July 2023 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

Book for Children Ages 8-12

Question 1 - There are a lot of conversations about trust in this book, and sometimes the children don’t know if they’re on the right side. Have you ever been in s situation where you didn’t know what was right? What did you do? How do we, as Christians, determine what is right and what is wrong?

Discussion Guide - Allow your children to share a personal situation for the first two questions, and be prepared to share one of your own. Then discuss how God has given us His Word as the ultimate guide for right and wrong. Discuss how once we have repented of our sin and trusted in Jesus alone, we are to submit ourselves under the authority of God’s Word and live according to God’s commands.

Question 2 - Nomi and Emmet meet Adam and Eve early on in the story, who talk about how the serpent deceived them and turned them against each other. Read through the Genesis 3 account together. According to Genesis 3, what relationships were broken because of Adam and Eve’s rebellion?

Discussion Guide - Discuss how Adam and Eve’s relationship with one another (3:7), God (3:8), themselves (3:12-13), and creation (3:17-18) were broken. As their children, we have inherited Adam’s sin and all of these broken relationships (Romans 5:12). The only remedy to this is new life in Jesus (1 Corinthian 15:21-22).

Question 3 - Throughout the story. the twins have to rely on the written words of the scroll in order to make it through their adventure. How is this similar to or different than the Christian’s relationship with God’s Word?

Discussion Guide - Discuss how God’s Word gives us a true picture of reality. As fallen image-bearers, we cannot trust our hearts or our culture to guide us correctly. We must rely on the unchanging words of God, the creator and sustainer of reality.

Book for Children Ages 4-7

Question 1 - What things was Polly excited about doing when she went to the farm?

Discussion Guide - Discuss how Polly was excited to see her grandparents, milk the cows, feed the pigs, pick blueberries, and play with her cousins in the barn.

Question 2 - What happened when Polly started playing with the iTab?

Discussion Guide - Discuss how she only paid attention to the iTab and missed out on playing with her cousins, visiting Mustard in the barn, feeding the pigs, getting the rest she needed, and spending time with her grandparents.

Question 3 - Why did Polly decide to stop playing with her iTab?

Discussion Guide - Discuss how she had so much more fun helping with the animals, building a fort in the barn with her cousins, and talking with her grandparents.

Bonus Question - If your child has gone through Foundation Biblical Worldview Curriculum, ask your child why is talking and playing with people so much better for us than playing with screens.

Discussion Guide - Remind your child that we are God’s image-bearers, and He created us to be in relationship with other image-bearers.