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A Children's DVD Review: Gigi God’s Little Princess “Gigi’s Big Break” Sheila Walsh

"Gigi's Big Break" is a two-story DVD about Gigi, the main character from Sheila Walsh's children's books. In the first story, Gigi breaks a vase but blames it on her pet cat. When her mom doubts her story, Gigi embellishes it to convince her, but the lies continue to grow until Gigi can no longer bear it and finally confesses. Her parents help her see the damage that lying can do. Teaches the lesson of 1 John 1:8-9.

The second story begins with Gigi learning that she is going to be a big sister. Gigi's first response is, "Why?" She's used to being the only child and the center of their world. Afraid that her parents will no longer love her when the baby arrives, she plans to run away and live with her best friend. But Mom and Dad reassure her their love for her will never change, and she soon discovers the joy of being a big sister. Teaches the lesson from Jesus’ prayer in Luke 10:21.

This video held the attention of both my 5 year old son and 3 year old daughter. The lessons presented were easy for them both to grasp, while enabling them to identify with the main character. As an educator and Sunday School teacher, I was very pleased with Sheila Walsh’s delivery of the scripture messages. This video is not only entertaining and educational for home use, it is a must for lesson extensions at any Sunday School. I feel that this video can meet the needs of multi-aged groups and leads to open discussion about who Gigi came to apply the word of GOD in her life.

After viewing this video my children were able to give real life examples from their own experiences that reinforced the scripture presented. As a mom this enabled me to open up conversation with them as to how we can better apply what we know GOD wants us to do in our own lives. Our family highly recommends this video and suggests you add it to your own DVD library.

Thomas Nelson has provided me with a complimentary copy of this DVD.