Take It From The Top: a review

It’s back to the basics in Take It from the Top, the long-anticipated 51st album of Adventures in Odyssey! Enter Whit’s new invention, the Inspiration Station, and find out why Connie wants to spend so much time in it. Solve mysteries with local sleuth Emily Jones, and learn why 10-year-old Matthew Parker doesn’t think being “target of the week” is such a good thing. 
Catch up with Whit, Connie, Eugene, and Wooton, and meet two new families, as they learn lessons about responsibility, revenge, and God-given inspiration. Whether on a baseball field, at home, or at Whit’s End, there’s never a dull moment in the town of Odyssey!

List Price:

24.99 

ISBN:

978-1-58997-490-6 

4 CDs 

Release:

March 2010 

My Review:  These stories deal with some good issues that younger kids face.  I also really liked the brief discussion that follows the end of the story.  It helps to explain the moral of the story in a way that kids will understand.  It's not preachy but it does use a bible verse to help with the explanation as this is a christian resource.

The kids are having a blast listening to one of these stories every day!  I honestly thought Ella would be too young to appreciate an audio book at age 4, but she is loving it just as much as her older sister.  We listened to one on the way to a friends' house the other day and we were able to listen to all 3 chapters of one of the stories in those 20 minutes.  So it can easily be broken down into smaller sections for kids who don't sit still for long.  I have been pleasantly surprised by how much the girls are enjoying this.  I will definitely be on the lookout for more Adventures in Odyssey audio books for my kids.

***I received a complementary copy of "Take it From the Top" from Tyndale House Publishers in exchange for my review***