The Beautiful Word

The Beautiful Word Creative Coloring & Hand Lettering adult coloring book by Coloring Faith is a very nice book. It is full of inspirational quote, scripture, and pages to teach you hand lettering.

The pages are double sided. One side is normally some type of picture such as mandalas, wallpaper (covering the entire page) flowers, birds, etc.  Most pages are full page images with a lot of opportunities to color. The facing page has quotes or scriptures

The paper is a smooth, thick paper and should take most media well. The pages are also perforated if you prefer to remove to color or frame.  The images are mostly drawn with thick, dark lines which may be a turn off for some people.   The lettering pages are similar to grayscale.

If you are looking for an inspirational/Christian coloring book this one is really nice and enjoyable to color. I received this book at no charge from booklookbloggers in exchange for an honest review.

 

Kids' NIV Visual Study Bible

Kid’s Visual Study Bible, NIV, is absolutely one of the best study bibles for kids that I have seen. Although I prefer the KJV because that is what we use in our church I still love this bible. I wouldn’t say it was geared toward young kids but more toward young teens. Even I feel like as an adult I can learn from it.

The bible is full of information: timelines, genealogy trees, maps, lessons, contrast comparisons,  etc. I don’t even know where to begin to tell all that is included. I can say I will definitely be using this bible to help my youngest study when he is older.

There isn’t a concordance or dictionary included but I would say it would make it much too thick to include such, but there is and infographic index that is a good substitute and a map index.  The biggest downfall in my opinion is the weight of this bible I guess because it is a hard covered bible. At the same time the cover is much sturdier and probably will hold up better in younger hands. The print is kind of small which should be okay for younger eyes.

I would love this same bible in the King James Version but I will use this one anyway.  I highly recommend this bible to anyone who wants to study the Word.  I received this book at no charge from Handlebar Publishing in exchange for an honest review.

 

The Apache Wars

 

The Apache Wars by Paul Andrew Hutton is a history account of the Apache Native Americans. It’s the story of the 1861 kidnapping of a boy who grows up to be Mickey Free “the only man Geronimo ever feared” started the longest war in American history. It was a brutal struggle between the Apaches and the U.S. government for control of the Southwest.

Reading history has never been a great pleasure for me but lately I realize how important history really is for our country. It is important to keep those stories alive so that future generations learn from mistakes as well as the things that have been done right. The unfortunate, horrible treatment of the Native Americans by the US government was awful but a very important part of our history. Reading this book it seems to be well researched. Not being a history buff it was a little difficult for me to get into but the story was fantastic.  Some parts were a little hard to follow and there were a lot of characters to keep up with. Overall I really enjoyed reading this book.  I plan on keeping this for my son,  I believe it will be a good book to keep for his future history curriculum. I really liked the addition of the photos and illustrations included in the book. They really helped bring this book alive and helped make connections.  I would have liked to have seen some maps of the time to get a feel of the locations.

I would recommend this book for history buffs or anyone who is interested in learning more about history and Native Americans.  I received this book at no charge in exchange for an honest review from bloggingforbooks.com

 

 

Quilts, Barns and Buggies

Quilts, Barnes & Buggies: Amish Quilts and Proverbs illustrated by Julianne St. Clair is a beautiful adult coloring book. It is full of pictures of country type scenes, quilt patterns, animals, insects, barns, houses, plants.

The book is printed on every page. There are bible verses or inspirational quotes on every other page.  The paper it is printed on is very nice. They are pretty thick with a very smooth tooth.  The images are very intricate and detailed. There are a few easier pages but for the most part I would say this book has very small details and may prove a little tedious for some people. I personally love the intricate details and the challenge. I would think this book would work best with colored pencils and maybe gel pens but I haven’t tried them and they may smear easily since the pages are really smooth. 

If you love inspirational coloring books you will love this one. If you love quilts and barns with a few country scenes you will love this one.  I know it is among my favorites at this time. I received this book at no charge from booklookbloggers.com in exchange for an honest review.