The Lesson of the Sunflowers
2nd Edition
Published on 25. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
102 pages
979-8-9917564-3-3 (ISBN)
Description
A young pre-teen girl named Ruth lives with her family on a farm in the very rural and poor part of the back county during the 1930s. One day she discovers her grandfather is planning to plant a field of sunflowers and inquires as to why he would spend time and energy doing such a thing when there are other needs on the farm. Her grandfather explains by beginning to tell how sunflowers can teach us about faith and how to live life as Jesus taught us. Ruth learns how something as simple as a sunflower can lead one to contemplate the power of Jesus' message and how one can find grown in their spiritual life through simple everyday things. Ruth's grandfather uses the sunflowers to teach parts of a lesson that extends through many days, with each one building upon the previous one. The teaching then involves Ruth's parents contributing to the lesson. Through it all, Ruth learns about the deep meaning of giving to others who are in need, and she becomes determined to apply that learning to help a special neighbor who is in need after suffering an injury.
More details
Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 13 to 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
233 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-9917564-3-3 (9798991756433)
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Person
Kevin Finson is a retired professor of science education. He taught 34 years at the college level, two at the high school level, and five at the middle school level. He is an earth scientist by training, but also has taught physical, life, and other sciences (as well as teaching on instructional theory and program evaluation). He is a vocal proponent of inquiry learning and teaching. Kevin has a sense of humor and really likes puns and shaggy dog stories. When at the university, he hosted an annual holiday party featuring a shaggy dog story contest. Since his retirement, he started to write children's books for his grandchildren. During his working career, Kevin was heavily involved in service to professional science education associations and maintained a consistent publication record that included the publication of eight books, some chapters and monographs, and a host of refereed (peer-reviewed) journal articles. Most of his professional academic publication focus has been on science for students with disabilities and on students' perceptions about scientists and visual data.