Wise Words: Family Stories that Bring the Proverbs to Life

by Peter J. Leithart

Book Overview

In the tradition of Grimm's fairy tales, Peter Leithart has collected eighteen bedtime tales, each set invoking imagery, plots, and themes taken from Scripture, and each reveals a biblical proverb. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591280141
• ISBN13: 9781591280149
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Canon Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great Fun!

my children love this as their bedtime stories. and it makes for great conversations :)

Wise Words will be Read by Wise Parents!

If you love to read to your children, like you were read to long ago when you were little, than you will love this book! Remember those Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories that were the moral little tales meant to make us better kids? Well, these stories are reminiscent of those, and others, like Grimm's Fairy Tales, only based on the Proverbs of life found in the Bible. Each little story is the perfect 'little read' to go with that goodnight kiss and can be read in about five minutes. Each story has a moral and great little black and white illustrations that my kids loved. Our family loved this 'once upon a time' book and it will become your family favorite, too!

Great book with entertaining illustrations

My children loved the stories. They had great moral value without being preachy. My children, who are very artistic themselves, especially loved the illustrations.

Wise Words is a book of good stories for the whole family.

After reading the book myself, I found that Wise Words was not a book of stories written particularly for children, but for people of all ages. Each story includes a moral and a Bible verse that applies to the story. I enjoyed reading the stories and would suggest this book to anyone.

"Grimms fairytales" + Proverbs = great stories!

This is a great book for bedtime stories for kids, although I should mention that, in spite of what the publisher says, the stories do not take four-to-six minutes to read - more like fifteen-to-twenty. The Proverbs are very well illustrated here, and this is good to show a child what these Proverbs mean. The stories are funny, and sometimes sad. They are a great addition to a family library. One person that I know (an adult I might add)told me that, while reading the first story, he was unable to put it down. Knowing that he had an appointment, he forced himself to put it down. A moment later, it was back in his hand. He did not leave until the story was over. Although the summary says "18 of his best stories", I know the author personally, and he does not have any more. Rats!