David and the Kingmaker
Format:Paperback
Publisher:SPCK Publishing
Published:20th Aug '15
Should be back in stock very soon
The second book in theYoung David series for children aged 3-7 about the childhood of King David.
The prophet Samuel is looking for the next king of Israel. Will he find him on David's farm? David and the Kingmaker examines the vital issue of self-worth, and reminds children that good character is far more important than good looks, brains, talent or popularity. Through his encounter with the prophet Samuel, David catches a glimpse of how God sees him, and of his amazing future as king of Israel. It is a tale which encourages us to read between the lines of what the Bible tells us about David’s early years. The light-hearted and beautifully illustrated pictures will delight parents and children alike, regardless of religious conviction.
A superb new series for primary-school children by Fiona Veitch Smith is all about David. It stirred my own limp faith, let alone my three-year-old’s burgeoning spirituality, to read of the young David’s prayer for protection – how his "heart beat as strong as a drum as God filled him up with courage". It was moving, too, to hear my child’s voice so clearly in David’s many phrases: "Dear God, why doesn’t anyone want to play with me?", or in the eager question, "Will I get a crown?" after his anointing – so well does the author understand the modern child. David’s spat with Goliath is fun, of course, but there are clever anachronistic illustrations throughout – the handsome but vain Elib in David and the Kingmaker, for example, is drawn holding a pot of hair gel. And yet biblical names and terminology are retained, even neatly explained: a prophet, we learn, is someone "who can see inside people’s hearts and minds. Jemima Thackeray, Church Times -- Jemima Thackeray * Church Times *
ISBN: 9780281074563
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 156g
32 pages