Honey for a Child’s Heart

I bought this book for the booklist but I got more than I anticipated. Though the subject matter was “preaching to the choir”, I got more out of it than I expected. Here are some of my favorite take aways:

• As parents we are concerned about building whole people – people who are alive emotionally, spiritually, intellectually. The instruction to train up a child in the way he should go has enormous dimensions (Proverbs 22:6). pg 9
• C.S. Lewis said that no book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally worth reading at the age of fifty. pg 25
• Good literature has aways dealt with truth, but not in a way that makes readers less. Good literature shows readers how to be more. pg 48
• … valuable experiences are not always appreciated at the time; later they yield their rewards. pg 52
• Ask a child if he wants to read the Bible after breakfast, and he may say no. Build it into the routine as naturally as drinking orange juice, and he will get proper nourishment. pg 72
• We only have a heritage; we are giving our children one. We decide what kind it will be. pg 73
• C.S. Lewis spoke of a child who on Easter morning was heard whispering to himself, “Chocolate eggs and Jesus risen!” We need both the joy of chocolate eggs and Jesus risen in our lives. pg 86

I recommend this book to anyone who works with children, anyone who has children, or any adults who enjoy “children’s literature” and want a booklist. 📚

I also purchased “Honey for a Teen’s Heart” which I hope to read soon.

P.S. My kiddos learned how to fold origami paper cranes!