Category: Children Publisher: Clay Jars Publishing
ISBN-10: 0984336958
Type: Fiction
Pages: 44
Copyright: May 21, 2021
ISBN-13: 9780984336951
Busy Body provides a unique way of ministering to Christian youths. It introduces young readers to Christian values and principles and teaches them the significance of these standards and beliefs.
If ever there was a time for a Children's Ministry book like Busy Body, the time is now!
The Hook:
Busy Body is written with a Dr. Suess-ian kind of favor grabs the attention of young readers as they begin a whimsical journey that starts as fiction with a group of quarrelsome anthropomorphic characters. adventure, humor and fun ensues, and the story seamlessly segues into a nonfiction teachable moment.
The Book: (The Bible) Based on 1Corinthians 12:27
Just as your body is one body with many parts working together, and each part has a special function, so it is with God's Church Body. We are many parts of God's Church Body working together and serving each other.
The Took:
Busy Body is an important teaching tool with a valuable takeaway for young minds. It visually expresses our differences in race, ethnicity, and cultural background while illustrating how our diversity is our strength; we don't all look alike, however, we are all important, and we each have a purpose or part to carry out in fulfilling God's perfect plan.
More importantly for Christians Busy Body's message serves to help youths understand the purpose of the Church which is the Body of Christ. It exemplifies the importance of teaching our youths about the love of Christ, the unity of His Body, and following His example of how the Body of Christ, His Church Body, is to love and serve one another.
Excerpt
Have you ever seen a stove sitting on a bookshelf? Or a body having a fight with itself?
Both of these things sound strange I must say, but one of them happened to a boy named Trey.
Trey's body is made of bones organs and muscles, and one night his body parts started to tussle...
Professional Reviews Wonderfully Creative!
Pastor Charles L. Ashley, Sr.
Galilee Baptist Church York, South Carolina
Book Review for “BusyBody
Shirley Francis- Salley, an award-winning author of Children Books, has blended the best insights for comparing the human body to that of the Church (Body of Christ). Her extraordinary ability to write so candidly shows her love for ministering today’s youth needs about the task of Christian Education, and how passionate she is for reaching and teaching about Jesus Christ. This book, “Busy Body” captivates the exhilarated spirit through animated illustrations, so invigorating, to help children understand the importance of knowing their bodies are like a cosmos of the Church, the Body of Christ. Shirley Francis-Salley has done a superb and mastery job in this book, by helping young people to connect their physical bodies to the spiritual body of Jesus Christ. This book is very rejuvenating and revitalizing!
Great Teaching Tool
Michelle Smart Charlotte , NC
It was my pleasure to review Busy Body. I wish that I had this tool when I was teaching Sunday School. I think the book was great! I loved that a wide variety of nationalities are represented in the book.
Makes the Connection!
Charlie Harris Lithonia, GA
Busy Body is a fun way for children to learn the unison of their bodies while knowing their importance of being parts of God’s Body.
