Books for Little Historians

Growing up I was a bit of a church history nerd. I loved doing my Sunday School project every year about a missionary from the past. My favourite class ever at school was Early Church History. I loved it. When I got to University I took two first year modules in it and was so excited about final year when I could choose to focus on Church History in my Ancient History degree, but then the lecturer took a sabbatical and I ended up doing Athenian Law. True story and yes it's as boring as it sounds. I love the stories of those who stood for their faith in the early days, through to the reformation and those who took the gospel throughout the world more recently. I've always loved getting biographies when I was younger and recently there have been a few books bringing these stories to life for really little ones...

Little Lights Series

Published by Christian Focus

These 8 books tell the stories of 8 people who have influenced the church or gone to share the gospel in a far off corner of the world. Without a doubt these are my favourite in biographical books for little ones. They are colourful and on one page have a more detailed story while on the opposite page the same story simplified for the very young. The series is broad, including John Calvin, Martin Luther, Helen Roseveare, Amy Carmichael, Hudson Taylor, George Muller, Hudson Taylor and David Livingstone. I particularly like the ones on Calvin and Luther as these men played such a significant role in the shaping of our theology and it's never too young to learn about them.

Heroes of the Faith Series

Published by Banner of Truth

I've tried to really like this series, I really have but I don't know how I feel about them really. They have amazing potential but somewhere along the line I feel they've missed the target. To be fair, I've never actually tested them out on a child but I've no idea what age they're for. They have a lot of text but yet their layout is that of a large picture book and it looks a little 1980's in style. The content is good though!

The Church History ABC's

Published by Crossway

This is a really colourful book which covers 26 people from church history, starting with Augustine, it has one individual for each letter of the alphabet. It is a really fun book which although not providing a lot of information on each character provides an introduction to many who the child my want to learn more about.