One evening Willie Juan asks the children, “Little friends, someday, when you are in heaven, what do you think Abba will ask you?” (Willie Juan uses the familiar Hebrew, Abba, just as Jesus did) From this question comes a discussion about what it means to be smack-dab in the middle of God’s love.
This is a lovely book. Nicole Tadgell’s illustrations are vibrant and lively with bold yellows and pinks and a rainbow of skin colors. The characters' faces are kindly and the book gently addresses some childhood fears when confronted with a God who is both overwhelmingly big and intimately loving.
Despite it’s good qualities, this book did not bear up to a 2nd reading in my household. It’s a wonderful book for grownups to read, but not very exciting for kids drawn to more action based books. It is quite wordy and repetitive in a way that repeats the message rather than repeats a refrain, as do many books for young children. It wasn’t always very clear what the story was about from page to page. My own children respected this book, but did not enjoy it. Your mileage may vary.
I received a free copy of this book from Thomas Nelson.
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