In this lively and engaging chapter book, children aged 7 plus will discover a fantastically faithful and diverse group of people who all have one thing in common: they answered God's call to be a hero. Kids will meet: * Edward Jenner: a doctor who invented the smallpox vaccine, saving millions of lives * Harriet Tubman: an escaped slave who rescued other enslaved people and worked as a spy for the Union Army * Pandita Ramabai: a Hindu convert to Christianity who rescued thousands of abandoned children and child widows * Edith Cavell: a nurse who risked her life to help both Allied and German soldiers in World War 1 and paid the ultimate price * John Harper: a pastor who saved others on the Titanic and continued to minister to others even as he and they were dying in the water * Corrie Ten Boom: a watchmaker who helped hide Jewish people escaping the Nazis * Martin Luther King Jr: a civil rights activist who led a non-violent campaign to end segregation * Jesse Owens: an African American athlete who beat all the odds to win four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics Each chapter ends with a Bible memory verse, questions for reflection and a short prayer. With humorous black and white line drawings and text that bounces of the page, this biography series for the twenty-first century will inspire kids to put their faith in Jesus and to use their talents for the glory of God.
Fantastically Faithful Heroes Who Gave Their All for God