Bless This House

This book was given to me at a baby shower and little did I know that four years later it would be tattered and worn from all of the love shown to it! We read this book every night before bed and my 2 and 4 year old kids have it memorized. I even had to record them. It is a darling prayer to hear from their lips.

Since purchasing this book a month ago, my 18 month old daughter has requested every night before bed (and in the morning, a few hours later, mid-afternoon-- ALL THE TIME!). Each time we read it, we discover something new in the illustrations. We like to sing the words to the tune of "Tis A Gift to Be Simple" and come up with our own lyrics too.

Leslie Staub has written a creative nondenominational bedtime prayer book for young children. Its rhyming rhythm celebrates all that is near and dear to a child's heart, everything from its home, family, nature, and all God's creatures are seen from the open window of the child's bedroom. Children can always find something to be grateful about, and the simple text in the book helps all the young readers to make that feeling possible. The illustrations are done from the child's perspective of looking out the bedroom window. The author/illustrator uses bright oil colors to achieve keen sense of outdoors and Mother Earth.