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Extreme Handbook Makover

Hey leaders,

Whether you serve in Truth & Training, have a child in T&T, sing in the choir next to a T&T leader, or just want to be an all-around informed Awana person...you need to know the scoop about the updated T&T Book Three!

  • It will be available in the upcoming 2008-09 Awana Ministry Catalog.
  • It will include all the same great content improvements introduced this year in Book One and Book Two: revised section requirements, parent pages, and much more.
  • It will feature an entirely new look and feel: new layout style, new binding, and new character artwork. (See what we mean.
  • "Hey, what's with the characters?" If you clicked the link above, you might have noticed that the T&T characters have "aged" a bit. In the same way that many of your 5th graders are beginning to hit those growth spurts, we've grown the T&T characters up a bit for Book Three and (next year) for Book Four.

So, you probably are on board with the content changes implemented in T&T this year. (We've heard very positive feedback on that across the board.) But you may be wondering, "Why the look-and-feel change?"

We want T&T for 5th graders to feel like they're "arrived" at a destination with this handbook, something different than what the younger T&T clubbers use. Hopefully this will serve as a motivation and retention tool for T&T clubs. Ultimately, we want to help T&T leaders and parents to challenge kids at this critical life stage that knowing, loving and serving Jesus Christ is THE ultimate adventure in life. 

Published Monday, April 21, 2008 9:48 AM by RedBlueGreenYellow

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:18 AM by Jeannie

# re: Extreme Handbook Makover

I was under the impression that both book 3 and 4 were due out this summer.  I love what I see of the new design and the kids "growing" older as well.  My sparky child will make it through Sparks in the "old" books, and according to this information my T & T child will earn his Timothy from the "old" books.

Transitions....so much fun.  Good thing we have graceSmile
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:32 AM by RedBlueGreenYellow

# re: Extreme Handbook Makover

Jeannie,

Early on, it was our intention to release the third and fourth books simultaneously, as we had done the first two books. However, we changed that plan quite some time ago, primarily due to competition for project funds here at HQ. (Yes, we have our own version of "budget battles" here too! Smile )

Yes, there are always those kids that "just miss" the new books. My T&T-age son is in the same boat! Thanks for the grace, even during transitions.

What do you think?

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