Elisabeth Elliot (For Children)

It is a children’s version of the full-length biography of Elisabeth Elliot. It tells how a shy girl called Betty grew up to be a missionary in Ecuador, how her husband Jim and his four friends died trying to reach the Waorani people, and how she went to live among the Waorani with her little daughter to tell them about God.

An American missionary and writer who lived from 1926 to 2015. She learned Greek to translate the Bible, wrote down unwritten languages in Ecuador, and in 1958 went to live among the Waorani people. Later she wrote many books and spoke to millions of people on the radio about trusting God.

Every chapter is short and made to be read aloud. It begins with a Bible verse, tells one part of Betty’s story, shows one simple thing it means for you, and ends with a short prayer. Three questions follow, to talk about together.

Some of it is sad, because Betty’s husband Jim and his four friends were killed, and the book does not pretend otherwise. But it is told gently, without frightening details, and it is above all a story of how God was with Betty in her sadness and helped her to forgive and to love the people who had hurt her.

Yes. They come from Elisabeth Elliot’s own books, from the letters and journals of her family, and from the people who knew her and have written about her life. Where people remember things differently, the book keeps to what is best known.

It is for children, to be read aloud by a grown-up or read by an older child alone. There is also a teen edition, and the full-length biography for older readers.