The Big Book of Animal Devotions

250 Daily Readings About God's Amazing Creation

William L. Coleman

• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• eBook ISBN:
  9781441260376
• Year: 2009

The Big Book of Animal Devotions teaches children about the wonders of God's creation while also using each animal to illustrate a character-development lesson straight from the Bible. Each reading includes a Scripture verse, discussion questions, and a concise nugget of take-away wisdom.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgement
• 1 Main Attraction
• 2 The Pincushion
• 3 Chocolate Cake or White?
• 4 Hiding in China
• 5 The Long Nap
• 6 The Beautiful Jaguar
• 7 How Deep Is the Ocean?
• 8 Little Night Creatures
• 9 Nature’s Clowns
• 10 The Fearless Rodent
• 11 Lost and Confused
• 12 Where Did the Buffalo Go?
• 13 The Target-Shooting Fish
• 14 Animals That Hide
• 15 The Zoo on Your Skin
• 16 The Animal in Armor
• 17 Which Is the “Right” Whale?
• 18 Bugs With Flashlights
• 19 The Mighty Gorilla
• 20 Bird Buffet
• 21 Crybaby Crocodiles
• 22 The Bad-Tempered Rhino
• 23 Birds That Swim
• 24 The Twelve-Inch Tongue
• 25 Pearl Divers
• 26 Monkeys in a Hot Tub
• 27 The Big Eater
• 28 Nature in the City
• 29 Can Dolphins Talk?
• 30 Cannibal Insects
• 31 A Lazy Creature
• 32 Underground Fountains
• 33 The Tallest Animal
• 34 Neat Baboons
• 35 Explorers of the Ocean
• 36 Robins Are Good Parents
• 37 How Dumb Are Donkeys?
• 38 The Bad-Name Lion
• 39 The Bug That Eats Wood
• 40 The Huge Sun
• 41 Snake Stories
• 42 Apartments in the Forest
• 43 The Masked Bandit
• 44 Getting Away From Winter
• 45 Don’t Drink the Water
• 46 The Biggest Cat
• 47 Hidden in the Trees
• 48 The Eight-Armed Swimmer
• 49 Flying Animals
• 50 The Seven-Hundred-Pound Racer
• 51 The Vampire Insect
• 52 The Lizard Family
• 53 Almost Like Us
• 54 Sunken Treasures
• 55 The Underground Mole
• 56 Wild Dogs
• 57 The Wasp Sting
• 58 The Fastest Animal
• 59 Hatching Eggs
• 60 Deep-Sea Diver
• 61 The Friendless Skunk
• 62 The Jungle in Your Yard
• 63 If Animals Could Talk
• 64 Can Fish Breathe?
• 65 The Imitating Catbird
• 66 Fooling Their Enemies
• 67 Animal Love
• 68 Bird Nest Soup
• 69 Born to Eat
• 70 Tough Dandelions
• 71 Amazing Facts
• 72 Noisy Shells
• 73 When Animals Retire
• 74 Walking Trees
• 75 Lizard Push-Ups
• 76 Turkeys Wear Out
• 77 Lovable Llamas
• 78 Man-Sized Lizards
• 79 Strange Facts
• 80 Horses in the House
• 81 Why Do Pandas Somersault?
• 82 A Blue Jay’s Reputation
• 83 High-Priced Mink
• 84 Showing Off for the Girls
• 85 The Strong Leopard
• 86 The Dog Wears a Mask
• 87 Dump-Truck Ants
• 88 Leaping Snakes
• 89 A Central American Cave
• 90 Kakapo Paradise
• 91 The Sea Lion Trap
• 92 The Zoo in Your Library
• 93 Causing Landslides
• 94 Unusual Facts
• 95 Hiding in the Rocks
• 96 Living Dragons
• 97 The Show-Off Frigate Birds
• 98 Tricky Little Creatures
• 99 The Happy Acrobats
• 100 Sweetlips
• 101 Saving Ferrets
• 102 Wapiti Is King
• 103 Storks on Your Roof
• 104 Adopted Monkeys
• 105 Did You Know?
• 106 Deadly Tarantulas?
• 107 Mini Pigs
• 108 Tents of Snow
• 109 A Mean Wolverine
• 110 Flapping Their Funny Feet
• 111 Horseshoe Crabs and Free Rides
• 112 Ladybugs in Your Refrigerator
• 113 The Daily Destroyer
• 114 Repeating Parrots
• 115 Never Hug a Grizzly
• 116 Acorns for Dinner
• 117 Which Animal Is This?
• 118 House Hunting
• 119 Walking on Water
• 120 Playing in the Snow
• 121 The Bad-Luck Bird
• 122 What Good Are Mushrooms?
• 123 Turtles Are Tanks
• 124 What Guides the Butterfly?
• 125 The Missing Python
• 126 A Hippo’s Lullaby
• 127 What Good Is a Dead Tree?
• 128 Look at the Facts
• 129 Not Looking for Trouble
• 130 Fathers Make a Difference
• 131 Our Eyes Fool Us
• 132 Ants Keep Livestock
• 133 Why Finches Don’t Freeze
• 134 How Much Wood Does a Woodchuck Chuck?
• 135 Stuck Up a Tree
• 136 The Strange Platypus
• 137 Squirrels Are Acrobats
• 138 Sheep Living in the Mountains
• 139 Monkeys With Large Noses
• 140 When Elephants Get Thirsty
• 141 Fur Coat for Your House
• 142 Marmots Like to Play
• 143 The Arctic Fox
• 144 The Mighty Amazon
• 145 How Smart Are You?
• 146 The Skunk Pig
• 147 Swinging Monkeys
• 148 How Good Is Your Memory?
• 149 Cleaning Animals
• 150 Dogs Are Friends
• 151 The Moose Is Back
• 152 Wild Horses
• 153 Do Roadrunners Go “Beep Beep”?
• 154 It’s Cooler at the Beach
• 155 Avoid This Animal
• 156 Do Spiders Have Ears?
• 157 Monkeys Need Monkeys
• 158 The Brave Pigeon
• 159 Some Snakes Are Wimps
• 160 Counting Fish Scales
• 161 When the Sting Is Gone
• 162 Getting Away
• 163 The Mantis Parent
• 164 Building Stone Houses
• 165 The Young Deer
• 166 Even Lions Get the Blues
• 167 Who Loves Mosquitoes?
• 168 The Wiry Weasel
• 169 Can Quicksand Swallow You?
• 170 The Intelligent Raven
• 171 Black Widow Spiders at Work
• 172 Chimps Are Comedians
• 173 Gecko Stars
• 174 Water Fountains in the Desert
• 175 A Living Trash Can
• 176 Why Do They Have Tails?
• 177 The Great Pretenders
• 178 The Goliath Animal
• 179 Play It Safe!
• 180 They Wear Two Coats
• 181 The Jesus Lizard
• 182 Looking for Trouble
• 183 Not Everyone Is Nice
• 184 To the Top of the World
• 185 Whiskers Used for Flashlights
• 186 The Laughing Hyena
• 187 Boy Frogs
• 188 Bird Talk
• 189 Nature’s Cool Choirs
• 190 A Giraffe Shirt
• 191 Looking for Sweets
• 192 Pot-Nosed Crocodiles
• 193 Where Has the Bilby Gone?
• 194 A Spider Web for Two
• 195 Escape Artists
• 196 Sailing Over the Canyon
• 197 First, We Protect Ourselves
• 198 A Happy Face
• 199 Songbirds Are Singing
• 200 Snakes in the Forest
• 201 Wool for the Royals
• 202 Jumping Kangaroos
• 203 The Friendly Dolphin
• 204 A Good Father
• 205 Farming the Sea
• 206 The Jellyfish Sting
• 207 The Toughest Glue
• 208 Waves Gone Wild
• 209 A Walrus Shopping Center
• 210 What Is a Sea Horse?
• 211 Surprising Icebergs
• 212 The Mean Piranha
• 213 The Great Diver
• 214 The Gentle Giants
• 215 Hermit Crabs
• 216 Yesterday’s Monsters
• 217 Poisonous Plants
• 218 Escape Hatch
• 219 Slow Snails
• 220 Underwater Carpenters
• 221 The Alligator Snapper
• 222 Drinking Water
• 223 The Knights of the Sea
• 224 Flying Fish
• 225 Run Cars With Water?
• 226 Pirate Bird
• 227 Ghost Crabs
• 228 The Underwater Saw
• 229 Life in a Seashell
• 230 What Killed the Dead Sea?
• 231 The Hammerhead Shark
• 232 Seals Go to the Mountains
• 233 City Under the Sea
• 234 Swimming Snakes
• 235 The Leatherback
• 236 They Will Fool You
• 237 Sunken Ships
• 238 Private Detectives
• 239 How Many Arms?
• 240 The Secret of the Submarine
• 241 Save the Sea Cows!
• 242 Swordfish Attack
• 243 Seashells Are Noisy
• 244 The Beaches Come Alive
• 245 Are Eels Really Electric?
• 246 Strange Stories
• 247 The Singing Penguins
• 248 Puffed-Up Toads
• 249 The Team Shark
• 250 Why the Ocean Groans
• Index
• About the Author