In our former Christian private school, we read books that foster Christian character traits every Friday. Kids really enjoy the books and learn about Christian characters through read-aloud time. Stories are really cute and easy to understand for kids in early elementary levels. They listened attentively to these stories with Christian character themes, and kept asking if they can read more. They simply love Friday read-aloud time!
Adventures of Adam Raccoon by Glen Keane
One of the stories that they love is Adam Raccoon on his adventures throughout the Mater’s Wood!
The adventures of Adam Raccoon take place in the heart of the Mater’s Wood. Adam Raccoon, along with his animal friends, find both danger and beauty in the woods filled with streams, waterfalls, and tall trees. Kids will easily relate to Adam who is playful, curious, a little mischievous yet tender-hearted. Whenever Adam gets himself into trouble by going on his own way, King Aren comes to the rescue which teaches the Christian character of helping others.
I have purchased individual books instead of a set like this one, but there is an entire set of Adam Raccoon books sold online.
The Rhyme-Time Book of Christian Virtues by Michael Waite
This book covers stories on Christian values of sharing, fairness, lying, thankfulness, helpfulness, and other virtues that you can teach your children in a fun, memorable way. The humorous rhyming text and bright illustrations will delight your child and even adults. These stories are also very cute and fun to listen to.
There are 12 stories inside the Rhyme-Time Book of Christian Virtues, but each story is also available on its own.
The titles for these books are:
The Hollyhonk Gardens of Gneedle and Gnibb: A Book About Forgiving
Boggin Blizzy and Sleeter the Cheater: A Book About Fairness
Gilly Greenweed’s Gift for Granny: A Book About Showing Love
Buzzle Billy: A Book About Sharing
Max and the Big Fat Lie: A Book About Telling the Truth
Sir Maggie the Mighty: A Book About Obedience
Suzy Swoof: A Book About Kindness
Casey the Greedy Young Cowboy: A Book About Being Thankful
Handy-Dandy Helpful Hal: A Book About Helpfulness
Miggy and Tiggy: A Book About Overcoming Jealousy
Sammy’s Gadget Galaxy: A Book About Patience
Sylvester the Jester: A Book About Accepting Others
You can purchase them from the image below or borrow them from Openlibrary.org from the image below.
Good News for Little Hearts Series (10 books)
Here is another series of books that can bring practical help and biblical counsel to families. The books encourage young readers to grow in their relationship with Jesus and Christian characters in the midst of challenging circumstances. Kids can find hope in stories told by all the amazing stories with beautiful illustrations.
The titles for 10 books are:
Bester Tries to Bail: When You Are Stressed
Buster’s Ears Trip Him Up: When You Fail
Jax’s Tail Twitches: When You Are Angry
Zoe’s Hiding Place: When You Are Anxious
Gus Loses His Grip: When You Want Something Too Much
Henry Says Good-by: When You Are Sad
Tori Comes Out of Her Shell: When You Are Lonely
Caspian Crashes the Party: When You Are Jealous
Gwen Tells Tales: When It’s Hard to Tell the Truth
Halle Takes a Stand: When You Want to Fit In
Jerome's Journey by Rebecca Sanderson: Christian Virtue of Patience
If you are familiar with Lamplighter Kids Stories podcast, they published a new book, “Jerome’s Journey”. We listen to Lamplighters Kids Stories and each story is filled with Momo Macsquarrel’s obsession toward acorns and of course one important Christian virtue to remember.
Kids love listening to these stories from Momo, and Jerome’s Journey teaches us the virtue of patience when Jerome the hermit crab grows out of his shell, searching for a new shell.
Storytime: Christian Character-building stories for children
Recently, I found another wonderful book that reinforces Christian characters. It teaches about kindness, thoughtfulness, generosity as well as honey, loyalty and more. It has 30 stories inside the book, and our kids love the stories. They always ask me to read more during their bedtime story.
One amazing story is “Cornelius Jewel” and it teaches us how much more precious is her children compared to all the jewels that others regard her wealth and how important they, the children, are to God and to their parents.
You can borrow them from Openlibrary.org from the image on your left.
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