We finished reading "Hero Tales" by Dave and Neta Jackson last night.  The book is a collection of of true stories from the lives of 15 Christian heroes.  The kids learned valuable lessons of virtue through the stories presented in the book.

I would not have picked this book out on my own, but it turned out to be a nice piece to our curriculum this year.  The stories and follow-up questions were challenging, but the lessons were kept short.  We enjoyed many of the stories and learned many "character qualities" along the way.

We learned about the following heroes:  Gladys Aylward, William and Catherine Booth, Amy Carmichael, Adoniram and Ann Judson, David Livingstone, Martin Luther, Dwight L. Moody, Samuel Morris, George Muller, Menno Simons, Mary Slessor, Hudson Taylor, Harriet Tubman, William Tyndale and John Wesley.

Some of these heroes were new to us, and some we learned about last year when we read the "Heroes for Young Readers" series.  These are great books - well written and nicely illustrated.  We'll read these books again during Hawken's Kindergarten year. 

To be honest, my knowledge of Christian heroes is pretty limited.  I have learned a lot from these books along with the boys.  It's been fun to learn together!

We finished reading "Hero Tales" by Dave and Neta Jackson last night.  The book is a collection of of true stories from the lives of 15 Christian heroes.  The kids learned valuable lessons of virtue through the stories presented in the book.

I would not have picked this book out on my own, but it turned out to be a nice piece to our curriculum this year.  The stories and follow-up questions were challenging, but the lessons were kept short.  We enjoyed many of the stories and learned many "character qualities" along the way.

We learned about the following heroes:  Gladys Aylward, William and Catherine Booth, Amy Carmichael, Adoniram and Ann Judson, David Livingstone, Martin Luther, Dwight L. Moody, Samuel Morris, George Muller, Menno Simons, Mary Slessor, Hudson Taylor, Harriet Tubman, William Tyndale and John Wesley.

Some of these heroes were new to us, and some we learned about last year when we read the "Heroes for Young Readers" series.  These are great books - well written and nicely illustrated.  We'll read these books again during Hawken's Kindergarten year. 

To be honest, my knowledge of Christian heroes is pretty limited.  I have learned a lot from these books along with the boys.  It's been fun to learn together!