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Children's ✦ Penny’s Take

Upper Room Children's Bible Stories and Fascinating Facts

Stephanie Jeffs · 2000
78/100
👍 Worth It

A well-structured daily devotional that gives Christian families a practical tool for year-round Bible engagement — the margin notes with historical and cultural context are a genuine value-add that separates this from a plain story collection. The one-per-day format is easy to sustain, and the indexing makes it useful for teachers and parents alike. The very brief per-story format is the trade-off, but for devotional purposes that brevity is a feature, not a flaw.

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