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The King’s Christmas list by Eldon Johnson is a beautifully illustrated children book. With baby blue soothing cover along with a plump looking little girl holding a cake with her dog and her teddy. There’s a horse pulling a carriage in the book  background. Sweet looking book that looks fun to read to your little girls on Christmas eve while waiting for Santa to come to deliver his gifts under the Christmas tree.

This book… is not just for children as the message that it sends across is laden with moral values and is highly methapor-ed.

The book starts off with the little girl in the picture. She’s called Emma. Emma and her little puppy, Shu-Shu was decorating the playhouse for Christmas. And then, out of the sudden, she heard voices, saying ” How do you make the mailbox shine like the Christmas Star?”.

And then, Emma glanced behind her and saw the mailbox was indeed shining like a Christmas Star.  At first, she was afraid to open the letter inside of the mailbox, but when she finally did, she happened to find out that she was invited to the King’s birthday party.

And then, magical things started to happen. She could suddenly understood what her dog was talking, and the dog could understand her too.

Emma was really happy to be invited to the King’s birthday party, but then, she was saddened, because she have nothing to offer the King as his birthday present. When she went inside of the playhouse… she saw a cake that she made with her mother, and decided that it’s the perfect birthday present for the King.

And off Emma went to the King’s birthday bash. But along the way to the King’s birthday party, Emma and her dog encountered many people that needed help. Emma and Shu-Shu ended up giving up her teddy, her cake and even her winter cape so that she could help the needy and arrived at the King’s birthday party with nothing to offer him as a birthday present. Emma was embarrassed and saddened, not being able to offer the King anything on his birthday.

What will the King say? What will the King do? Well, if I answer that, it would be telling.

The King’s Christmas List is full of metaphor and it reminds us the true meaning of Christmas. Emma’s sacrifices along the way to the King’s party showed us that sometimes, giving is the most precious gift that one could offer.

Highly recommended book for little girls… and maybe boys too…perfect Christmas story to be read on the Christmas eve with your little one.

4 stars out of 5 stars.

Thomas Nelson Publishers provided this as an advance reading for their Booksneeze bloggers program . I was not required to write a positive review and therefore, the book review is 100% my own opinion.

A Leader’s Heart is 365-Day Devotional Journal. Yes, you heard me right. It’s a gift book + a journal. The purpose of this book is to develop a strong, and solidly dependable leader, be it spiritually or physically. The owner of this book is supposed to read this book 365 days- which means everyday, and jotted down their thoughts on each day. It’s some sort of ‘questionnaire journal’ where there’s pre-printed motivational question that prompt you to do some soul searching.

There are loads of scriptures in it. Reminding you that even when you’re a leader, you should not forget that there’s a holier leader up above, which is Him.

One of my favourite scripture in the book is this:

⁹“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Luke 11:9-10

And then… below of the scripture… it explains how you could apply it to your business and also leadership, with a questionnaire of the day, which is; What do you do when you face with a difficult decision?

This is really a good book… well, at least to those leaders who would set some time aside to be closer to God through writing a journal and reflecting about themselves.

Do I recommend this book? Yes… I do, recommend this book. Good for businessman and anyone who would like to bring out a leader in them. I rate this 3 stars out of 5. I thought they could make the cover more interesting.

Thomas Nelson Publishers provided me this book for an advance reading as part of their Booksneeze bloggers program . I was not required to write a positive review and therefore, the book review is 100% my own opinion.

When I first received this book… all I had to say was WOW. The book is not only huge, but it is beautiful as well. Each pages shows Lord’s glory… through his wonderful creation… the space… the stars, the galaxy and the milky ways.

Heaven Proclaims His Glory shows how beautiful and how huge His creation are. Each pages are beautifully photographed, and there’s loads of memorable and inspiring bible quotes, accompanying the scientific facts on each pages of Heaven Proclaims His Glory.

This book is captivating. Suitable for adults and children alike. And indeed, God never cease to make us wonder how almighty He is through his wonderful creation.

This book is a beautiful gift book that I intend to keep for myself…I wish that the author emphasize a little bit more on the scientific facts, though. The book would have been perfect read if there’s more scientific facts inside of it.

Wonderful book, 4 stars out of 5 for the beautiful photograph as well as biblical messages. Highly recommended to adults and children alike, and perfect for permanent libraries.

I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers for an advance reading as part of their Booksneeze bloggers program . I was not required to write a positive review and therefore, the book review is 100% my own opinion.

Boy Who Changed The World about a little boy called Norman. Norman is a very special boy. He have a very generous heart, and all he want is to feed people who are hungry and on the verge of starvation.

But Norman couldn’t feed people who are hungry out there without the help of the adults, and other people who are in power. He needs help to accomplish his dreams-to feed people who are hungry.

The Boy Who Changed The World is a story of a little boy, with big heart, and big dream, and needs help from the people around him to realize that this world is still haunted with hunger and starvation.

Simple bed time story for parents. Every parents who have a little boy… or even a little girl would be able to appreciate this book as a good bedtime story. There are many lesson to be learned from this book. Among them is that nothing is impossible, and it doesn’t matter that if you’re small, you are actually important and held some significant to others.

This book teaches that what children says matters, and teaches the reader that we ought to be grateful of what we have.

Thumbs up for The Boy Who Changed The World. A good read. 4 stars out of 5 stars, and I wish they would make a girl version out of this book.

I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers for an advance reading as part of their Booksneeze bloggers program . I was not required to write a positive review and therefore, the book review is 100% my own opinion.

First of all, I want to say that The Butterfly Effect is a very visual and beautiful book, perfect for gifts. It’s beautifully illustrated with glossy material and whatnot.

Butterfly Effect emphasize that no one in this world is insignificant, and whatever you do, matters and have lasting effects on your surrounding, whether you realize it or not.

The book is loosely based on the ‘Butterfly Effect’ theory:

The butterfly effect is a common trope in fiction when presenting scenarios involving time travel and with “what if” scenarios where one storyline diverges at the moment of a seemingly minor event resulting in two significantly different outcomes.

Butterfly Effect is a very good book… it tries to convince you that nobody is small, no matter how small they feel, and they’re equally important as well.

However, I could not fully appreciate the true beauty of this books because it used many American history examples. Non-Americans would not be able to appreciate and relate with those stories inside The Butterfly Effect.

Good read? Recommended? Only to Americans. 2 stars out of 5 stars.

I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers for an advance reading as part of their Booksneeze bloggers program . I was not required to write a positive review and therefore, the book review is 100% my own opinion.