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Life Story
By Virginia Lee Burton
I am curious to know what anyone thinks of this book or how you use it.
I love the pictures, but there is no way we could read it all in one setting. Spreading it out over several days has not gone over well, either, as the kids seem to lose the flow of it from day to day.
It is a wealth of information- though non religious as far as creation.
Hmm...
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That's my hesitancy. My boys are drawn to the book because it is so beautiful, but I'm not thrilled with the evolution aspects. So, it's been shelved until I figure a way to approach it.
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I've been known to read a book to myself.. and then be able to give a much faster overview of the story than reading what's written. That's one way to make it through a detailed book.
It might also make a good reference book.
And what if you used it as part of a general overview of creation? So that it's not a stand alone book you're trying to keep track of.. but more a "and this book has this to say about what we're studying" Then you have other things than just the book helping hold you to the thread of the "story".
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We used it several years ago to accompany a study of Paleontology. We loved the book. I think we read one two page spread a day, but we might have read up to 4 pages at a time. We used it as a read aloud to introduce the science lesson for the day, and from there the two big kids split into their various independent books. We greatly enjoyed the book, but you're right Melinda, this would not be a good book to sit and read in one sitting.
We read The Genesis of It All first to set up the study, and it also served as a foundation for all of our studies in Paleontology which can be heavily based in evolution. Shaw uses a line in the picture book that we repeated ad nauseam as we read anything in our Paleontology studies - as she talks about Creation, she sometimes observes, "We don't know how it happened. We weren't there to see." It's something that stuck and really helped provide a necessary context. In fact, many years after that study, my kids still repeat this line in context.
Now, each family makes their own prudential decision regarding how they approach the topic of evolution in their home with their children (how much, from what angle, etc.). We do not avoid the subject here. What I don't like is evolution taught as fact. What I don't mind is evolution proposed as theory. All that to say that because this book approaches those topics, you might want to check it out of the library first to consider it.
For background, the best book I've ever read from a Catholic perspective and containing great science and explanation is Mary Daly's Creator and Creation. It's probably beyond your son right now, but one day you'll definitely want to include it as part of science background for this topic, but it could be very helpful for you as context reading so that's why I mention it.
Having said all of that, my kids still remember the book (I asked them just now!) and commented how much they enjoyed it, especially the illustrations.
Hope this is a help as you consider.
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Mackfam wrote:
For background, the best book I've ever read from a Catholic perspective and containing great science and explanation is Mary Daly's Creator and Creation. It's probably beyond your son right now, but one day you'll definitely want to include it as part of science background for this topic, but it could be very helpful for you as context reading so that's why I mention it.
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I agree that Creator and Creation is a great book. I read it when I was dealing with a lot of New Earth conversations to help me get my mind wrapped about the subject with a Catholic bias. I don't know if I will have my kids read it, but I know I want to have all of the information fresh in my mind to interject when ever these types of of books or topics pop up.
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Thank you for the feedback and the book recommendations. I am filing it all away!
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