Adventures with Children

Mary Calhoun is best known for beloved children's fiction — the Katie John series, the Cross-Country Cat books — which makes this 1987 church school teacher's guide an unusual entry in her catalog, and an interesting one. The book is built to help educators move beyond passive instruction and into active, experiential learning with children in a faith formation setting. Calhoun's deep instinct for what captures a child's imagination likely shapes the practical suggestions throughout. The honest limitation here is real: very little detailed information about the book's contents has been preserved in searchable records, and educational methods have shifted considerably since 1987. Worth tracking down for church educators who want a thoughtful, faith-grounded approach, but go in with calibrated expectations.