Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman With a Big Dream

Name: Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman With a Big Dream
Price: 9.10 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
ISBN: 9781784986551

By: Laura Caputo-Wickham

Product Description

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While in her twenties, Gladys Aylward (1902-1970) felt called to serve God in China and enrolled at missionary school. After failing her exam and being told that she couldn't go, she was eventually given the opportunity by an elderly missionary in China who needed a young woman to help her.

Children will enjoy this beautifully illustrated children's biography, which can be read to young children aged 4-5 and read by children aged 6 plus. Part of the new Do Great Things For God series. By exploring the lives of inspiring Christian women, this series will enthuse young children about the great things they can do for God.

Product Information

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Title: Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman With a Big Dream
By: Laura Caputo-Wickham
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 24
Vendor: Good Book Company
Publication Date: 2021
Dimensions: 9.45 X 7.68 X 0.28 (inches)

Weight: 9 ounces
ISBN: 1784986550
ISBN-13: 9781784986551
Ages: 4-8
Series: Do Great Things For God
Stock No: WW986551

Publisher's Description

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Inspire kids to persevere and trust God through this children's biography of Gladys Aylward.

This true story about Gladys Aylward walks kids through her adventures overcoming many obstacles to be a missionary in China.

From the start of her journey of becoming a missionary, she faced setbacks. Having worked day and night to earn enough money to travel to China, her train only got as far as Siberia. Gladys then had to sneak onto a ship, take another boat, another train, a bus and lastly a donkey!

When she eventually arrived in China, the villagers were deeply suspicious and threw mud at her! But, with time, Gladys earned the trust of those around her and told them all about Jesus.

This beautifully illustrated children's biography of Gladys Aylward (1902-1970) is part of the Do Great Things for God series, which is designed to show kids that God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

Author Bio

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Laura Caputo-Wickham is a children’s author originally from Rome, now based in Kent with her husband and two daughters. When she’s not writing, Laura works as a school librarian, sharing her love of books with students. She is also actively involved in her church community, leading Bible studies with her husband and helping run the church’s bookshop.

Jess is an illustrator and designer living in glorious Yorkshire, England. She has loved to draw her entire life, and what was once a hobby growing up is now her career. She has spent her adult life working in various creative fields, from studying textiles and print to working in giftware, packaging, branding and greetings.

Editorial Reviews

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Children will sympathize with Gladys as her plans are repeatedly denied, changed, and frustrated by circumstances beyond her control. And they will rejoice as Gladys experiences the best plan of all: God's. In the pages of this book, young readers will be encouraged to attempt big things and then to trust God with the results. -- Megan Hill (Author of Praying Together; Mother of four)

Will failing an exam keep Gladys Alyward from going to China? No! Laura Caputo-Wickham shows our kids how God makes a way for those he calls. -- Barbara Reaoch (Former Director, Children's Division, Bible Study Fellowship)

Gladys’s story impacted me deeply. She was so willing, so hardworking, determined to overcome every barrier in her way to obey God’s call to mission. The tremendous good she did for so many, at such great cost to herself, powerfully demonstrates what it looks like to follow in Christ’s footsteps. -- Linda Allcock (Author, Deeper Still)

“Gladys Aylward” is the amazing journey of a woman who never gave up, and whose faith in God took her all the way to China. -- Bob Hartman (Author, The Kingdom and the King Storybook Bible and YouVersion's Bible App for Kids)