Shannon's Review - The Best Angel Stories 2013 by Guideposts

Title: The Best Angel Stories 2013
Series: Yearly
Author: Guideposts
Illustrator/Book Cover Design: unknown
Genre: Non-Fiction, Spirituality, Angels, Short Stories
Publisher: Guideposts
Received: as a gift
Release Date: 2013
Pages: 288
Rating:





Author Guideposts Official Websites:









Website:
https://www.guideposts.org/

Blog:
None found

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/guideposts

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/guideposts

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/guidepostsmagazine/



Shannon’s Thoughts:

Guideposts is generally a company that shares hopeful spiritual stories that actually happened. This book is full of those short stories but focused on angels.

There are so many uplifting tales reminiscent of Chicken Soup For The Soul books. I really enjoyed the ones about angels in the form of animals. All of the stories were very sweet.

While every story is by a different person a lot of them overlapped and they ended up too similar to each other.

Even with it’s faults I would still read more from guideposts or any series of books similar.

Shannon's Review - Celestina The Astronaut Ballerina by Donald Jacobsen

Title: Celestina The Astronaut Ballerina
Series: Big Ideas For Little Dreamers #2
Author: Donald Jacobsen
Illustrator/Book Cover Design: Graham Evans
Genre: Fiction, Childrens, Picturebook, Space
Publisher: Three Sunshines
Received: Bought
Release Date: November 2019
Pages: 48

Rating:





Author Donald Jacobsen’s Official Websites:

Website:

https://donaldjacobsen.com/

Blog:
https://donaldjacobsen.com/blog/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/donaldjacobsenbooks/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/donaldmjacobsen

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/donaldjacobsen_author/





Shannon’s Thoughts:

Celestina has dreams of becoming an astronaut and to walk on the moon. Her family, on the other hand, think she has set the bar too high and tries to convince her to be more grounded. So Celestina takes ballet. Her teacher encourages her to follow her dreams of going to space.

I find it unique that Celestina’s family and friends were the ones that discouraged Celestina to do what she dreams. I also enjoyed that the reader gets to see Celestina grown up by the end.

The art is cute and I enjoyed the story. I am curious to see other books in Big Ideas For Little Dreamers series.

I loved the many representations of multicultural characters in the book and the fact that the main character is a girl is wonderful as well. Celestina Astronaut Ballerina is an inspiring book for kids who dream big and learn to work hard to get where they want to be.