God Gave Us Two by Lisa Tawn Bergren

These God Gave Us books are wonderful tools to help children understand life.

In this book, your little one will better understand that you will soon have a new brother or sister and that God gives them as wonderful gifts.

The little cub hears from his parents about all the fun things he'll experience now that he'll have a sibling. These are questions your child may be asking in his/her mind.

You'll also touch on the creative aspects of God. Just like every snowflake is different, God makes every new brother and sister different.

New siblings don't mean a replacement, but they mean double the fun.

This is an excellent hardback book for sharing the new life growing inside mommy.

This book was provided for review, at no cost, by WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing

This Little Prayer of Mine by Anthony DeStefano

This clever rhyming book is a nice introduction to prayer for children.

Your child will see that talking to God is just as easy as can be and, if they really feel up to it, could even say their prayers in rhymes.

The illustrations are excellent.

It's fun to see what pops in the artist's head after reading a couple lines from the book.

Like most books like this, you are able to enhance the prayers by adding your own stories to the pictures as your child will look and study each page.

This Little Prayer of Mine is a terrific book for all ages.

This book was provided for review, at no cost, by WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing.

When God Created My Toes by Dandi Daley Mackall

Dandi Mackall has written a lovely rhyming book all about God creating us.

Beginning with the toes, we travel up through our knees, hip, hands, head, hair, eyes, nose and heart. The lines are fun to read and easy for children to understand.

The illustrations by David Hon are fantastic. The colors brighten up the story.

In this book, we follow a girl as she wonders about what God was thinking when he made certain parts of her body. She plays with her dad, fingerpaints on the walls, gets a bath and plays in the snow.

The best part is how easy this book is to follow. Kids will want to read this over and over.

This book was provided for review, at no cost, by WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing.

The Baby Bible Christmas Storybook by Robin Currie

This hard board book is a delight to read to young children. Each page has a specific story from the birth of Jesus passages in the gospels.

Mary's Secret - Luke 1:30-31
Joseph Helps - Matthew 1:24
A Long Trip - Luke 2:4-5
No Room! - Luke 2:6-7
Jesus is Born! - Luke 2:7
A Manger Bed - Luke 2:7
A Quiet Night - Luke 2:8
Happy News - Luke 2:9-12
So Much Singing! - Luke 2:13-14
Run! - Luke 2:15-16
Listen to This! - Luke 2:17-18
Where is the King? - Matthew 2:1-2
A Star in the Sky - Matthew 2:9-10
Beautiful Gifts - Matthew 2:11
Our Christmas - Luke 2:20

Each story has 4 simple sentences to read followed by 4 actions to perform with your child. A short prayer ends each story. On the opposite page is a bright and colorful picture illustrating the story you are reading.

With the short story, acting ideas and colorful pictures, this book is a great gift for any child.


This book was provided for review, at no cost, by David C. Cook Publishing.

Rumble! Zap! Pow! by Diane Stortz

A hard cover, cartoon Bible for pre-schoolers is what you will find in Rumble! Zap! Pow!: Mighty Stories of God.

Diane Stortz has included 40 stories from the Bible (20 Old Testament, 20 New Testament) with illustrations by Luke Daab.

Each story is laid out in large "comic book" panels. The illustrations are very colorful with the artwork resembling a kind of anime that has been all the rage for some time.

Each story provides a Mighty Thought along with the Scripture reference.

At the end of each story, you'll discover the Power Words (another Scripture reference) and a fun activity to help bring the story to life for your toddler.

As with the title of this book, some of the fun is in the Batman-style use of action words: "BAM" "THUD" and "Clip-Clop Clip-Clop".

You'll interact with your son/daughter with all the power words in these Bible stories.



This book was provided for review by Tyndale Publishing.

Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book

Who isn't a fan of Dr. Seuss? We aren't talking about the live-action movies but the books full of bizarre rhyming and rhythm.

The good doctor is in full swing with ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book.

Each letter begins with the same cadence: "Big A, little a, what begins with a?" followed by some goofy wordsmithing: "Aunt Annie's Alligator".

My son enjoys looking at the pictures and hearing me go through the cadence.

My older niece, however, got into the recitation and knew what was coming next so that by the time I was on G, she said with me, "Big G, little g, what begins with g?"

Your kids will enjoy the colorful pictures of the Seussian creatures and giggle at things like the "fiffer feffer feff".

Dr. Seuss all the way for my boy!

Moo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton

Sandra Boynton is a name you should become familiar with. 

Her books are a delight to read. Moo Baa La La La is an "animal sound" book with a funny surprise in the middle.

You'll go through the sounds for such animals as: cows, sheep, pigs, ducks, horses, rhinoceroses, dogs, and cats.

It's funny to hear adults read this book. As they get to the part of what the rhino's say, our brains aren't quite sure if rhinoceroses is the correct word or if we should say something like "rhinocerosi".

And hearing the different types of "snorting and snuffing" brings down the house. Be sure to have grandma and grandpa read this to your little one so you, too, can have a blast.

You won't find any audio or texture features in this book (we'll get to Boynton's Fuzzy Fuzzy Fuzzy in another post) but your child will enjoy growing up with this easy-to-read and echo book.