So, with five or six thousand new children's books published each year, why recommend one that is 80 years old? Several reasons. Who cares how old a story is if it's a good one? This one, by the author of the award winning The Story of Ferdinand, is a good one. Robert Lawson's black and white drawings carry the story well.
But what I most like about Wee Gillis is the Christian worldview lesson to be learned--the Almighty wastes nothing; He will use adversity in our lives to get us ready "to do good works, prepared in advance for us to do." Did Munro Leaf have this in mind as he wrote the story? I'm sure he didn't, but that is just the point. Common grace says that all people experience some of the grace of God, regardless of their religious convictions, simply by being created in His image and living in a world that He made and ordered. If we have eyes to see and ears to hear, we will see truth everywhere. Even if the artist doesn't.
Quality = 5; Acceptability = 5.
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That's some very solid theology you've pointed out in this book--makes me want to get/read the book!
Really appreciate your posts and reviews.
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