During the summer, our children’s ministry team will share a book we love each week with questions and activities for children to engage with the book and its lessons. We encourage you to find these books at your favorite library or bookstore and read them with your whole family—since these lessons apply for all ages and stages of life!
Little Mole Finds Hope by Glenys Nellist
When Little Mole is feeling sad in his dark, underground home, his mother shows him how to look for hope. He finds that signs of spring are everywhere, from the daffodil bulbs under the soil to the tiny buds on the branches above. Hope can be found–even in the darkest places.
In Little Mole Finds Hope, best-selling children’s author Glenys Nellist and illustrator Sally Garland tell an endearing story sure to lift the spirits of people emerging from the cold of winter or a challenging season of life and inspire them to look for signs that spring will come again.
Main Focus: We may be sad sometimes, especially when COVID-19 has changed our lives, but we know that God always gives us hope. Jesus came alive again after being dead and buried in a deep dark tomb!
Questions:
- Why did Little Mole feel sad?
- What did his mom say Little Mole needed?
- What did his mom want him to do?
- What were some of the things that Little Mole saw outside that gave him hope?
- What are some of the things that bring you hope?
Activities: Make a list of all the things that bring you hope. Go outside and see the things that have changed since the long winter. Draw pictures of them. Make a tissue paper butterfly. Plant a flower at your house.