{"id":5971,"date":"2005-12-30T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-30T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/12\/reader-bleg-5.html"},"modified":"2005-12-30T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-30T11:00:00","slug":"reader-bleg-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/12\/reader-bleg-5.html","title":{"rendered":"Reader Bleg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Onto my request, trying to find books for my 5 year
old boy to grow and reinforce his faith.  We read from
a children’s Bible (the 365 days of readings one,
starting 2nd year repeats), but have been through
amazon, googling your site etc. trying to find book(s)
that through action\/adventure\/etc. captivate his mind
to learn about his faith.<\/p>\n

Saw your books (Saints, Heroes), but the
categorization for these appears to be for older kids
– figured you’d know better than anyone.  <\/p>\n

Would be more than happy to buy through your site, or
clickthrough to Amazon as a minor recompense for your
time… however, I bet many readers might be
interested in the question, as it relates to many hot
topics (raising children in the faith, masculine role
models, etc.)<\/p>\n

Appreciate in advance any guideance you could provide.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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