Your Core by Callie Grant – Book Review
How do you explain the concept of the soul to a young child?
That’s the dilemma that parents of preschool children face – but Callie Grant solves – in her latest board book, Your Core, which releases on September 1, 2014!
Your Core explains – in terms that even young children can understand – how each of us has a core – how cores have a purpose – and how the core part of us – our soul – is the part of us where God resides.
The brilliantly colored illustrations by Missi Jag beautifully illustrate the text and draw young readers closer to God!
Your Core is the latest book from Graham Blanchard – a Christian publisher whose books help parents teach their children about God.
One unique characteristic about Graham Blanchard books is that they are categorized based on their approach to spiritual development. Your Core is an Absorb book, which means its focus is on connecting facts about God with your child’s inner life, so that your child can respond to God on a more personal level and learn to trust and love God!
Another distinctive is that each book is built around a Scripture. The Scripture for Your Core is Ephesians 3:16-17:
I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
If you are the Christian parent of a child between the ages of 0 through 5, consider Your Core a must for your child’s personal library!
I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.
Celebrate Graham Blanchard’s 1st Anniversary At Create With Joy!
Create With Joy is excited to announce that Graham Blanchard will celebrate their 1st Anniversary on October 1, 2014 – and we’ve been invited to take part in the festivities in a very special way!
Tune in on Monday, October 6, 2014 for your opportunity to Win an Anniversary Gift Basket from Graham Blanchard!
This event will be tons of fun so be sure to mark your calendar! See you on October 6th!
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About Callie Grant
Callie is a writer and editor whose work has taken her from the Tennessee Valley to Silicon Valley, where she learned about starting new ventures. In the 1990s, Callie was part of the Scholastic, Inc. product development team in Palo Alto, where she developed a passion for educational publishing and children’s books, later authoring two titles. She and her husband Michael and their daughter live with the family pup in Austin.
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- Your Core is available on Amazon.
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Wow…this is a book for all ages.
I don’t know if we truly understand the core of our being.
I am excited that this is being introduced to children.
I look forward to the upcoming party..
Super cute. I have seen Callie’s other books and love them. My kids are a little too big for them but loved reading though them anyway. Stopping over for SITS.
Hi Kimberly,
Thanks for stopping by! Doesn’t Callie write the sweetest books?
Even if your kids are past the board book stage, they are great to learn about and share with other moms!
Have a wonderful week and thanks for visiting from Sharefest! 🙂
Awesome. I hadn’t heard of this, so I am glad I stopped by. I will check this book out!
Thanks for stopping by Elizabeth – Your Core is a new release – so glad you are one of the first to discover it!
I will definitely be checking these books out! I love to support any children’s book that centers around scripture. Thank you for sharing at Mama Mondays!
Oooh I’m loving this! I need to check this book out! Thank you for linking up with us! 🙂
My pleasure Leslyn – be sure to mark your calendar so you can join us for the Celebration!
Stopping by from the Kidlit Blog Hop[ to say hello. and I’m thinking this is an excellent concept for a book!
The book and story look adorable! I love how accessible the writing is to young kids. Thanks for sharing on KidLit BlogHop this week!
-Reshama @Stackingbooks
Wow! This book looks fantastic! I can’t wait to check it out! Thanks so much for sharing this at Booknificent Thursday at Mommynificent.com! Hope to see you again soon!
Tina
What a fascinating approach to teaching children about a complex topic. Your review is wonderful — very detailed and helpful in getting a thorough understanding of what this book teaches. Thanks for sharing on the Kid Lit Blog Hop!
What a cool event opportunity! Thanks for sharing with the KLBH 🙂
You’re welcome Jaymie – hope to see you at the event next month!
What a great event to have on your blog and the board book is one that we would have loved to have had when Darling Daughter was much younger. Sounds lovely. Thanks for sharing on the Kid Lit Blog Hop! Have a paw-riffic day. Off to Tweet about this post. 🙂
Explaining souls to kids does sound hard to do! I’m glad Your Core helped! Thanks so much for sharing at the Kid Lit Blog Hop!
You’re welcome! Be sure to stop by and enter the Graham Blanchard giveaway to celebrate their first birthday! 🙂