Night Night Blessings

Night Night Blessings by Amy Parker is a great childrens book. It’s especially wonderful for those looking for a book to read when putting the kids to bed. It goes through many of the things than the average child would say they are thankful for. We know that it is always a good thing to be reminded of the things we should thank God for everyday. By reading this book to your children, you will not only help to remind them, but yourself as well.
In addition to the great concept, the artwork is great too. A very soothing color palette featuring lots of blues and greens sets the scene for bedtime quite well (obviously this would not be applicable for the kindle e-reader edition). At twenty pages in length and not too many words per page, it is a quick read and great for the short bedtime book read. It never hurts to have a great nighttime storybook on your kindle in case you’re away from home, on vacation, etc. I would highly recommend this wonderful book about giving thanks for the blessings in our lives for anyone with young children who enjoy a bedtime story.

Note: I received this book free-of-charge through the Book Sneeze program through Thomas Nelson Publishers.

J.R.R. Tolkien Christian Encounters

The Christian encounters series is a very interesting series published by Thomas Nelson publishers. There have been many books on people I had not realized were Christians. In this volume, we learn about someone who was very much an historical Christian. His works are full of Christian allegory. His most famous works, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, are no exception. I don’t want to give too much detail about the things you’ll learn while reading this book, but it is definitely an interesting read.
Another aspect most will like is how light of a read this is. It’s only near a couple hundred pages, so it won’t take you an overly long time to finish off this book. It is also a nice, small sized book. You could possibly even fit it into a large pocket, making it easy for travel.
This is a great book for a casual and informative read. It might be an interesting choice to share with a study or prayer group. Being a light read, it wouldn’t be too large of an undertaking for the members of your group.

Note to the reader: I have received this book free of charge using the Thomas Nelson Publishers BookSneeze program.

Regret Free Parenting

As a new parent, I thought this would be a great book to snatch up. If there's one thing that new parents want to know, it's that we're not totally messing up at everything. (Sometimes it can feel that way.) I thought that Regret Free Parenting, written by Catherine Hickem, was a very nice read, especially for new parents. I don't know that it would be the greatest book for parents who have had children for a while, though. I could see where the book would be frustrating for people who have their routines and have their ways of parenting engrained. Sometimes when books don't jive with my way of thinking, I tend to be skeptical of the book, or even stop reading all together. That being said, I would definitely recommend this book for a new parent. Also, it would be a good read for open-minded not-so-new parents. If there's one thing that parents like, it's reassurance that they are raising their children the right way. For this reason, I am giving Regret Free Parenting a score of 4 stars out of a possible 5 stars.

Note to the reader: I received this book for free from the BookSneeze program, through Thomas Nelson Publishers.

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"Big Red" Holy Bible

I chose this book through the BookSneeze program because, with our first child on the way, I thought that it’s never too early to make sure we had a children’s Bible in the house. The fact that it had illustrations using 3D art was a nice bonus. Although, just to clarify, it is 3D art in the sense that it was made with (I am presuming) 3D software. It is not 3D in the sense that you need glasses to look at the pictures; otherwise they’ll be all blurry. That being said, I enjoyed the illustrations. They were something different than other children’s Bibles I remember from my youth. The cover art is good. It looks fun and definitely establishes it as a Children’s Bible. Honestly, I’m all for any version of the Bible that gets the Word to more people (be it children, different languages, etc). I know it’s still a few years off, but I like knowing that when my children start reading, they’ll have a Bible that they’ll be able to understand and learn about Jesus and God’s love. I would recommend this book to anyone with children at or nearing reading age.

Disclaimer: I received this book free of cost through Thomas Nelson Publishers’ BookSneeze program.