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August 2024 Book Club Recommendations
Our goal in the Foundation Worldview Book Club is to provide resources for you to have meaningful, literature-based worldview discussions with the children God has placed in your care. We work hard to choose books with insightful, truth-based themes. However, we know that our subscribers will have different convictions about the content they allow in their homes, churches, and classrooms. We encourage you to read the recommended books ahead of time, to ensure that the content fits within the framework you have already established in your ministry context. Please also note that by recommending a certain book, Foundation Worldview is not endorsing every work published by a particular author. Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, Foundation Worldview will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.
Book for Adults
Visionary Parenting
Rob and Amy Reinow
Are you struggling just to make it through each day with your children? Or have you taken the time to grasp God’s big vision for your family? Visionary Parenting brings biblical clarity to the purpose of family and offers practical advice on how to capture and live out God’s visions for your family.
Be sure to watch our webinar with Rob Reinow.
Book for Children Ages 8-12
Ember Falls
S.D. Smith
Due to the heroics of Heather and Picket at Jupiter’s Crossing, Smalls is able to declare himself the heir of Jupiter and begin to rally loyal rabbits to his cause. Picket searches desperately for his enslaved family as second in command of the Fowlers, and Heather aids Doctor Emma and prepares for a greater slaughter to come. Yet when a rogue prince reveals himself and produces Kyle as heir to the throne of Natalia, Heather and Picket must once again decide where their loyalties lie…even as they themselves are being betrayed.
Question 1 - At the beginning of the book, Pickett is completely focused on his desire to rescue his family. While this desire is a good desire, his self-focus ultimately leads to Prince Smalls’ death. How do we see Pickett grow from being selfish to being selfless throughout the book?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how Picket begins to think through the potential outcomes of his desires. He seeks to protect Emma and work for the good of those fighting alongside him.
Question 2 - Throughout the book, Heather works to protect Emma, ultimately sacrificing her freedom to save Emma. Why is sacrificing for others a good and beautiful thing?
Discussion Guide - Read John 15:12-14. Then discuss how Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us. Scripture tells us that this is the highest form of love.
Question 3 - Prince Bleston pretends to want to work toward the Mended Woods, but in the end, it is clear that he only wants power. How are Prince Bleston’s motivations similar to or different than the motivations of Pickett and Heather?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how Prince Bleston doesn’t care about anyone other than himself. His only goal is power. At the beginning of the story, Pickett is completely focused on what he wants. However, when he sees the cost of his selfishness, he focuses on the good of others. Unlike Bleston, Heather is willing to sacrifice her own good for the good of Princess Emma and her people.
Book for Children Ages 4-7
God’s Sign Posts
Sam Allberry
Our world is filled with signs pointing us to important places - highways, hospitals, airports, and more! Join Ethan and Lila as they learn about marriage, a very important signpost God has given that points straight to His deep love for us.
Question 1 - What are some signposts that you see every day? What do these signposts point you to?
Discussion Guide - Discuss signs in your neighborhood (street sign, stop sign, speed limit sign, etc.). Then, discuss how each sign points you to the truth about something (the name of a street, where you need to stop, the safe speeds at which to travel, etc.).
Question 2 - Read Ephesians 5:31-32 and Revelation 19:6-8. Then ask, “What truths do these passages reveal about marriage and what it points to?”
Discussion Guide - Discuss how God designed marriage to point us to Jesus’s love for the church
Bonus Question 1 - If your child has gone through Foundation God’s Good Design Curriculum, ask, “What did God design marriage to be?”
Discussion Guide - Review the truths from Unit 3, Lesson 5 (marriage is one man and one woman becoming one flesh for life) and Unit 3, Lesson 6 (marriage is a picture of Jesus and the church).
Bonus Question 2 - If your child has gone through Foundation God’s Good Design Curriculum, ask, “Why is it that sometimes humans do not like the idea of marriage being just one man and one woman?”
Discussion Guide - Review the truths from Unit 3, Lesson 8 (because of sin, we may desire the wrong kind of love in relationships) and Unit 3, Lesson 9 (because of sin, we often reject or ignore God’s good design).
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