Machowski, Marty. Angels on Your Side: When You are Feeling Scared. Illustrated by Rommel Ruiz. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2023. 

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Summary of Angels on Your Side

Angels on Your Side by best-selling children’s author Marty Machowski helps fearful children by reassuring them with biblical stories about God’s army of angels complete with 3D imagery.

When children are scared by a storm, afraid of the dark, or wake up from a bad dream, how can you remind them of God’s protection and love? When a storm keeps Logan up one night at Grandpa’s house, Grandpa comforts him with stories about angels in the Bible who are ever at the Lord’s command.  When an incredibly powerful angel is on your side, there’s no reason to be scared or worried!

Logan’s Grandpa teaches him that not only are angels real, but God uses his mighty warriors to guard him. Logan learns that God’s angels are an invincible army fighting on our behalf in the strength of the Lord. Young readers will learn along with Logan that angels are watching over us and are always on our side.

• Uses 3D illustrations by Rommel Ruiz to depict the spiritual realm.
• Two sets of 3D glasses come with each book.
• Will become a favorite bedtime story, helping children ages 4–7 remember the best way to combat our fears is to take them to God.

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My Kid Review of Angels on Your Side

We all have times in our life when we are afraid. Marty Machowski has written an encouraging text that reminds all of us that we have angels around us. I appreciated that every retelling of a Bible story about angels included a Scripture reference so that readers (and their parents) can find the story in the Bible and read it for themselves. The story also includes some hard parts like why didn’t angels protect grandma in the accident. The entire story is written in such a way that preschoolers and early elementary students should be able to understand it. 

Rommel Ruiz’s illustrations do a good job of matching the mood of the story – dark and somber for the storm and bold and colorful for the appearance of angels. 

Angels on Your Side would be a great addition to the picture book section of a K-12 Christian school library. It would also be good for home, church or classroom libraries. 

I received a complimentary copy of Angels on Your Side. This is my honest review.

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