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| The Life and Times of Martin Luther |
Meike Roth-Beck, author
Klaus Ensikat, illustrator
Laura Watkinson, translator
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2017
ISBN: 97808028549547
44 pages
List price 18.00
Publisher recommended for children ages 7 years and up.
Book review by Mary Katherine May of QualityMusicandBooks.com.
About the Book
An illustrated history written at the time of commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran denomination within the Christian Church.
On the Eerdmans web page for this book is stated:
This sophisticated book commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation by examining the details of Martin Luther's life and his lasting legacy.Perspective: My Review
Life and Times of Martin Luther should have been reviewed on my Christian children book review blog, but the content of this book lends itself more to the older reader.
The text is mature for children and even for some adults.
In relating the history of the times and Luther himself nothing is new or creatively presented. You will get the facts without very much story telling.
The illustrations are imaginative and well done. Luther's story, if known by the reader or presenter, is told through the drawings and much more understandable for children.
I am not certain as to why the publisher named this a book for children as young as seven years other than because it is a picture book.
Even further out of line with the text is on Amazon.com where it's recommended for children in grades 3-6. It is true, perhaps, that a small minority of kids in that age bracket will be able to relate the meaning of what they read, or is being read to them.
Perhaps the clue to determining whether the publisher knew of the inappropriateness of their age determination for category is in their descriptive word sophisticated.
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