Kingdoms and Empires
From SPARK
One-sentence summary
Non-fiction Christian children's book about the rise, fall, and rescue of the Jewish nation.
Description
This book helps children understand the importance of the Old Testament. Through story line, text, questions, maps, photographs, graphs, and illustrations children will learn how the nation was divided. They will learn about powerful kings and warnings by prophets that were ignored. They will learn about invading armies that caused Israel to become a barren land.
This is the story of the Israelites' captivity. It tells about their years in exile. During this time, they learned to trust God more. It ends with the rebuilding of their their land and restoring of their culture.
Chapter titles are:
- Solomon's Kingdom
- Kings of Israel
- Elijah and the Prophets of Baal
- Elijah and the King
- New King - New Prophet
- The Assyrians
- Prosperity - and Disaster
- The End of a Kingdom
- Life in Judah
- Good King Josiah
- The Babylonians
- Siege and Destruction
- Prophets of Doom and Hope
- Exiles in Babylon
- Longing for Home
- The Persians
- The Homecoming
- A New City
- Rediscovering the Law
- Understanding God's Promises
Considerations
- For children 9-14 years old.
- The last two pages list the Bible verses related to the story.
Limitations
- Most of the illustrations show only parts of people and scenes. Some of the drawings are from unusual views. These will need to be explained to children who are not picture literate.
Guidelines for Use
- As an audio book with illustrations, maps, photographs, and graphs presented on flip charts.
- As a filmstrip with the audio book.
- In schools and Christian schools.
Where to Obtain
Link to Producer or Source Organization
Cost
Currently out of print but available from Amazon.com
- Used copies from $0.47 (USD) as of June 2008
Producer/Owners
Author/Artist/Producer
- Author: John Drane
- Author: Pat Alexander
- Artist: Chris Molan
Current copyright owner
Lion Publishing, 1995
Other Information
If you are interested in translating this book for a minority language group, contact Lion Hudson plc. They will help you work out a Creative Commons License agreement.
Reviewed by
Vida, VMS
Date
June 25, 2008
