Marian M. Schoolland

My husband’s parents purchased this book for us when our first child was a baby, the same book they used with their children. Originally published in 1962, it is doctrinally sound, has small enough lessons for a preschooler, and contains excellent questions for understanding. Each lesson comes with a hymn. Most are unfamiliar, but we read most of them as poems.

The organization is different than other devotional books. It is designed topically rather than chronologically. The first lessons are on the attributes of God, progressing through concepts important for understanding salvation. The final lessons are on Christian virtues, such as giving, serving, and praying. The book would be particularly helpful for parents who have not grown up in church, who may find it difficult explaining the Bible in a way that a young child can understand. In this respect, it is an important book for giving a vocabulary to parents who desire to teach their children about God.… (mer)

Gentle Bible story book with doctrine mixed in. Teaches our hearts asking for God, we cannot see God but we can see His works, how God spoke and how He speaks today, He is one God, Who is everywhere and knows all things, and is holy, almighty, and faithful. God is good and made us good, but sin spoiled all things. God gave us His law, and what sin is. Who is Jesus, and what did He come to do? Who is the Holy Spirit and what is His work? How can we become the children of God? How can we grow as God's children, and how does God help us? What is prayer? What is church? What will happen someday?… (mer)