People ask us for recommendations for devotionals even though we may not include devotional books in the collection because people would check them out for a year.
What do you recommend they purchase for devotional books for children that have devotionals that have a story about children their age with a Bible-based truth and prayer thought for each day?
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"Tiny Thologians" has some devotional workbooks that look very good, as does "Not Consumed". I have not yet personally purchased from either company so I can't verify content, although my own children LOVE the "Tiny Theologians" podcast and I have found the content to be thrologically rich and sound.
If you are more looking for a bedtime story type book, I highly recommend "God's Big Story" by Kevin DeYoung, We have also enjoyed Louis Giglio's "Indescrible" series. (My kids are 8 & 7 for reference)
I had another thought regarding devotionals. I understand that people might want to keep a devotional for a year and that can work if noone wants the same devotional. During Covid my local library would automatically renew my books until I returned them unless someone placed a hold. Then I would get a different e-mail. Have you considered encouraging people to experiment with different devotionals throughout the year. One more thought and I'll surrener my soap box. A friend does a daily devotional with her sister: one in Rhode Island, the other in Florida, Two or more could gather by phone and share a devotional.
My church recently purchased God is my Friend: 365 Daily Devos for Boys and God is my Friend: 365 Daily Devos for Girls, both by Veggietales
We rarely purchase devotional books for out library, but if it is very popular as per author, genre, subject, we do aquire it and check it out so that person interested in it can see if it is something worth purchasing for themselves. Plus some people enjoy them so much they read it like a regular book.:)
Although we rarely purchase devotional books for adults because they are rarely checked out, we have 3 books for children by Louis Giglio that contain 100 devotions each: Indescribable, The Wonder of Creation, and How Great is Our God. We also have Roars Like a Lion by Levi Lusko and I Am by Diane M. Stortz. Because they are relatively new in the library, we haven't received much feedback yet. I apologize if these comments show up twice; they disappeared off my page the first time around befor posting, I think.
I've only had a few minutes during the past week to shop for such a devotional for children. These may only be available as dated magazines or leaflets connected to Bible study curriculum materials. I've emailed the kids publisher in chief at Lifeway.