Book Review "The Devil's Storybook"

If wishes were horses not all men would ride; this sums up the first chapter of "The Devil's Storybook". This book is directed at a young adult audience and can best be described as an elementary version of the Screwtape Letters. Discussing the devil and his tactics with children can lead to dark or confusing discussions, this book addresses that problem by discussing Satan using the the fairy tale. The ten tales discusses 10 different ways the devil appeals to us earthly folk. Each tale invites discussion and I recommend that Mom and Dad read this along with their children age 10 and older

Book Review "All the World"

On the back flap of this picture book it is exclaimed that the authors "spend a lot of time quietly trying to make sense of our big, round world by creating picture books". When I try to have a discussion of abundance with anyone who has a scarcity/global warming/overpopulation ideology, it is difficult for them to 'see' my point of view. This book shows a world of abundance using glorious drawings of a world that is cold and hot, wet and dry, old and young. I wish I had had this book when my own children were developing their view of the world.