If you are looking for a devotional guide to read as you tuck your child in for the night, Making Time for God: Daily Devotions for Children and Families to Share is quite a find! Susan Garrett and Amy Plantinga Pauw offer a year's worth of meditations and Scripture passages meant to be read aloud.

Each daily devotion follows a concise format that falls easily on the ears: a biblical passage, then thoughtful remarks by the authors, concluded by a brief suggestion for the family prayer. The Scripture selections are quoted from more readable versions -- the Contemporary English Version and New International Reader's Version.

The thoughts for reflection are simple enough that a child may readily engage in discussing its meaning with the parent. This guide combines sensitivity for the situation of a child with courage to speak straightforwardly about issues found in Scripture.

Making Time for God, while more appropriate for middle to late grade school children, consistently provides the parent and child with a fertile place to engage together in God's mercy, God's justice, and our need to follow Christ. Here is a good guide for growth -- for parent and child, as for child to God.