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Mary Alice Jones

Autor(a) de The Ten Commandments for Children

61 Works 2,084 Membros 7 Críticas

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Obras por Mary Alice Jones

The Ten Commandments for Children (1943) 186 exemplares
God Loves Me (1959) 119 exemplares
Tell Me About Jesus (1900) 104 exemplares
The Baby Jesus (1961) 102 exemplares
Tell Me About God (1943) 99 exemplares
God is Good (1955) 97 exemplares
God's Plan for Growing Things (1964) 87 exemplares
Prayers for Little Children (1937) 80 exemplares
Friends of Jesus (1954) 79 exemplares
Bible Stories: Old Testament (1946) 64 exemplares
Bible Stories for Little Children (1949) 61 exemplares
Friends are for Loving (1958) 55 exemplares
Tell Me about the Bible (1945) 54 exemplares
Jesus and the Children (1961) 53 exemplares
Tell Me About Prayer (1948) 53 exemplares
My first book about Jesus (1951) 52 exemplares
Stories of the Christ Child (1940) 49 exemplares
Tell Me About Christmas (1958) 48 exemplares
Jesus Who Helped People (1964) 44 exemplares
The Twenty-third Psalm (1964) 44 exemplares
The Bible Story of the Creation (1941) 37 exemplares
Bible Stories for Children (1825) 36 exemplares
His Name Was Jesus (1950) 31 exemplares
Tell me about heaven (1956) 29 exemplares
The Lord's Prayer (1964) 29 exemplares
Know Your Bible (1965) 24 exemplares
The Faith of Our Children (1929) 24 exemplares
God Speaks to Me (1961) 21 exemplares
Tell Me About God's Plan For Me (1965) 18 exemplares
The Story of Joseph (1965) 17 exemplares
Me, Myself and God (1965) 13 exemplares
I'm Growing, Too! (2004) 11 exemplares
Jesus and his friends (1947) 9 exemplares
My Own Book of Prayers (1938) 8 exemplares
God's Church is Everywhere (1965) 6 exemplares
Old Testament Stories (1939) 6 exemplares
Thank You, God (2007) 5 exemplares
The Story of David (1900) 5 exemplares
God bless me 1 exemplar
Thank You Prayers 1 exemplar
My First Prayers (2005) 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1898
Sexo
female

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This book consists of four previously published (presumably) children's books: The Baby Jesus, Jesus and the Children, Jesus Who Helped People, and Friends of Jesus. These books were originally published in the 1960s between 1961 and 1964. (IF I read Roman numerals correctly.) The first story, as you can surmise from the title, is the Christmas nativity story. The other three titles are thematically grouped narratives. Jesus and the Children focuses in on passages of scripture in which Jesus interacted with children. Jesus Who Helped People has the broadest narrative. Readers get a series of vignettes. Friends of Jesus tells two stories. First it tells of the calling of [early] disciples Peter and Andrew. Second, it tells the story of Zacchaeus.

The first two books seem to go together well. The last two books seem to go together well.

I bought the book because I have a weakness for vintage children's books. The books have a narrative style that reads vintage or old-fashioned. For better or worse. I'm not saying it is always, always, always better. But it's definitely not for the worse in this instance in my opinion. The books almost have the same narrative flow as Dick and Jane. These are books meant to be read by kids.

First paragraph of The Baby Jesus,

Mary and Joseph were going to Bethlehem. Mary was riding on a little gray donkey. Joseph was walking, leading the donkey. Soon it would be dark. Mary was tired. She knew it was time for her baby to be born. She drew her shawl closer about her to keep warm. "There," Joseph said. "There is Bethlehem. It is not far now." Mary looked up and saw the town. "We are almost there," she said. Mary and Joseph came to the town. They went to the inn where the travelers stayed. The door was closed. Joseph knocked at the door. He knocked again and again.
I appreciate older texts and seeing snapshots of the times.

I know there can be some debate among Christians on if [artistic] illustrations are a violation of the second commandment, but, for those that are not so convinced [at least not in regards to bible story books for children as opposed to art hanging in sanctuaries or icons] vintage art can be quite delightful. The first two books in particular I really enjoyed the artwork.
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blbooks | Mar 6, 2024 |
Cute illustrations
 
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drmom62 | 1 outra crítica | Apr 21, 2023 |
 
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WBCLIB | Feb 27, 2023 |
Genesis, Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, David and Goliath, Samson and Delilah, Jonah and the Whale, Moses
 
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Folkshul | Jan 15, 2011 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
61
Membros
2,084
Popularidade
#12,328
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
7
ISBN
39

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