Abigail and the Career Day Catastrophe: It's Time to Be a Hero… Right?
Ebook
It's nearly Career Day, and 9-year-old Abigail is trying to decide what she wants to be when she grows up. She wants to do something that will please God and her family, so she decides she will be a missionary police officer—a job that she thinks means behaving perfectly and making sure everyone else does too! But all her efforts seem to backfire. After some helpful Bible teaching from her loved ones about the story of Paul's conversion, Abigail rethinks what it means to please God and to "be good"!This fun, relatable story will help kids to realize that it’s only through Jesus that we can please God. And with the Holy Spirit’s help, they can become more like Jesus and do good works with him.This is the second book in the Abigail series, a fictional series for readers aged 7 and up that follows the adventures of 9-year-old Abigail as she figures out what faith means for her everyday life. Young readers will be inspired to read the Bible, talk to God and apply what they believe to their own lives.
• Readers get to explore the Bible alongside a realistic character of their own age, seeing faith and life from the perspective of a peer• Easy-to-read fonts and fun illustrations bring every page to life• Features easy-to-understand explanations of salvation and sanctification, made relevant for the age group• Includes book-club questions to help readers and parents get to the heart of the story together• Free online extras will be made available, including activities, coloring pages, and games based on the story
Officer DaveAn AdventureA HeroThe Yellow BucketA Bad GuyExtra GoodNo Fun AllowedWalking FeetPedro in PerilI Am the PoliceAll Cleaned UpBeing Like JesusStickyA Faucet to FixThe Bible in the ToolboxGood WorkCareer-Day CakeFilling and SpillingThe Big DayGlued!Flying, Baking Missionary Police-Officer HeroA Note from the AuthorA Sneak PeekBook-Club Questions
Bethany McIlrath truly understands how to construct an easy-to-connect-with narrative around a gospel-rich passage! Abigail and the Career Day Catastrophe is a charming, relatable, and engaging story. Fourth-grade Abigail works hard to be good, experiences crushing disappointment when her efforts fall flat, and delights in the good news of Jesus. Kids who read about Abigail will be entertained, feel understood, and, most spectacularly, come away better equipped to press God’s good news into their everyday lives.
The second in a new series by Bethany McIlrath, Abigail and the Career Day Catastrophe finds Abigail navigating a big career day project at school. As she dreams about what she might be when she grows up, she comes to understand that a person’s job isn’t to be perfect, because that is a job only Jesus can do! Readers will learn, along with Abigail, that God gives good gifts to each of us to do good works—but that the greatest gift is his saving grace.
In the Abigail books, Bethany McIlrath demonstrates how a family’s commitment to their shared faith can help a nine-year-old girl navigate the everyday problems that children face. Each book not only tells a clever, funny story about Abigail but also successfully unpacks the biblical truths that Abigail discovers along the way.
Bethany has created a delightful series that helps young readers connect their faith with their everyday life. Abigail’s adventures are fun and relatable, delivering valuable lessons for all kids and making this series a great one to add to your bookshelf.
- Title: Abigail and the Career Day Catastrophe: It's Time to Be a Hero… Right?
- Authors: Bethany McIlrath, Katie Saunders
- Publisher: The Good Book Company
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781802540987, 1802540989
- Resource ID: LLS:9781802540987
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-16T17:46:20Z