All is Bright by Nancy Guthrie

If you've been around for any Christmas seasons here, you know that I am a HUGE fan of advent! In fact, it may be my favorite liturgical season of the year. My only wish, if I could make it different would be a little less Christmas mumbo jumbo getting mixed up with it. Not the good Christmas stuff, but the other bits. That's neither here nor there in regards to this book though, except that it's full of the good stuff.

Unlike most coloring books, this is one that you can use over and over again. Well, you can't color it over and over again, but you can capture a moment with your coloring and go back to the devotional and activity portions time and again. The devotional is for the entire month of December! WOOHOO! Thank you for including the days after Christmas!!

The family activities are short and simple enough that you might even be able to include younger kids. The best part of the activities may be the reproducible coloring pages. Where as the devotional section has very small detail coloring pages from Lizzie Preston, the reproducible pages are perfect for larger crayons and markers.

The images are beautiful, the devotions are thought provoking, the family activities are doable. I'm not sure if there is anything more you could want from an Advent coloring devotional.

This book was given to me by Tyndale House Publishing for the purpose of review. I'm never required to give a positive review, but always thankful when I can.

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