Wow, it has been so long since I have shared anything new with You All! Summer and a pregnancy that is so very close to coming to an end have really kept me preoccupied the last few months. We have enjoyed several fun adventures and a lot of baby sister prep this summer. But August has defintely brought the summer heat and with that, a reason to spend some time indoors with some fun, new picture books. One of the best in our pile has been The Frightening Philippi Jail by Gary Bower.
This is the first of his A Faith that God Built series that we've read and I was really impressed with it! Each book in the series features a foundational bible story and and introduces it in the build upon rhyming format of the house that Jack built. The Frighenting Philippi Jail is about the miraculous recscue of Paul and Silas from the the jail in Philippi.
The book starts out by introducing the very unpleasant conditions of the jail- complete with "bugs and rats and slugs" and intriguing illustrations to match. This defintely got my boys attention from the start!
The story proceeds to tell how Paul and Silas shouldn't have even been in this jail but we're nonetheless singing praises to God and witnessing to the other prisoners. Of how their shackles miraculously fell to the floor and this incident brought the jailer to Christ.
This book does a great job of bringing this important story from the Bible to kids in a captivating way. I am eager to add other titles from this series to our library!
Thanks to Tyndale Publishers for providing me with this title to review.
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