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montessorisbev
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Posted: Oct 22 2010 at 12:59pm \| IP Logged

Does any one know of a good book that covers ( in brief to hold interest of 9 year olds) the history of the Church?

Similarly, anything on the history of the Bible and how it came to be?

Any recommendations?

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Posted: Oct 22 2010 at 4:02pm \| IP Logged

Bev

My first thought was Story of the Church- Johnson, Hannan and Dominica and Bible History - Schuster but these are aimed at children 6th-8th grade so a bit too old. Although the Bible History is not really on how it came to be, more reading parts and answering questions.

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how the bible came to us
is in our house right now.

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I'd recommend 2000 Years of Christianity by Gloria Thomas and Warren Carroll for a brief overview of church history if you can find a copy (it's out of print). There is a fold-out painting for each century with a short accompanying article and my nine year old quite enjoys going over the artwork representing each century. The main articles are a bit over her head but it's been very easy to narrate the history in the pictures. [You can still buy a booklet Celebrating 2000 Years of Christian History with the articles and very small copies of the picture)

We've also used a catholic history text such as The Old World's Gifts to the New and a book of Saints such as The Loyola Treasury of Saints to find more information.

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Posted: Oct 25 2010 at 4:45pm \| IP Logged

Another possibility can be found here at Heritage History (a website hosting a collection of out of copyright history books).

There is a series of Church History books by the Sisters of Notre Dame which might be appropriate.

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Posted: Oct 25 2010 at 5:09pm \| IP Logged

Thank you ladies! I will check out the leads you have given me.

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Bev

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