The 11th Commandment: Wisdom from Our Children

If there were an Eleventh Commandment, what would it be?

Children of many religious denominations across America answer this question-in their own drawings and words-in The 11th Commandment. This full-color collection of Eleventh Commandments reveals kids' thoughts and concerns about life, and explores kids' ideas about how people should respond to God, through living with others; living with the earth; living with family; living with yourself; and living with God.

From No polluting the world, to You shall not make fun of the handicapped, to You have to help your mom, to No punching in the head, The 11th Commandment celebrates the unique spirituality of children...and helps us take a fresh look at how we can create a better world to live in.

Buy this book. Buy it for your parents, your children, your friends, your church library. Buy it for yourself! -Book Room Review

Replete with accidental humor, touching sentiment, wisdom, and great pictures. -Sojourners

Sure to please the Holy One... -Moment

Wonderful....This unusual book provides both food for thought and insight into the hopes and fears of today's young. -American Library Association's Booklist

A wonderful addition to any school, home, church, synagogue, or community library. -The Midwest Book Review

Publishers Weekly

The publishers of this book asked children around the country a simple question: If there were an Eleventh Commandment, what would it be? The responses poured in from children from the suburbs and the inner city, from churches and synagogues. Collected here are many of the responses divided into sections on living with other people, living with the earth, living with family, living with ourselves and living with God. The suggestions range from four-year-old Carla Diaz's No punching in the head to six-year-old Tommy Chester's Feed everyone and eat together. Nine-year-old Ali Dagger suggests: Thou shall keep your body healthy as in thou shalt not pig out. Six-year-old Chelsea Stetson commands: You must be nice to your Mom. The commandments are illustrated by the children's own colorful and imaginative crayon-and-marker drawings. All ages. (Aug.)

Author : Children of America

Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing

Published Year : November 1995

Edition : 1

Format : Hardcover - Hardcover, 48 pages

Subject : Children - Social Issues, Personal Growth, Children - Fiction & Literature, Children - Family & Growing Up

Language : Eng English

Dimensions : 8.36 (w) x 10.36 (h) x 0.44 (d)

ISBN : 187904546X

ISBN13 : 9781879045460

Overview :

If there were an Eleventh Commandment, what would it be?

Children of many religious denominations across America answer this question-in their own drawings and words-in The 11th Commandment. This full-color collection of Eleventh Commandments reveals kids' thoughts and concerns about life, and explores kids' ideas about how people should respond to God, through living with others; living with the earth; living with family; living with yourself; and living with God.

From No polluting the world, to You shall not make fun of the handicapped, to You have to help your mom, to No punching in the head, The 11th Commandment celebrates the unique spirituality of children...and helps us take a fresh look at how we can create a better world to live in.

Buy this book. Buy it for your parents, your children, your friends, your church library. Buy it for yourself! -Book Room Review

Replete with accidental humor, touching sentiment, wisdom, and great pictures. -Sojourners

Sure to please the Holy One... -Moment

Wonderful....This unusual book provides both food for thought and insight into the hopes and fears of today's young. -American Library Association's Booklist

A wonderful addition to any school, home, church, synagogue, or community library. -The Midwest Book Review

American children's suggestions for an eleventh commandment, illustrated with their drawings.