This suggestion may be a little late for this Christmas season, but Keeping Holiday by Starr Meade is a book you may want to consider for your family library. It's described as a cross between "Pilgrim's Progress" and "The Chronicles of Narnia". Though recommended for ages 8 and up to read on their own, many moms have read it to children as young as 5. I love a book that appeals to the parent as much as the child! Justin Taylor posted an interview with Starr Meade on his blog. Here's amazon's description of the book and a few recommendations. [Two of Meade's other books are available in the FBC Library: Grandpa's Box: Retelling the Story of Redemption and Training Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotions Based on the Shorter Catechism.
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"Dylan loves his family's yearly vacation
to Holiday and wishes it could last all year. When he finds a flyer
asking if he'd like to keep Holiday, he encounters a bigger and better
Holiday than the one his family has always visited; he also learns that
entering it requires the Founder's authorization. Thus begins Dylan's
quest to meet the one of whom people keep saying: "You can't find
the Founder; he finds you. / He's not just the Founder, he's the
Finder too."
As Dylan reads of Holiday's origins, he experiences a number of adventures and meets characters who represent the sights and sounds he always finds in Holiday - characters who explain how each of these familiarities points to the Founder's previous rescue of the city's inhabitants. And the more Dylan learns, the more he longs to personally know the one who holds the key to entering the "real Holiday."
Writing for elementary-age children and older, author, teacher, and grandmother Starr Meade offers a book that families can read together, discovering along with Dylan how God brings a person to faith. Keeping Holiday is also a charming, insightful way to help children grasp the meaning of the Incarnation."
"I love it. In reading Keeping Holiday, I was reminded of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. It is delightful reading that pulls you into the adventures of Dylan and Clare and tells the story of God’s work in the lives of those who are called according to his purpose. Children from 8 to 78 will be captivated by this spellbinding story.” — R. C. Sproul, President, Ligonier Ministries
“This charming story should be repeatedly read and savored. It has the enduring and endearing quality of a good story — it lingers. It causes one to ponder gospel truth and to celebrate the Holy One of Holiday.”
— Susan Hunt
As Dylan reads of Holiday's origins, he experiences a number of adventures and meets characters who represent the sights and sounds he always finds in Holiday - characters who explain how each of these familiarities points to the Founder's previous rescue of the city's inhabitants. And the more Dylan learns, the more he longs to personally know the one who holds the key to entering the "real Holiday."
Writing for elementary-age children and older, author, teacher, and grandmother Starr Meade offers a book that families can read together, discovering along with Dylan how God brings a person to faith. Keeping Holiday is also a charming, insightful way to help children grasp the meaning of the Incarnation."
"I love it. In reading Keeping Holiday, I was reminded of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. It is delightful reading that pulls you into the adventures of Dylan and Clare and tells the story of God’s work in the lives of those who are called according to his purpose. Children from 8 to 78 will be captivated by this spellbinding story.” — R. C. Sproul, President, Ligonier Ministries
“This charming story should be repeatedly read and savored. It has the enduring and endearing quality of a good story — it lingers. It causes one to ponder gospel truth and to celebrate the Holy One of Holiday.”
— Susan Hunt
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