Title: Lottie Moon: The Girl Who Reached the World
Author: Amy Whitfield
Series: Here I Am! biography series
Major Themes: Lottie Moon, China, Missionaries
Synopsis: From a girl in Virginia who thought the Bible stories were myths, to a woman in China who did all she could to teach people about Jesus, children can follow the life of Lottie Moon with beautiful pictures and a fun puzzle.
Every school day, of course, we do bookwork for Math, Language/Reading, and Bible studies. We also spend an hour and a half or so reading aloud from good books, including a Bible story or devotional article, something having to do with Creation Science, history books, historical novels to go with our history study, and whatever chapter books the children choose. We also have a special class most days. For this class, we either read and/or work through a science lesson, do a history project, a geography study, or a special writing assignment. One thing that we often do during this time is read a picture book biography together. Yesterday, we read Lottie Moon: The Girl Who Reached the World. We read two other books in this series in the past few months, and the children have enjoyed all of them.
Charlotte Digges Moon, or Lottie, was born in Virginia. Her mother taught her about God and the Bible, but she did not believe these stories were real until she was 18 and couldn’t sleep one night. She began to think about God, and before long she had dedicated her life to him. Now, she wanted to tell other people about God! She and her sister were soon on their way to China.
In China, Lottie found unique ways to share God’s love with the people around her. She also came up with a new way of collecting support for missionaries. She spent the rest of her life working for the people of China, teaching them the truth from the Bible and showing them the love of Jesus.
We liked the pictures that illustrate Lottie Moon. They are simple, realistic pictures, beautiful and gentle for young children but with a puzzle woven through the entire book that my older school children loved. As with all the books in this series, they enjoyed solving the puzzle as I read the story. This was a great way to introduce the children to this woman who dedicated her life to serving Jesus.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley, and these are my honest thoughts about it.
No warnings!
Age levels:
Listening Level—Ages 3 – 4, 5 – 8
Reading Independently—Ages 7 – 9
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