Princess Stories: Real Bible Stories of God's Princesses
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Genres: Children's Books, Religion & Spirituality
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Children's Books, Religion & Spirituality
Book Type: Hardcover
Unfortunately, the book isn't accurate
I'm not going to lie - I had high hopes for this book and had originally planned to buy it. As it turns out, I'm really glad I checked it out of the library first.
A minor quibble with this book is that its not actually about real princesses in the Bible (or even female rulers), it's about any woman in the Bible who believed in God (& since God's King, these women are princesses). OK, eye roll, but I get it ... there aren't many "real" princesses in the Bible to fill the pages of this book. Not a huge deal.
What annoys me the most about this book is how they claim certain women were the "most/best ______" princess. Rebekah (Issac's wife) was the most helpful princess, Naomi (Ruth's mother in law) was the best role model, Ruth was the most loyal, Hannah (Samuel's mom) the most prayerful, Elizabeth (John the Baptist's mom) the most honored, The woman at the well the most forgiven, and the reader the most special princess. (for a few examples ... almost every "princess" has some such extreme title given to her).
The the "most" qualifier wasn't there, I wouldn't have a problem. Rebekah was helpful, Ruth was loyal, Hannah was prayerful, The woman at the well forgiven, and the reader special. But we have no way of knowing that any of these are the MOST or the BEST of anything.
Further, some of the examples are just incorrect. E.g., Naomi was NOT a good role model - she moved to a foreign country when famine struck Israel (they weren't to associate with non-Israelites) & her two sons married pagan women (which was expressly forbidden by God)! The woman at the well was not the most forgiven - we are all equally forgiven for all sins are equally wrong. And there are other such examples of the Bible being misrepresented throughout the book.
These issues with the book are a super disappointment. I was really looking forward to this book, but instead I feel that it falls short.
It's not all bad, however,as there are a couple things I do like about the book. After every "princess" story there is a memory verse, and on the next page there are "Princess Ponderings" where the reader is asked a couple questions about the story just read, told to read a particular Scripture and then asked a question about it. I do appreciate that aspect of the book, but sadly I don't feel like I can recommend this work overall.
I'm not going to lie - I had high hopes for this book and had originally planned to buy it. As it turns out, I'm really glad I checked it out of the library first.
A minor quibble with this book is that its not actually about real princesses in the Bible (or even female rulers), it's about any woman in the Bible who believed in God (& since God's King, these women are princesses). OK, eye roll, but I get it ... there aren't many "real" princesses in the Bible to fill the pages of this book. Not a huge deal.
What annoys me the most about this book is how they claim certain women were the "most/best ______" princess. Rebekah (Issac's wife) was the most helpful princess, Naomi (Ruth's mother in law) was the best role model, Ruth was the most loyal, Hannah (Samuel's mom) the most prayerful, Elizabeth (John the Baptist's mom) the most honored, The woman at the well the most forgiven, and the reader the most special princess. (for a few examples ... almost every "princess" has some such extreme title given to her).
The the "most" qualifier wasn't there, I wouldn't have a problem. Rebekah was helpful, Ruth was loyal, Hannah was prayerful, The woman at the well forgiven, and the reader special. But we have no way of knowing that any of these are the MOST or the BEST of anything.
Further, some of the examples are just incorrect. E.g., Naomi was NOT a good role model - she moved to a foreign country when famine struck Israel (they weren't to associate with non-Israelites) & her two sons married pagan women (which was expressly forbidden by God)! The woman at the well was not the most forgiven - we are all equally forgiven for all sins are equally wrong. And there are other such examples of the Bible being misrepresented throughout the book.
These issues with the book are a super disappointment. I was really looking forward to this book, but instead I feel that it falls short.
It's not all bad, however,as there are a couple things I do like about the book. After every "princess" story there is a memory verse, and on the next page there are "Princess Ponderings" where the reader is asked a couple questions about the story just read, told to read a particular Scripture and then asked a question about it. I do appreciate that aspect of the book, but sadly I don't feel like I can recommend this work overall.
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