Gladys Aylward
The Adventure of a Lifetime

This book is chasing after my heart! Laura Caputo Wickham has a gift of pulling out of a life the stories that kids will love. This biography is full of them!! It's an adventure with trains, wolves, angry men, prison fights, warfare, injustice & bigotry. Through it all, Gladys brings hope to a peopl......more

A picture book biography of Christian missionary to China, Gladys Aylward. This is a quick, succinct summary of Aylward's life highlighting the major accomplishments and struggles she had to overcome, and how she trusted in God in moments of crisis. There's a little more information in the back of th......more

I cannot get enough of this series! Every book in this series is incredibly written and beautifully illustrated. I love that the text is written in a way that is easy for children to understand, and gets to the basic timeline of each person‘s life. As a homeschooler, the extra resources and learning......more

I was excited to come across this newer book series "Do Great Things for God", and even more excited to find out that I can order all the books through our library system. I like that there is a photograph of Gladys at the back of the book, as well as a timeline of her life to read more about her.......more

Una historia sencilla de leer que animará a los más pequeños a confiar en Dios en toda circunstancia y vivir vidas para el Señor.......more