Kids Book of World Religions, The
04. Mar, 2010 
5 Comments
- ISBN13: 9781550749595
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
By gaining a greater understanding of the cultures and beliefs of people around the world, children build respect and tolerance for the differences that make each of us unique. With objectivity and accessibility, this overview looks at the histories, scriptures, places of worship, religious leaders, gods and major festivals that are the foundations of many of the world's religions. Features a glossary and an index.
Didn’t read the book through yet, only some parts. With children this book is something that you occasionally want to have a look at whenever you or they meet children from other cultures. What I like about the book are the many illustrations. That makes it interesting for kids.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book was purchased for my grand children, but I read it before giving it to them. It was full of easy to understand information and the illustrations were very helpful.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is an excellent book for educating children on the basics of the main world religions. Unbiased and informative. Presents a basic description of the religions, what the representative images and ideas are, and some of the holidays that are celebrated.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book has good explanations and nice pictures. I was disappointed though that there is no mention of pagan or earth-based religions. I expected at least a blurb about them, since evergreens and Easter eggs were included in the section on Christianity, and neither of these are religious Christian symbols – they are pagan in origin. I think the book would have been more complete with at least a page on paganism.
Rating: 4 / 5
With the five star reviews I hoped to get a completely fair and balanced presentation of the world’s religions, but what I received appears to be biased towards Christianity. I say, “appears,” because the differences between presentations are very subtle, but compare how positive the pictures are between the section on Christianity and Buddhism and I think you’ll see the difference. Maybe it was too much to expect a completely objective overview in a children’s book. The book is still usable to teach children with, but requires a bit of explanation to insure an equal treatment. However, if you are Christian you should be very happy with this book.
Rating: 2 / 5