Review of Snatched Up to Heaven for Kids

[Susie Belshaw]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Snatched Up to Heaven for Kids" by Jemima Paul, Arvind Paul.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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Snatched Up to Heaven for Kids
Rating 4/5

Snatched up to Heaven for Kids is a story aimed at children to explore heaven, what it is, what it looks like and what to expect when you go to heaven. It teaches children that they should embrace God and spread his message to the world so that others can experience the warmth of God's love in heaven.
The book is about Emma and her sister Bella who visit heaven in their dreams each night, the book references different passages from the bible to justify the imagery Emma sees in her dreams.
There are illustrations on most pages to engage the reader, the images are bright and colourful and depict wholesome family scenes as well as scenes from heaven.
I would have liked to see a bit more cultural diversity in the images used in the book, there are illustrations of heaven but nearly all of the persons pictured are white which I feel is an inaccurate depiction of Christians.
With the language in the book I found the use of capital letters mid-sentence for the words him, he, my and me unnecessary as it felt like the characters were emphasising that word and when it was dialogue from Jesus it felt unnatural for him to emphasise me and my in this manner.
I did enjoy the direct quoting from the bible, it was included in a way that felt natural in dialogue whereas it could have easily felt disjointed from the story.
Overall I would recommend this book to anyone interesting in teaching their children about heaven in an engaging way, it is educational and would make a good first introduction to heaven to a child without emphasising too much on the hell counterpart, although the book does touch on hell briefly there are no particularly scary elements.

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Snatched Up to Heaven for Kids
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