Raising Real Men

Great Waters Press, publishers of Raising Real Men from my dear friend and her husband, Melanie and Hal Young, has recently published a wonderful new book: A Cry From Egypt by Hope Auer. Prior to this book I had never personally heard of Hope Auer but now I am not likely to forget her as an author. A Cry From Egypt is a great addition to any home library.

Hope Auer began writing at a young age. She developed a passion for HIStory and storytelling throughout her school years which eventually led to her development of “The Promised Land Series”. Hope places the Lord first in her life followed closely by church and her family. Her joy for writing definitely shows throughout her books and her love for educating children shows through too.

A Cry For Egypt is about the family of a young girl named Jarah who is a slave in Egypt in early biblical times. Jarah and her family are torn between God himself and the Egyptian Gods and Kings of their time. Living through the trials and tribulations of the day, Jarah’s story shows children what life was like at this crucial time period in HIStory.

This story fit in well to our daily lessons and was easily implemented into our daily story time. As a chapter book, we read it over a period of a few weeks, having a brief break for the birth of our youngest but was easily picked back up as we adjusted to his homecoming. My children enjoyed the stories inside, learning about Jarah and her family and in turn more about Egypt. Books like this one become classic favorites around our house.

Hope Auer wrote this wonderful historical fiction to capture the interest of the child reading it, as well as adults. Through it she shares life, biblical ideals and the story of the Lord in a way children can understand. This is one story you don’t want to miss.

A Cry From Egypt by Hope Auer is available as an Advanced Reader Copy for $12.50 through https://acryfromegypt.com/store/. To learn more about Raising Real Men from Hal and Melanie Young visit https://www.raisingrealmen.com/. More reviews of A Cry From Egypt and also Children In Church: Nurturing Hearts of Worship can be found on the Schoolhouse Review Blog!

*Disclaimer – A Cry From Egypt was provided to me by Great Waters Press, Raising Real Men and the Schoolhouse Review Crew for free in exchange for my honest opinion in a blog post.

Yes, this is my already dog-eared copy. ;o)

Raising Real Men:

Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys

Hal and Melanie Young

Great Waters Press
Softcover $15.00

When I found out Timberdoodle was asking for reviewers for this book I was very excited. It has been on my list of books to read for quite some time and what better opportunity to do it than for review! Melanie Young has been a dear friend of mine for a few years now. She and her family have been an inspiration for me on our journey homeschooling. I have enjoyed sharing our trials and triumphs of life and homeschooling during the time I have been blessed to know her.

The book Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys has also been a blessing. It has given me much needed insight to raising my own two boys – my son and my stepson, both of which are complete opposites with one thing in common: one day they will be Real Men.

Hal and Melanie give so much wonderful advice in this book, all with a Christian base, providing loving support and sharing their personal insights on boys. I was encouraged to see my sons in the Light of God’s glory, to view His purpose in their quirky ways and sometimes overly exuberant joys of life. Hal and Melanie give tips on each stage of a boys life on how to raise them to be strong, joyfilled Christian men, just as God intended.

Reading this book has only increased my love of the family who wrote it by helping me to realize that I am not alone in my endevours to raise caring, strong men. The authors and I use many of the same methods to create the strength and love our boys need from books and charts from Doorposts to many of the same caring, correcting manuerisms in day to day life. Their patient love and guidance truly shows through in the words of this well-written and inspiring book.

This book was provided to me for review by Timberdoodle Co.

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Disclaimer: I was asked to review this book as a member of Timberdoodle ‘s Blogger Review Team. I was giving a free copy in exchange for my honest opinion of this book and was not compensated in any other way.

A Cry From Egypt from Raising Real Men {Crew Review}

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