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The Answers Book for Kids Volumes 5 and 6 ~ review

The Answers Book for Kids Volumes 5 and 6 ~ review

I am excited about this months books for Moms of Master Books review.  That’s right, I said books!  We received the two newest books from The Answers Book for Kids by Ken Ham and Bodie Hodge.

If your kids are like mine, then they tend to ask a lot of questions. It is just their way, they are always curious. Sometimes it can be hard to answer questions when you just don’t know how to explain it to them. Especially for me, when it comes to asking questions about the Bible and Creation. It can be hard to explain to young children, to where they can understand. This is where Ken Ham and Bodie Hodges come in at. They have this great series of books called, The Answers Book for Kids that helps you answer those questions that are asked by kids.  Yes, these books are actual questions that kids have asked.  I can’t wait to tell you about Volume 5 and Volume 6.

The Answers Book for Kids are wonderful!  They are small hardback books, with the dimensions of 6×6 inches.  They are very bright and colorful and just the right size for small hands to hold.  There are 48 pages for each book with 20-22 questions, per book.  The pages of the book are very sturdy and are very easy to clean, for when those curious and sticky hands want to look through the book.

The Answers Book for Kids, Volume 5, answers 20 questions from kids about Space and Astronomy.  In this book, Ken Ham and Bodie Hodges will answer questions that kids have asked about Space and Astronomy and answer them, by finding the answers from the bible.  What I think I love the most, is they give scripture that you can look up to see where they got the answer from.  Here are just a few examples of the questions that were asked by kids:

  • How big is our galaxy?
  • What is the purpose of stars?
  • How hot are the sun and other stars?
  • Will the sun ever run out or blow up?

The Answers Book for Kids, Volume 6, answers 22 questions from kids on Babel and the Ice Age.  Here are some of the questions that are answered in this book:

  • How big was the Tower of Babel?
  • In what time period was the Tower of Babel built?
  • What is the Ice Age?
  • How does an ice age happen?

I love the formats of those books and love how Ken Ham and Bodie Hodges, takes the time time answer these questions that are asked by kids.  They use scripture to answer the questions and then explain it to kids, in a way that they can understand.

If you have a curious child, who is constantly asking questions, these books are just for them.  I know my children have thoroughly enjoyed reading them.  When my kids found out that there were 4 more books in this series, they asked if I could order them!

These books are $7.99 each on the New Leaf Publishing Group website, or you could even buy the ebook for $5.99.

What questions have your kids recently asked you, that have had you stumped or you just didn’t know how to explain the answer to them?

 

Big Book of Earth & Sky review

Big Book of Earth & Sky review

The Big Book of Earth and Sky is a 15ft chart book that is written by Bodie Hodge and Dr. Carolyn Reeves and published by New Leaf Publishing.  This book shows and explains about the Earth and the Sky from the Outer Atmosphere all the way to the Inner Core of the Earth, from a creation point of view.  The book is specified for ages 7-12.  However, I think a younger child would enjoy it, if a parent was reading the information to the child.  The illustrations are very colorful and draws you in to the book.

There are several ways you can use the Big Book of Earth and Sky.  You can read it as a chart as you fold it out, panel by panel.  You can use it is a resource tool.  You can use it as a spring board (along with the Teacher’s Guide), to learn about different topics from the Earth’s Atmosphere to the layers of the Earth.   This book would be a great start to use for a unit study, using the Teacher’s Guide.

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The Big Book of Earth and Sky has detailed charts and graphs about the earth’s crust, caves and clouds.  You can read all sorts of facts about the mountains and the weather.  You can explore the oceans and read about deep-sea diving records.  You can read about the water cycle, mountain zones and volcanoes.  The amount of information packed into this book is amazing.

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Our family is a science loving family.  We love learning all about God’s creation, how things are made and how they work.   This book does not let us down in any way.  It  talkes about many things of the Earth and Sky.  It gives a lot of pictures showing different parts of the earth, explaining how things work and how things are formed.  We have looked at this book almost daily since we have received it and have learned something new every time we have looked at it.  We highly recommend this book!  We think that Mr. Bodie Hodge and Dr. Carolyn Reeves did an amazing job putting together this book.

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If you purchase the book online from New Leaf Publishing, you can also purchase the Teacher Resource Guide for $6.99 or you can download it for free!  The teacher Resource Guide has questions, activities and discussions that you can do with your children.

Be sure to join Master Books on their Facebook Page for the Book and a Bite Party.  It will be May 28th, 2013, beginning at 8pm CDT.  The Big Book of Earth and Sky will be featured along with our Bite Sponsor Devo Olive Oil (http://devooliveoil.com/).  They will even be giving away a prize!  There will be other prizes at the party, including gift certificates.  I hope to see you there!

disclaimer: I was given this book by New Leaf Publishing Group/Master Books in exchange for a review.  All opinions stated are my own.  No other compensation was given.