Reading, Writing & Pondering

  Are you looking for a new book to gift a baby or a toddler? Or maybe a toddler's Easter basket right now? The Beginning of You by Laine Lawson Craft is such a cute illustrated book with rhyming lyrical prose throughout the book. This cute board book measures 7 inches square and has the thick cardboard pages that make it easy to little ones to turn the pages on their own. The Beginning of You is 17 pages long and is aimed at children ages two and under. The illustrations are inclusive and show children of all skin colors, which I like. The words of this book are written with a wonderful rhythm. I like how she writes about how we are all made by God in our own special way. The words also remind little ones that they are loved by the Creator who made them.     I received a copy of this book from the author/publisher. All opinions within this review are my own. 

  God Rescues Me by Kristen Wetherell is the gospel message for little ones. It has some rhyming verse to explain the gospel. It still uses large words and concepts like sin and forgiveness. I think the wording is a bit big for children under the ages of four. There is also some redundancy in this book to be sure the message gets across. I would say it is more for the four to six year-old age range but that is just my opinion. It does have a neat lift-the-flap with a mirror on the last page that is kind of neat. This is definitely a book for Christian families to use. Physcially, God Rescues Me measures about seven inches square. It is 22 pages long with soft, pretty illustrations by Grace Habib that I like. I received a copy of this book from the publisher through the Amazon Vine program. All opinions within this review are my own.