Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Book Review: Thank You, God, For Blessing Me

Max Lucado’s Thank You, God, For Blessing Me features Little Hermie, a cute baby caterpillar with a big thankful heart. Little Hermie teaches toddlers how to thank God for His many blessings. The book is a prayer of thanks from Little Hermie to God. He thanks God for his friends, family, and all that he has.

Thank You, God, For Blessing Me is a nice smaller sized board book, perfect for little toddler hands. The glossy finish makes the book easy to clean. With only ten pages, the book is short enough to keep a toddler’s attention and great for bedtime reading. The size makes it easy to pack up and take along to Grandma’s house.

The illustrations of Little Hermie and all his friends in the garden are cute and colorful, they are simple and easily recognizable for toddlers. The book is a prayer from Little Hermie to God. It uses everyday language and words that a toddler would be familiar with, such as this sample from the book: “So I give thanks to You, God, for the flowers, stars, and trees, for friends and food and playtime. Thank, God, for blessing me.”

My two year old son and I read this book together before bedtime, he liked finding all the flowers, leaves and different bugs on the pages. The words were simple enough for him to understand and I would stop and ask him if he was thankful for his family, friends, and so on. This book is a great tool to help teach toddlers about God’s love for them, to teach little ones how to accept that love and to thank God for all he has given them.

 (Thank you to Thomas Nelson for providing me a copy of this book to read and review. I'm a member of Thomas Nelson's BookSneeze prorgram.)

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