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The folks at Rod & Staff are adamant in their assertions that fiction ought always to serve a higher purpose, and that higher purpose ought to be the building up of the saints in Christ. While that's certainly a laudable goal, we don't think all fiction needs to be explicitly Christian. That said, if you're looking for books you can give your kids without having to worry about inappropriate content, you can't go wrong with these.

Stories are either taken straight from Scripture, or follow the adventures of missionaries, or are character-building family tales. Not a lot of attention is paid to literary style—the purpose isn't to enthrall kids with well-crafted sentences, but to make them see the value of doing good and avoiding sin and disobedience. Because of the simplistic style, kids much older than middle school will likely find them too young.

We don't go out of our way to promote these, but we also don't discourage them. There's a lot of bad content in children's writing of the last several years, and books like these can be a refreshing break or alternative from the standard fare. That said, there's plenty of very well written classic literature available that teaches virtue and goodness while still maintaining high literary quality.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.
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ABC Book of God's Creatures
Little Jewel Books
by Jessica Kauenhofen
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Nursery-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Anthony Gets Ready for Church
Little Jewel Books
by Mary M. Landis; illustrated by Michelle Beidler
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Nursery-Kindergarten
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Bristol
by Fonda Mast, illustrated by Josephine Beachy
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Cornfield Baby and Other Nature Surprises
by Sharon Stauffer
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 2nd-5th grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
God is Good Series (9 books)
by Mrs. James Swartzentruber
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
God Loves Me
Little Jewel Books
by Leora Zimmerman, illustrated by Doris Ruppert
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Nursery-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
God's Happy Family
Little Jewel Books
by Edith Witmer, illustrated by Edith Burkholder
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
God's Jewels
Little Jewel Books
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
$1.50 (1 in stock)
God's Wonderful Water
Little Jewel Books
by Mary M. Landis, illustrated by Virginia Kreider
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Happy Helpers
Little Jewel Books
by Ruth Ann Streicher
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Happy Seasons
Little Jewel Books
by Michelle Beidler
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Nursery-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Helping Mother
Little Jewel Books
by Mary M. Landis, Illustrated by Michelle Beidler
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Learning My Numbers
Little Jewel Books
by Linda Null, illustrated by Donna Weaver
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Nursery-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Letter for Titus
Little Jewel Books
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 1st-4th grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Little Jewel Bird
Little Jewel Books
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Lost Milk Jar
Little Jewel Books
by Lucy Ann Conley
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for K-2nd grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
My First A B C Book
Little Jewel Books
by Jessica Kauenhofen
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Nursery-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Outside My Window
Little Jewel Books
by Samuel D. Coon, illustrated by Esther Giffen
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Nursery-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Pattern Book for "Treasure Beyond Measure"
for Preschool-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Rita Comes Home
by Andrew Siegrist
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 6th-Adult
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Sweet Singer
Little Jewel Books
by Marla Martin
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 1st-4th grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
This Is Mohan
Little Jewel Books
by Ella Grove, Illustrated by Edith Burkholder
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Truck and a Tricycle
Little Jewel Books
by Evelyn Hege
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 1st-2nd grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
Two Surprises
Little Jewel Book
by Lucy Ann Conley, illustrated by Edith Burkholder
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Why Do I Cry?
Little Jewel Books
by Edith Witmer, illustrated by Donna Kauffman
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Nursery-1st grade
in Rod & Staff Fiction (Location: REA-R&S)
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