Customer Reviews for Standard Publishing The Pumpkin Gospel Board Book
Standard Publishing The Pumpkin Gospel Board Book
My big round pumpkin shows me
God gives us a clean heart.
He will forgive our mess-ups.
He offers a new start.
God gives us a clean heart.
He will forgive our mess-ups.
He offers a new start.
Using the Halloween tradition of jack-o-lantern carving, parenting expert Mary Manz Simon shows how our heavenly Father cleans out all our "yucky" stuff and puts a light inside to shine for him. Kids will also enjoy the 12 glow-in-the-dark board book pages! Recommended for ages 3 and up.
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Customer Reviews for The Pumpkin Gospel Board Book
Review 1 for The Pumpkin Gospel Board Book
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a concept used is know in book form
Date:October 26, 2012
teddy
Location:Walnut, ca
Age:55-65
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This lesson has been used by Christian teachers for a long time know we have book that can reinforce the concept and parents can read and share with their child. The words are appealing . Something for Christians to focus on when pumpkins are out this time of year. Hopefully children will think of it when they see pumpkins.
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Review 2 for The Pumpkin Gospel Board Book
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a great way to share the gospel with children
Date:October 24, 2010
Cakelady
Location:Barrie Ontario Canada
Age:35-44
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What a cool book! with children who are 'into' carving pumpkins, this was a really neat book for explaining the gospel to them! I've recommended this to many friends and have even read it to my preschoolers in sunday school! Love the glow in dark feature on our book too! Made it even more 'real'
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Review 3 for The Pumpkin Gospel Board Book
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A great way to illustrate God's cleansing power
Date:October 12, 2010
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f you're looking for a way to explain what Jesus does for us, The Pumpkin Gospel by Mary Manz Simon is a great place to start. In well-written rhyme, Simon uses a carved pumpkin to illustrate how God gives us a "clean heart," forgiving "our mess-ups" and offering us "a new start."
The illustrations my Matt Whitlock show a father and two children carving a pumpkin. First the kids notice the slimey, stringy goo inside the pumpkin. It reminds them of "my insides before God makes me new." Then they scoop out the glop and clean the inside of the pumpkin - just like God cleans them of sin. The kids carve a smiling pumpkin, then put a candle inside it.
"God's love is like a candle
that shines from inside out.
It's beaming deep within me,
and so I now can shout.
To glow like my big pumpkin
and have a nice clean heart,
ask God to please forgive you.
You'll have a brand new start."
that shines from inside out.
It's beaming deep within me,
and so I now can shout.
To glow like my big pumpkin
and have a nice clean heart,
ask God to please forgive you.
You'll have a brand new start."
What I Like: Both my toddler and my kindergartner like this book a lot, and so do I. Using a carved pumpkin to illustrate how God "cleans" us is a simple and effective way to make the concept really stick with kids. This is an ideal book to read before, after, or while you carve a pumpkin. In addition, I really appreciate that each page features an appropriate Bible verse at the bottom of the page. For example, the first page, which talks about how pumpkins can show us about God giving us clean hearts quotes Psalm 51:7: "Wash me...until I am clean and whiter than snow."
What I Dislike: This isn't really a dislike, but it's tough not to compare this book to Crystal Bowman's My Happy Pumpkin. As it happens, The Pumpkin Gospel was published first. I think Simon's book also explains the concept more clearly. The Pumpkin Gospel's illustrations aren't quite as nice, in my opinion, but while My Happy Pumpkin is really designed for kids under 4, The Pumpkin Gospel is best for kids 4 and up.
My only real complaints about The Pumpkin Gospel is that it never mentions Jesus ("just" God) and that the glow-in-the-dark features don't work well. To be able to actually read the book with the lights out, you have to charge each two page spread with a bright light, turn off the light, read, turn the page, turn on a bright light to charge the next two page spread, turn off the light, read, and so on. Rather than do this, I suggest parents read the book through with the lights on, then turn off the lights and give their child a flashlight to play with the glow-in-the-dark feature.
Overall Rating: Excellent.
Kristina Seleshanko
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Date:October 18, 2007
Patricia Potts
I was elated to find a jack-o'-lantern book connected to the gospel for our weekday church school! Our students are three to five years old and completely fascinated with Halloween and the prospect of receiving treats (no tricks!). We plan to read the book while carving a pumpkin with an emphasis on the gospel. Praise the author of this wonderful gospel teaching tool relevant to the season.
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