Review of Snatched Up to Heaven for Kids
Posted: 02 May 2023, 11:22
[Following is a volunteer review of "Snatched Up to Heaven for Kids" by Jemima Paul, Arvind Paul.]
The book is an excellent introduction to the concepts of heaven and hell for children for Christians. I would give it an overall rating of 4 out of five. It seems to be a book that parents and children must read together. Some pages have the words written on a white background, others on pages where the background is a drawing, and some pages contain only illustrations. Parents would read and show the children the pages that have pictures. The book heavily relies on the Bible and features verses as footnotes when necessary. In my opinion, these are for parents to reference if they wish to read the verses to their children. Almost all the concepts and verses mentioned in the book seem to be appropriate topics for children. However, one description might be too scary for children in the later part of the book when it describes hell. Some parents might think that the intense graphical representation, though still based on a Bible verse, is gore for children and might give them nightmares. Some children have more sensitivity to such topics. They typically have a history of night terrors or fear of the dark. I found no typos or grammatical errors. A possible explanation is that the book is relatively short because it is only thirty-five pages long.
There were no explicit mentions of sexual content. However, in the early chapters, there is a mention of a kiss without a precise specification on which part of the body. The description says hugs and kisses, so one would assume the passage conveys affection. However, a few parents would want the authors to add more precision, for example, a kiss on the cheek or the hand. Given the imaginative and inquisitive nature of children, they might ask. The alternative would be to eliminate the kiss concept and keep it at just hugs. For the above reasons, I would give the sexual content a rating of 0.5 out of five, mainly because it is a children’s book. There are no mentions of profanity at all in the book.
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Snatched Up to Heaven for Kids
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The book is an excellent introduction to the concepts of heaven and hell for children for Christians. I would give it an overall rating of 4 out of five. It seems to be a book that parents and children must read together. Some pages have the words written on a white background, others on pages where the background is a drawing, and some pages contain only illustrations. Parents would read and show the children the pages that have pictures. The book heavily relies on the Bible and features verses as footnotes when necessary. In my opinion, these are for parents to reference if they wish to read the verses to their children. Almost all the concepts and verses mentioned in the book seem to be appropriate topics for children. However, one description might be too scary for children in the later part of the book when it describes hell. Some parents might think that the intense graphical representation, though still based on a Bible verse, is gore for children and might give them nightmares. Some children have more sensitivity to such topics. They typically have a history of night terrors or fear of the dark. I found no typos or grammatical errors. A possible explanation is that the book is relatively short because it is only thirty-five pages long.
There were no explicit mentions of sexual content. However, in the early chapters, there is a mention of a kiss without a precise specification on which part of the body. The description says hugs and kisses, so one would assume the passage conveys affection. However, a few parents would want the authors to add more precision, for example, a kiss on the cheek or the hand. Given the imaginative and inquisitive nature of children, they might ask. The alternative would be to eliminate the kiss concept and keep it at just hugs. For the above reasons, I would give the sexual content a rating of 0.5 out of five, mainly because it is a children’s book. There are no mentions of profanity at all in the book.
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Snatched Up to Heaven for Kids
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes