Review of Snatched Up to Heaven for Kids

[Mariana Arango]

[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" by Jemima Paul, Arvind Paul.

Volunteer review by Mariana Arango Palacio.

Rainbows were as bright as emeralds, streets, and cities made of gold, trees full of fruits, animals playing everywhere and living in peace, princes, and princesses living in this beautiful city... This is the image conveyed by this beautiful children's story.

Jemima Paul and Arvind Paul were inspired by their own story with their daughters to create this innocent and beautiful Christian story.

Emma is an eight-year-old girl who begins to have recurring dreams of visiting paradise with her younger sister Bella.
The writers describe to us through Emma's dreams what paradise looks like, who it is inhabited by and what is the lifestyle of heaven.

This story is told from the perspective of the protagonist, an eight-year-old girl, so the message is forceful and easy to understand for the child audience to which it is directed.
Although the story is narrated by a little girl, I found no grammatical errors or contradictions within the story, which makes me think that the story was professionally proofread and edited.

I enjoyed the cute illustrations that brought the story to life. The illustrations allow you to see the world the way Emma sees it, meet Emma's family, and be inside dreams of heaven.

I dislike that the main problem of the story develops from fear. I would like Emma to experience a problem that would help her grow more as a person and develop instead of deepening the ideals that have been instilled in and reinforced throughout her life.
I would also like Emma's desire and goal to be born out of love to help other people and not out of fear of the consequences.

I think it would also be a good contribution to include different religions within the story, this would allow the story to reach a much larger audience and people's hearts to be open to other options and lifestyles of people from all over the world, thus increasing love in humanity.

I rate four out of five stars because I would like the main problem to go deeper and the protagonist could learn much more by solving the problem, however, it is a very beautiful story, very well narrated, with beautiful drawings, and with a very specific audience.

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Snatched Up to Heaven for Kids
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