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Benjamin's Box: The Story of the Resurrection Eggs Kindle Edition

by Melody Carlson (Author), Jack Stockman (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

4.7 441 ratings

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Are you looking for the perfect Easter picture book and a way to engage your children with the biblical story of Holy Week in a way they’ll remember? Learn about Jesus along with Benjamin as he follows Jesus through Jerusalem to find out who this man really is.

When Jesus comes to Jerusalem, Benjamin first thinks he is a teacher, then a king. But as he follows Jesus throughout the week, filling his wooden box with special treasures along the way, he finally learns the REAL good news—Jesus is all about love.

Benjamin’s Box: The Story of the Resurrection Eggs is:

For ages 4–8
Beautifully illustrated, making this a book something to treasure
Perfect for small group or individual reading experiences
Ideal to use alongside Family Life’s Resurrection Eggs® or alone as a meaningful look at Jesus’ ministry and sacrifice

Benjamin’s Box: The Story of the Resurrection Eggs brings the story of Jesus’ time in Jerusalem, his death, and resurrection to life for readers young and old.

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3 - 8 years, from customers
Print length

40 pages
Language

English
Grade level

Preschool - 2
Publisher

Zonderkidz
Publication date

September 22, 2015
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ISBN-10

9780310734543
ISBN-13

978-0310715054
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What are the treasures in Benjamin's Box? Come along with Benjamin and see. Like all boys and girls, Benjamin is very, very curious. When Jesus comes to Jerusalem, Benjamin decides to follow him and find out who he really is. At first, Benjamin thinks Jesus is a teacher, then a king. At last, he learns the good news--news that every child (and grown-up!) will want to share. Can be used in conjunction with Resurrection EggsÂ® from Family Life!

About the Author

Jack Stockman designs paper airplanes and snowmen. He has a whole collection of tin toys, yo-yos, and kites, but only one wife, one daughter, one son, and one daughter-in-law. He loves them all.

Melody Carlson has written more than 200 books for teens, women, and children. Before publishing, Melody traveled around the world, volunteered in teen ministry, taught preschool, raised two sons, and worked briefly in interior design and later in international adoption. "I think real-life experiences inspire the best fiction," she says. Her wide variety of books seems to prove this theory.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XJGWW3J
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zonderkidz; Revised edition (September 22, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 22, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 14683 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 40 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #166,513 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #9 in Christian Homeschooling
- #17 in One-Hour Education & Reference Short Reads
- #34 in Children's Easter Books (Kindle Store)

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Melody Carlson
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Melody Carlson has written more than 200 books (with sales around 6.5 million) for teens, women and children. That's a lot of books, but mostly she considers herself a "storyteller." Her novels range from serious issues like schizophrenia (Finding Alice) to lighter topics like house-flipping (A Mile in My Flip-Flops) but most of the inspiration behind her fiction comes right out of real life. Her young adult novels (Diary of a Teenage Girl, TrueColors etc.) appeal to teenage girls around the world. Her annual Christmas novellas become more popular each year. She's won a number of awards (including Romantic Time's Career Achievement Award, the Rita and the Gold Medallion) and some of her books have been optioned for film/TV. Carlson has two grown sons and makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and yellow Lab dog. To find out more about Melody Carlson, visit her website at http://www.melodycarlson.com/
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LJMom

Great book! Read on

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2014

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This story is wonderful. My 4 and 10 year olds love it. One problem - however this problem is NOT with this great book- was that after reading reviews I purchased the "Resurrection Eggs" from Family Life to go with it. The story matches up fairly well but there are a few pages that don't have eggs in that set, and there are a few eggs that don't match the pages. That is because they do NOT go together. The Resurrection Eggs are a wonderful set and have a little booklet inside that tells the story of each egg- not quite as well told as Benjamins Box. The Benjamin's Box book is an awesome book and at the top of each page shows a color of egg and a topic (I don't have it in front of me, so for example blue egg, whip). I'm not sure if there was a set of eggs at one time that was sold with this book. It doesn't matter. My 10 year old and I decided that next year, we make our own Resurrection Eggs! We will get the right color eggs and scavenge around until we can fill them to match the book and store them in an egg carton:) Then we will have two sets of Resurrection Eggs to choose from each year and two books. We are totally happy with our purchase of this book. I got my misinformation from some other reviews. But if I hadn't, we wouldn't have these two great products and a fun plan for 2015!

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candace hurtig

Nice story that kids can relate to.

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2023

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Most kids pick up trinkets and save them. This story weaves them through Jesus’ story. Very relatable for kids.
Also, the resurrection eggs go great with the books. A couple colors don’t match up, so just replace them with ones that match the book.

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Mrs. Colleen Gallagher

Resurrection Eggs Ideas!

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2011

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To start the season off, I finally decided to buy Resurrection Eggs for my family and CCD class. Call me lazy because you could surely make these yourself, but I liked having them done for me instead of searching for the pieces for inside the eggs.... Plus the resource book included came in useful.

If you want an awesome resource to go along with the eggs, you need this book (Benjamin's Box). The story is great and matches the eggs perfectly. It is nicely illustrated and each page tells a story to match the item in the egg. The kids seem to enjoy the story and hearing it from the point of view of a little boy. I highly recommend getting this book to compliment the eggs. My kids ages 5 and 8 really enjoy this book. I am also sharing it with my third grade CCD class and they love it too.

I hid the eggs around my house and told my kids to find them but not open them. Once we had all 12 eggs we took turns reading a page from the book and opening the egg that went along with the page.

I used Benjamin's Box to help me create a printable to match the Resurrection Eggs activity. If you search Teaching Heart Mom on Google and then go to Easter you will see it. You can download it free here. It is five pages. The last page (foldable eggs) you will need to print three times on colored card stock. All other pages get printed once on regular paper. My kids enjoyed making the books and we will refer to them through the season.

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sheryl hobbs

Story is told with integrity and specifics!

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2023

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Bought the book along with a set of resurrection eggs. Easy to match the story with each item. This will become a treasure for years to come!

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Julie Pomilia

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023

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Perfect for explaining Easter to my grandchildren.

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CoolStuff8374

Great book, but it doesn't mathch up to the FamilyLife Resurrection Eggs as advertised

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2018

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I purchased "The Story of the Resurrection Eggs Benjamin's Box" (ISBN 97803107155054 Zonderkidz 1997/updated 2008) as the book was clearly advertised and "designed" to be used with FamilyLife's Resurrection Eggs. I'm happy that I made that purchase because the soft-cover book that comes with the eggs is not story-like at all but rather instructional with an accurate color-coded page per egg. That said, although it's easier/nicer to use the story told in Benjamin's Box with younger kids, please/please/please note, Benjamin's Box does not/not tell the story in a way that matches up perfectly with the eggs, which presented a bit of a challenge when I read this to children for the first time (I had not reviewed the soft-cover book prior to reading Benjamin's Box - big mistake). I made it a game and we talked about what object we thought should actually be in each egg and also originally thought that maybe an object or two were missing as the objects nor the color of the eggs matched up exactly with Benjamin's Box. I later looked at the soft-cover book and found that the egg set was actually complete as per the egg product description - it just doesn't match Benjamin's Box. As Benjamin's Box is again advertised and states inside the book pg 7, "How to Use This Book, While Benjamin's Box can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story, it is designed to be used with FamilyLife's Resurrection Eggs" -- it would be nice if FamilyLife would again update either the book or the eggs so that these products actually correspond and work together. At a minimum, stop advertising that they go together - they really don't at this point. Comparison below for reference.

Resurrection Eggs //// Benjamin's Book:
1. Blue egg, LITTLE DONKEY //// same
2. Light Pink egg, SILVER COINS //// same
3. Light Purple egg, CUP //// same
4. Orange egg, PRAYING HANDS //// same
5. Green egg, WHIP //// Green egg for THE LEATHER STRAP (confusing for kids as the objects don't look alike at all)
6. Yellow egg, ROOSTER //// (confusing here - there is nothing anywhere in the book about the rooster, or the yellow egg at this point)
7. Light Orange egg, CROWN OF THORNS //// shows WHITE EGG with green writing for THE THORN
8. Light Green egg, NAILS IN THE CROSS //// shows YELLOW EGG with gold writing for THE NAIL (confusing as the book shows three nails in a pile not a cross)
9. Purple egg, SPEAR //// shows a BLUE EGG and a PURPLE EGG for THE DIE & THE SPEAR (confusing as there are no die in the egg set and no third blue egg in the set, which would be needed here to match the book)
10. Light Blue egg, LINEN CLOTH //// shows a WHITE EGG with blue writing for THE CLOTH (confusing as kids are looking for the white egg here, which is actually empty in the egg set - kids originally thought an object was missing and had to open other eggs till they found the cloth)
11. Pink egg, STONE //// same
12. White egg, EMPTY //// shows a BLUE EGG with blue writing for HE IS RISEN! (very confusing for kids as they are looking for a blue egg and a DOVE as is pictured in the book; the book doesn't indicate in any way that the egg they find at this point should be empty - there is no DOVE in the egg set, but there is a CHICKEN in a yellow egg that makes no sense here but the kids tried to substitute the CHICKEN for the DOVE...)

Overall, I'd still recommend Benjamin's Box and the egg set, but you'll have to do some work in advance to make them work well together! Otherwise, get ready to be creative while you're reading... and explain the chicken that magically makes it's appearance as the kids discover HE IS RISEN!

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Trefaie

Great ease into Easter

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2023

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The book & a matching set of eggs were a great addition to the upcoming Lent & Easter season.

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2013

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I got this book to use along with my youth groups annual Easter egg hunt. I made my own "Resurrection Eggs" and hid them separately from the rest of the egg hunt while everyone was eating for the kids to find in a scavenger hunt after their meal. After finding the eggs we opened them as I read the book to a group of about 30 kids ages 2-12. They all sat, listened, and participated in the story. The only con I see is that the book is rather long for 1 reading to a large group, but I can see it working beautifully for a pre-Easter devotion of sorts or in a small group setting. Still, I am glad I ordered this book and am sure I will be using it for many Easters to come.

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Daniel F4I

Nice book

Reviewed in Canada on October 21, 2022

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Excellent service, very fast, and as described!

Camb5

A lovely book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2022

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I used this book for school and the children really enjoyed it. It explains the Easter story so well for them.

Nikki Seiler

Great Easter resource

Reviewed in Germany on April 20, 2018

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A wonderful way to tell the Easter story to children, especially as it links to the Resurrection eggs and gives a practical guide to the Easter story..

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Brenda Molnar

Recommended source to explain Easter.

Reviewed in Canada on April 10, 2015

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Excellent way for children to understand the true reason we celebrate Easter. I went a step further and had the children create their own Box of treasures to follow along with Benjamin's.

Rose

fantastic book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2013

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Arrived on time and in perfect condition as described. It's a great book, lovely pictures, and I went out and bought myself some eggs so I can read to my children. Though it will have to be next Easter, as it took so long to arrive, Easter had been and gone.

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