American Founders Storybook: Twelve Lives God Formed to Birth a Nation (Mo Hodge Legacy Series)

Would you like your children to develop a love for our country?That love can begin here.Before George Washington knelt in the snow at Valley Forge, his mother told him never to neglect secret prayer. Before Patrick Henry electrified a nation, his mother made him repeat the sermon on the wagon ride home — every Sunday. Before Abraham Lincoln led a broken nation, his mother read the Bible to him by firelight in a log cabin. Then she died when he was nine.None of that was an accident.God was forming them long before history called their names.American Founders Storybook tells the stories behind the stories — twelve lives shaped by faith, family, and a God who was building a nation before anyone knew it. Written in the warm read-aloud style of a classic family storybook, each chapter follows one founder through five stages of formation.The twelve founders covered:Squanto - William Bradford - George Washington - John Witherspoon - Samuel Adams - Patrick Henry - John Adams - Benjamin Franklin - Abigail Adams - Abraham Lincoln - Noah Webster - Booker T. WashingtonEach chapter includes a Did You Know? section. The back of the book contains a full Questions and Answers section, an Appendix for serious students, and a Family and Small Group Discussion Guide for grandparents, parents, homeschool families, and Sunday school classes.This year America celebrates its 250th birthday. This book will help your children and grandchildren understand what God was doing from the very beginning — and why it was no accident that this nation came to be.Perfect for families with children ages 8 and up — and for every adult who wants to rediscover the faith behind the founding.Mo Hodge Legacy Series — Book Two Read more