Dandi Daley Mackall penned When God Created My Toes and God Loves Me More Than That. Large, colorful illustrations drawn by David Hohm accompany the rhyming lines in each book.
When God Created My Toes* 
features a little girl wondering about God’s reaction when he created her toes, knees, hands, etc. Each question is asked in a light-hearted, rhyming form, such as “When God created my eyes, could I see him too, playing peek-a-boo?”
I liked the way each query featured a penciled drawing on “lined school paper” accompanied by a lavishly detailed colorful illustration on accompanying pages.
“How much love does God have for me?
More than the letters between A and Z.
More than the bumbles in a bumble bee.
God loves me more than that!”
Lisa Tawn Bergren brings us another special offering in God Gave Us Heaven.** In this precious book, a little polar bear cub spends a day fishing with her daddy and asks him, “Papa, what’s heav’n?” There follows a litany of more questions and well-thought out answers as to how wonderful heaven will be.
“No, we won’t need our stuff there….
“Sometimes we think we need stuff, but it’s just more weight for us to carry.
Our best stuff doesn’t weigh anything at all---stuff like love, family, friends, and faith.
That’s where our real blessings are.”
Also tucked inside this book is a simple presentation of the gospel message of Jesus being the bridge between us and God. Illustrations are beautifully done by Laura J. Bryant.
*tested by my 2 1/2 year old granddaughter. She liked the first one I think because she knows what her toes, knees, etc. are. The second has broader concepts which may not have meaning yet for her, though she did like the pictures.
**my granddaughter enjoys these pictures, but the story/questions are for a slightly older child.
New from WaterBrook Press. All three are hardcover.
I currently have one set to give away.
They can also be purchased here.
2 comments:
If no one has claimed this, can I claim it for my Canton girls? I have gotten books from you before so if you would rather I didn't I understand!
@ linda...you are the first, so I think there will be some happy girls!
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