The Amazing Tales of Max and Liz

I have a favorite children's author that I have to share!  Her name is Jenny L. Cote and she is a very gifted writer.  She is a Christian and she has written two books in her new series " The Amazing Tales of Max and Liz".  These are thick books and readers of all ages love them.  I have read the first one to my 9 year old and we thoroughly enjoyed it.  We are now halfway through the second one and it is even better than the first!
Mrs. Cote is a wonderful speaker and her love for Jesus and scriptures is evident in her writing and in her presentations.  (She goes around the country promoting writing by giving writing workshops to children.  We were blessed to attend one of these workshops last year.)  She has a neat way of looking at Bible stories in a new way.... for instance in the first book The Ark, the Reed and the Firecloud she paints a picture of what the journey would have been like for all of the animals that boarded Noah's ark.  How did God get them there? How did the polar bears survive on the ark for all that time away from their natural habitat of ice and snow?  How did all of the animals co-exist for all that time?  These are questions I've never thought to ask before and Mrs. Cote presents her ideas on those questions in humorous and very creative ways.  This book kept us in giggles and her main characters (Max, a Scottish terrier and Liz, a black cat) became very dear to us in a very short time!

The second book The Dreamer, The Schemer and The Robe is about the life of Joseph with the multicolor robe.  It takes place in Egypt and is teaching all of us more about faith and having an attitude of obedience to God no matter what the circumstances.


These books make the Bible stories come alive in new ways and I highly recommend them! Here is Jenny L. Cote's blog so you can learn about her and her upcoming books in this fantastic series!