Name: ICHE Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-06-05T00:00:00-05:00
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October 10, 2013 at 7:01 pm
Phobo
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I mentioned in my post about Sunday School that I’m putting together shoeboxes with the children for Operation Christmas Child. I was thinking it would be nice to have a book to read to them about missionaries, or something else that might tie in. They’re aged 2-11, with more younger than older kids. I do have Material World and Hungry Planet, that I thought I might utilize as well, but was hoping to find a story book as well. I’ll only have about ten minutes allotted for the book. Any ideas?
Thank you kindly for the help!
Rachel
October 10, 2013 at 7:06 pm
2flowerboys
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Missionary Stories With The Millers
http://www.milestonebooks.com/item/20-505/
My boys never wanted the book to end! However, be prepared to be amazed and cry!
October 10, 2013 at 7:25 pm
ServingwithJoy
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I second the Millers – my kids loved, loved, loved it.
October 10, 2013 at 7:29 pm
Phobo
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I’m definitely looking forward to reading these with my kids, but I was under the impression they were for a bit older crowd? I’ll have a lot of preschool/kindergarten kids so I was hoping to find something that would be more picture book format. How long are each of the stories in the Miller books?
Thanks for the help!
Rachel
October 10, 2013 at 7:47 pm
ServingwithJoy
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The stories are about 4-5 pages long, so maybe a bit lengthy for prek/k level. We did them when my kids were in grades 1-3.
With my little kids I used the YWAM picture books on different missionaries (called Heroes for Young Readers) and they loved those as well. They are a little small in size for a class – but maybe you could all cuddle up close to read? They are a bit rhymy, but they really tell the story of the missionary well and don’t sugar coat it. My kids loved hearing about their adventures and the pictures aren’t ‘cartoony’ but realistic. Here is a link to the one on George Meuller:
http://www.amazon.com/George-Mueller-Thousand-Heroes-Readers/dp/1576582329/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1381434374&sr=8-8&keywords=ywam+christian+heroes+young+readers
October 10, 2013 at 7:54 pm
Kristina
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My 4 year old likes Ian and the Gigantic Leafy Obstacle. I believe it’s on the Sonlight preschool list.
October 10, 2013 at 8:03 pm
2flowerboys
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I second the YWAM books! I just sold one on my for sale list! The pics are beautiful! 😉
October 10, 2013 at 8:07 pm
Phobo
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This is a great help, thank you! I saw they had a Lottie Moon book in that one series, and my daughter is named Lottey, I think I might get her that for Christmas! Ian and the Gigantic Leafy Obstable looks great, too!
Rachel
October 11, 2013 at 10:41 am
jeaninpa
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We like Hero Tales, so I wanted to mention it even though I don’t think it’s quite what you’re looking for. There are four volumes of Hero Tales. Each book covers about ten or twelve missionaries. There are three or four short chapters about each one with some questions at the end of each chapter. It’s not a picture book, but a good reader or read-aloud. My 9 and 12 yo read it independently.