Let’s Be Friends: A Tween Devotional on Finding and Keeping Strong Friendships by Calyn Daniel and Blythe Daniel, October 3, 2023, Harvest Kids. BOOK REVIEW with Book Giveaway.
I love this book because reading Let’s Be Friends as a tween would have saved me a lot of grief.
Daughter and mother writing team Calyn and Blythe are doing fantastic work to help prepare this generation for friendships that will last their entire lives. Plus, Blythe is a mom who remembers what it was like to be a tween, and Calyn is one, so she gets her readers.
Calyn believes girls need to know who they are in Christ, how to navigate friend groups—especially when they change—and how not to lose sight of who God has made them to be.
This book is about friendship, but what is so beautiful about this book is that it also shows that to have good friendships, we first need a relationship with God.
Let’s Be Friends addresses:
- making and navigating friendships
- fitting in
- shining the light of Jesus
- comparison
- rejection
- identity in Christ
- God’s promises
- body confidence
- trust
The book is a beautiful devotional with action steps, conversation starters, and Scripture. Additionally, it provides places throughout the book for the reader to write their thoughts and prayers. Also in the book are some of Calyn’s favorite recipes.
Quotes from Let’s Be Friends:
Do you know how God sees you? He believes you are so special, and he made a really big effort to show you. He looks at you with a Father’s love as if to say, “That’s my girl. She is my creation, and I’ve done everything to make sure she knows how loved she is.”
Calyn & Blythe Daniel, p. 11
We think longing for God for a lifetime is a great desire to have. He is, after all, the very best friend you could follow.
Calyn & Blythe Daniel, p.131
If someone doesn’t like you because of the way you’re beautiful, then they are struggling to appreciate how many different kinds of beauty there are.
Calyn & Blythe Daniel, p.48
BOOK GIVEAWAY for “Let’s Be Friends.” The Blythe Daniel Agency has generously offered to bless one reader with this brand-new book.
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Daughter and mother writing team Calyn and Blythe are doing fantastic work to help prepare this generation for friendships that will last their entire lives. Blythe is a mom who remembers what it was like to be a tween, and Calyn is one, so she gets her readers.
Calyn believes girls need to know who they are in Christ, how to navigate friend groups—especially when they change—and how not to lose sight of who God has made them to be.
This book is about friendship, but what is so beautiful about this book is that it also shows that to have good friendships, we first need a relationship with God. The book is a beautiful devotional filled with action steps, conversation starters, and Scripture, and it provides places throughout the book for the reader to write their thoughts and prayers. Also in the book are some of Calyn’s favorite recipes.
Important details:
This giveaway runs from October 28 to November 15, 2023.
Due to shipping constraints, this giveaway is for US Residents only.
Two will be randomly drawn and receive “Let’s Be Friends.”
Names drawn will be announced on November 16, 2023.
Thank you for being a part of our Giveaway!
MEET THE AUTHOR S – Calyn Daniel & Blythe Daniel
Blythe is a coauthor of Mended and I Love You, Mom!, which she wrote with her mother, Dr. Helen McIntosh. She worked for Harper Collins Christian Publishing in marketing and publicity, and now enjoys her work as a literary agent. She lives in Colorado with her husband and three teenagers.
Calyn is a middle schooler and loves spending time with her friends and family, including older sister, Maris, and twin brother, William, who is also an author. She is a competitive gymnast and enjoys cooking. Calyn believes girls need to know who they are in Christ, how to navigate friend groups – especially when they change – and how to not lose sight of who God has made them to be.
Check out the “Let’s Be Friends” website HERE with endorsers (Sissy Goff, Lisa-Jo Baker, and others!) You can connect with Blythe and Calyn in the Facebook group HERE or follow them on social media: Facebook: Blythe and Calyn, Instagram: Blythe and Calyn.
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Behold-Her Beauty seeks to help women see themselves as God’s beautiful daughters.
My whole life changed when I realized God sees me as His beautiful daughter. Not the distorted, flawed images I perceived nor what others thought of me, especially not what the world told me.
The benefits of seeing ourselves as God’s beautiful daughter are revolutionary and freeing. We no longer find our worth and approval in the world because God values and loves us.
Today, right now, know that you have permission to be beautiful as you embrace your already God-given beauty and live as God’s beautiful daughter.
- We are God’s masterpieces. God created each of us, His work of art, in Jesus Christ for good work, which God prepared beforehand (Ephesians 2:10).
- God made you in His image. “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:27 NKJV
- God chose you; you are His treasure and the apple of His eye. “But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.” 2 Thessalonians 2:13 NKJV
Embrace your God-given beauty and live without shame, bitterness, and self-condemnation.
I have put together 10 ways to reclaim your God-given beauty.
Start today by meditating on the Scripture in each declaration section. I like to write the Scripture verse in my journal and then pray about what God is teaching me. Then, do one of the action steps in each section.
You have permission to be beautiful. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and our Beholder is God.
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Love your review, Deborah! This is such a sweet book and I am getting a copy for my G-Daughter’s Christmas Stocking this year … ?
Thank you Donna. It is a sweet book. Good idea – I have a niece who this book is perfect for.
Thanks for sharing a Christ-centered resource for moms of tweens.
Your welcome. I enjoyed reading it and it is a wonderful resource. Blessings to you.
I’m so excited about this book! I’m getting a copy to read with Bekah! 🙂
I enjoyed it even as an adult. One of my readers said that they love all these daughter and mother writers! You are a blessing.