DVD Review: Skeeter and the Mystery of the Lost Mosquito Treasure

I have just reviewed a DVD for Thomas Nelson’s Book Review Blogger program: http://brb.thomasnelson.com/

The DVD is Skeeter and the Mystery of the Lost Mosquito Treasure by Max Lucado.
If you have never watched a Hermie the Worm and Friends movie by Mr. Lucado, you REALLY need to get one. This is #12 in the series.

Here's some "product detail":
"Skeeter is a Mosquito who can't seem to do anything right. To make matter worse, he has a famous older brother who can't seem to do anything wrong! Skeeter's brother, the world famous adventurer Sir Sinclair M. Skeeto, shows up in the garden with a mysterious treasure map left by their father. When he arrives, the garden gang is awed by him and can't help but fawn all over him. Can Skeeter, with his crooked stinger, really help solve the mystery of the treasure's location?
Based on Psalm 139:13-14, kids will learn a lesson about each of us being designed especially by God. This episode introduces John O'Hurley as Sir Sinclair M. Skeeto, and also features the voice talents of Tim Conway and Melissa Disney. Running time: Approximately 60 minutes. Recommended for ages 4 to 10."

I have 3 children...ages 3, 11 and 13. All 3 of them enjoyed this movie (for varying reasons of course). Tim Conway and the other actors do such a wonderful job voicing the characters and Max Lucado does a fantastic job with the storyline.

Skeeter is a mosquito who loves his life in the garden but has always been self-councious of his crooked stinger. Through the help of his friends, and the Lord, Skeeter learns to accept his stinger as God's gift...God makes everyone an individual and wants us to use what HE has given US to further HIS will in our lives.

I highly recommend not only this particular DVD, but all in the series.

Book review: Love's Rescue by Tammy Barley

I have just finished a book that I really had a hard time putting down: Love's Rescue by Tammy Barley. This is book #1 in The Sierra Chronicles.

If you enjoy reading historical, Christian, romance, you're gonna LOVE following the story of Jessica Hale and Jake Bennett.

Mrs Barley is a very talented writer. She keeps you wanting more, trying to guess what will come next. She is very knowledgable of life in the 1860's...the War between the States, the Wild West, the struggles of ranchers, the lives of the White man and the native American. I can not brag on this book enough. There is no doubt in my mind that I will DEFINITELY be purchasing all future books in this series.

Jessica is a true heroine...going through every emotion a person can: love, hate, fear, anger.

Jake is the cowboy every little girl dreams will come to her rescue. He is a man of honor and loves the Lord.

This is from the back of the book:
"A Dividing Conflict
In 1863, the War Between the States is dividing more than a nation. To escape the conflict, Jessica Hale and her family flee their Kentucky home and head for Nevada Territory. Her brother, Ambrose, committed to the Confederates, rejoins the Kentucky militia and is disowned by his father. But the worst is yet to come.


A Heroic Kidnapper
When Unionists presume the family to be Confederate sympathizers, they set a devastating fire to their home. All alone and then “kidnapped” by cattleman Jake Bennett, Jessica is taken to a ranch deep in the Sierra Nevada wilderness. Can she overcome her resentment toward Jake for failing to save her family?


The Depths of Love
When Jake launches a plan to help Jessica’s brother escape from prison camp, she sees him for the honest, good-hearted Christian man that he is and now knows the depth of his love for her. Through the lingering smoke and smoldering ashes from her ruined home and murdered family, will Jessica see a future with Jake?"