FIRST Wild Card Tour: Vacation Bible Snooze
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
Today’s Wild Card author is:
and the book:
Zonderkidz (April 13, 2010)
***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Known as the Riddle King of America, Mike Thaler is the author of the popular Black Lagoon books and the Heaven and Mirth series. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and travels nationally, speaking in schools, libraries, and churches.
Visit the author’s website.
Jared Lee is an accomplished illustrator with experience working for the likes of L.L. Bean, Procter and Gamble, Hasbro, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, and the U.S. Postal Service. He currently resides in Lebanon, Ohio.
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Product Details:
List Price: $4.99
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Zonderkidz (April 13, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310715962
ISBN-13: 978-0310715962
MY THOUGHTS:
Mom asked me if I’d like to go to Vacation Bible School.
Hey! Who in their right mind would want to go to school during the vacation to study the Bible?
With those words, the illustrated children’s book Vacation Bible Snooze, part of the Tales From the Back Pew series from Zonderkidz, begins. With those words, my boys looked at one another and shrugged. It is a premise that just didn’t make sense to them. After all, they actually enjoy school AND they look forward to Vacation Bible School each and every summer.
Even so, the illustrations are hilarious and the story does move toward a more positive message as the little boy learns about the fun to be had at Vacation Bible School:
But best of all, Mom says at Vactaion Bible School
I’ll get to know my best friend (Jesus)… better!
In the end, the boys enjoyed the story, but not nearly as much as their now favorite title from this series: In the Big Inning: Bible Riddles from the Back Pew.
I received this book from Zondervan in exchange for my honest review. The thoughts printed in this review are entirely my own.
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