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This is our focus this year for our own devotion/ Bible time. I want to really help my children to become proficient at sharing their faith and apologetic. I was wondering if anyone could share some books that they have read themselves or with their children about this. I am reading The Way of The Master.This is a great book I think for me to read and perhaps my oldest but a little hard to do as a read aloud. I would love something along the lines of a read aloud perhaps more living book. Since RTR is hitting this it seems I am thinking perfect timing to do some side reading with the entire family. Any ideas.

Thanks!

The Way of the Master has a book for kids, my kids really enjoy it. It has helped them understand in a practical way so that they can talk about their faith with other kids (which they do).
An author I really enjoy is Isabella Alden, she wrote to all age groups, a few for younger kids are Browning Boys, Helen Lester, Her Mother's Bible. She makes living from the Bible very practical in her stories. She wrote in the late 1880s and early 1900s and was a staunch supporter of the temperance movement so that theme is common in some of her books for the older kids and adults (the evils of alcohol--which is fine by us b/c not only have we had alcoholism in our family but also had a family member seriously injured by a drunk driver a few years ago who has since mostly recovered, but I know that that theme is not agreed upon by all). Someone described her books this way "Most of her works are didactic fiction, heavily salted with religious principles, which concentrate on translating Biblical precepts into acceptable Christian behavior in a modern world."
So her writing isn't for everyone but ever since I found her Ester Reid series at a thrift store I've been hooked!

Thanks so much for the suggestions! I had no idea that there was a children's version of the book. I will check out the others too. Really appreciate it!