaven."

 

If I Could Ask God Anything

Awesome Bible Answers for Curious Kids!

By Kathryn Slattery

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; 2 edition (March 30, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400316022
• ISBN-13: 978-1400316021

My Review:

If I Could Ask God Anything is a wonderful paperback book for children to discover clear, fresh answers to important questions about God, faith, prayer, and Christianity in language that the children will understand. Author Kathryn Slattery tackles difficult and challenging subjects that are hard for children to understand such as:

1. Who Is God and How can I Know for Sure God Loves Me?

2. Did Jesus live on Earth before or after the dinosaurs?

3. Why Is Taking care of Our Planet Important to Christians?

4. Why Do People Hurt Other People?

5. How can Anything Good Come Out of Pain and Suffering?

 This little book of well organized scriptural answers will help young readers establish a closer relationship with God as well as help parents nurture their child's mind and spirit with Scripture-based guidance. I have felt like a curious child sometimes and have often thought about asking God how He made butterflies and what do things look like from His perspective... This book is a welcomed addition to my library for future reading to my grandsons. It is written to bring peace and comfort and hopeful to the reader who has so many questions that beg for answers to be filled and indeed Kathryn  Slattery explains them well. The book is worth buying, reading and for gift giving as well.

If I Could Ask God Anything: Awesome Bible Answers for Curious Kids

Kathryn Slattery Biography

Kathryn Slattery loves writing stories about faith and inspiration. She has written hundreds of articles for a wide variety of publications, including ParentLife, Today's Christian Woman, and Angels on Earth magazines, and she is a longtime Contributing Editor for Guideposts magazine.
She is the author of the memoir LOST & FOUND: One Daughter's Story of Amazing Grace (GuidepostsBooks), IF I COULD ASK GOD ANYTHING: Awesome Bible Answers for Curious Kids (Thomas Nelson), GRANDMA I'LL MISS YOU: A Child's Story about Death and New Life (David C. Cook), THE GRACE TO GROW: The Power of Christian Faith in Emotional Healing, and A BRIGHT-SHINING PLACE: the Story of a Miracle. Her popular children's book THE GOSPEL FOR KIDS (David C. Cook) has more than 100,000 copies in print in nine languages. Kathryn is also the author of FINDINGS, a web series of true first-person reflections at www.Guideposts.com, and a contributing author to numerous "Best of" Guideposts anthologies.
Kathryn resides in Connecticut with her husband Tom, where they are the parents of two grown children and happy owners of a roly-poly pug named Max.

Visit Kathryn and learn more about her work at www.KathrynSlattery.com, and on Facebook: Kathryn "Kitty" Slattery.

BOOKS by Kathryn Slattery:

LOST & FOUND: One Daughter's Story of Amazing Grace
GuidepostsBooks, 2008. An Inspirational memoir about forgiveness and reconciliation between a daughter and her mother. Crossings Book Club selection. Family Circle Book of the Month.
IF I COULD ASK GOD ANYTHING: Awesome Bible Answers for Curious Kids
Thomas Nelson Publishers,2006; 2nd Edition, 2010. Answers to questions about God and faith for ages 6 and up.
GRANDMA, I'LL MISS YOU: A Child's Story about Death and New Life
Chariot Books, David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1993. For ages 5 and up.
THE GOSPEL FOR KIDS
Chariot Books, David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1989; Cook Communications Ministries International, Portuguese, Hungarian, Czech, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Slovak, and Spanish paperback editions, 1999. More than 100,000 copies in print. The story of Jesus for children ages 5 and up.
THE GRACE TO GROW: The Power of Christian Faith in Emotional Healing
Word Books, 1984; Bantam Books paperback, 1985; Spanish and French editions, Vida Press, 1985, 1986; Fairway Press paperback, 1996. Written by Dr. William P. Wilson, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and founder of the program for Christianity in Medicine at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
A BRIGHT SHINING PLACE: The Story of a Miracle
Doubleday Books, 1981; Ballantine Books paperback, 1983; Harrison House, Inc., paperback, 1988. Written by gospel singer Cheryl Prewitt Salem, Miss America, 1980.
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR:
THE BEST OF GUIDEPOSTS CHRISTMAS STORIES, Guideposts 2005
THE BEST STORIES FROM GUIDEPOSTS, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1997
THE POWER OF FAITH, Inspirational Press, New York, 1997
A VERY PRESENT HELP: God's Power in Our Lives, Guideposts, 1985
THE UNLIMITED POWER OF PRAYER, Doubleday, 1982
THE GUIDEPOSTS DAILY DEVOTIONAL, 1982, 1981
THE GUIDEPOSTS FAMILY CHRISTMAS BOOK, "Emmett McCallister's Christmas Eve: An Old Tale Retold," 1981
MAGAZINE/EDITORIAL:
GUIDEPOSTS Magazine: 16 East 34 Street, New York, NY 10016
Contributing Editor, 1977 to present
Author, FINDINGS web series on Guideposts.com, 2009 to present
Director, Guideposts Writers Workshop (National Writers Contest) 2000 - 2005
Director, Guideposts Young Writers Contest (National High School College Scholarship Competition) 2000 - 2005
GUIDEPOSTS is one of the nation's Top Ten magazines, with a paid circulation of over 2.5 million and estimated monthly readership of over 12 million. A non-profit, interfaith publication, Guideposts was founded 60 years ago by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, and features true, first-person stories of faith, hope and inspiration by people from all walks of life. Cover stories ghostwritten for Guideposts include: Brian Williams, Robert Duvall, Emme, Fred Rogers, Diane Sawyer, Heather Headley, Ricardo Montalban, Ed Asner, Ginny Thornburgh, and Alberta Hunter. Hundreds of other stories include: CeCe Winans, Robby Benson, Dick Van Patten, Robert K. Massie, Rosey Grier, B.J. Thomas, and numerous personal stories dealing largely with the struggles and joys of parenthood and family life.
EDUCATION:
B.A., Mass Communications, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 1973

If you're a young mother or grandparent who finds themselves saying... "I don't know" to your young ones' questions, I recommend this book to you so that you have the answers to some challenging questions close at hand!

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