Description: Experience the grit and grace of seventeen women of the Bible through creative first-person retellings of each persons story. This book connects preteen girls with the women of the Bible, showing them that they are created in the image of God to do mighty things in this world.
Brief description:
Katy Betz is a children's book illustrator and professor in the Illustration department at Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, Florida. She takes inspiration from her travels and the great outdoors - especially the mountains.
Review Quotes:
"Provocative exploration that gives welcome voice, attention, and ink to women often relegated to the margins of biblical stories." --Publishers Weekly
"Grit and Grace is an empowering, thought-provoking, and eminently readable book that will help late elementary to middle school children get a grander sense of how God worked through women and girls in biblical times, and how he wants to work through all his people today." --Mutuality
"Preteen girls can connect to the Bible through studying 17 women who have leaned into following God's voice in their lives." --Play Eat Grow Blog