Antonio Meets His Match

Our family just finished watching “Antonio Meets His Match”, the newest DVD in Max Lucado’s Hermie and Friends series. This dvd was about loving your neighbors. Antonio is at odds with a few red ants that move into the garden. He must go through the process of learning to love his neighbors, even if it’s a struggle. This DVD has a great message about learning to accept people who may be different then you are. My children enjoyed the part where the Scottish ants learned to be nice to Antonio. They liked the music and dancing towards the end of the movie. I appreciate the opening and ending of the movie in which Lucado discusses the storyline. I think it really helps to clarify the message in the movie. I enjoy the positive messages in each movie released in this series. It allows me to then spend time talking to my children about how they can apply the message in their own life. We own all the dvd’s in this series, and “Antonio Meets His Match” will be a great addition to our collection. For more information visit, http://booksneeze.com/blogger/resources/9781400313082

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Take Your Best Shot

“Take your Best Shot” was an inspiring and motivating book to read. Austin at age 9, founded Hoops of Hope. This foundation raised money more for kids orphaned due to Aids. He reached out to these kids, and gave them hope through basketball. Austin was selfless in his quest to help these kids. Austin writes about his journey to Africa, and how the Aids epidemic has affected people and children in Africa. The book is easy to read, and would be simple to incorporate into a group book. Austin shows that with a little drive anyone can reach out and help those less fortunate. I plan on reading this book with my own 8 year old. This book will be an excellent teaching tool about children who live very different lives from himself. I hope this book will open his eyes and teach him how he can help others too. I especially appreciated the spiritual aspects found throughout the book. Austin believed God wanted him to pursue this charity, and he strived to fulfill God’s will. This book was truly amazing.

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The Sweet Bye and Bye

I received a complimentary copy of this book to review for Thomas Nelson’s Book Review Blogger program. I don’t know too much about Sara Evans as an entertainer. However, the back cover seemed interesting, and it had some positive reviews of the book. I quickly read the book in less than a day. I thought the book was entertaining enough. The main character Jade was rather frustrating to me. It just seemed like her character was all over the place. The parent/child scenes in the book were rather interesting, and I found I was able to relate to the father/daughter relationship all too well. I did not like the events that occurred after Jade’s 1st marriage, and found some of the storyline offensive. I wish there had been more character development of Jade’s brother Aiden. Jade’s relationship with her mother reminded me of so many mother/daughter relationships. I was happy to see them working through their problems towards the end of the book. I thought the book could have gone more in depth with Jesus and Christianity. It seemed to stay very lukewarm with Christianity. Jade and Max’s relationship was fun to read, and I thought the two characters worked well together. Overall, the author’s did a great job with this book.

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