Detective Thomas and the Biggest Question
Detective Thomas and the Biggest Question
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Fans of the Dear God series and Clare's Costly Cookie--this is the book for you!
Thomas has a pretty impressive talent. This middle school boy is a detective. He has solved lots of mysteries at school and at home. Thomas just knows how to figure things out when there is a problem.
But this mystery is his biggest one of all: He believes God exists, but he doesn't know why. With the help of some supernatural clues from a mysterious friend, Thomas proves that we can know God exists not only through faith but also through reason!
In this story, curious middle-grade readers can follow along with Thomas's sleuthing, while using prompts to solve the mystery of God's existence themselves.
Using Saint Thomas Aquinas's Five Proofs for the Existence of God as a basis, this fun, engaging story helps young people understand that faith is reasonable, and it makes sense!
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Softcover
124 pages
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My 11 year old son loves it!
I love how it addresses such a big question in a way that middle aged kids can relate to! So fun and creative too!
Got this book for my daughter (11) who is an avid reader. She did not put it down for about 2 hrs and finished the whole thing (for reference-she is a fast reader). We had a great conversation afterwards on the proofs for the existence of God. This book definitely helped her really grasp the arguments and made an easy and fun introduction to this important topic. She says she would highly recommend this book to her friends (and I would too based on the understanding she gained!). Thank you for such a great help in introducing this topic!
The format of this book, with digestible chapters, breaks for discussion, and engaging illustrations, makes for a fun and accessible approach for children and their parents to enjoy and understand St. Thomas Aquinas’s reasoning behind the existence of God.
I’ve not seen anything in Catholic children’s literature that comes close to the quality of tone and structure. It’s catechesis and apologetics through quality storytelling, and this is definitely in the “read and re-read” category.
By the end of the book, you and your child will be left with another “big question”:
Why don’t we have more books like this for children?
I hope the author has more of these coming!
This book takes St. Thomas Aquinas’ proofs for God’s existence and breaks them down into very simplified terms, making it very easy for children to digest, process, and comprehend! I read this book aloud to our children (ages 10 and under) around the dinner table, and it didn’t take us very many nights to finish because the kids enjoyed it so much! It provided great opportunities for theological discussion. I recommend this for every Catholic family’s library.