My Thanksgiving Prayer

Crystal Bowman is now my favorite! My son loves the pictures in this book and I love that it is about God and His love. It has a very sweet message that children can understand.

This is such a sweet book. It's a big board book so it's perfect for little ones, and it makes a great gift.

My mother-in-law works as a librarian, so she's always giving our son books. For Halloween the year he was about 1.5, she got us "My Happy Pumpkin". He loved it SO much that we got this one for Thanksgiving the same year, and he loves this one too! The illustrations are bright and fun, and the stories are simple and clear. The book rhymes, too, which is a plus for us. I highly recommend these as quality books with a quality message that kids and parents will like.

This is such a great book, as are all of Crystal Bowman's books! I love the way she shares the Christian message in a way that children can understand. The illustrations are beautiful. I read this to my young preschool class each year. It holds their attention as it is easy to read and very colorful.

Make this Thanksgiving special for your very little ones by sharing this book with them. It is a Thanksgiving prayer from a child's perspective. Written in rhyme, the verses give thanks for things children think about and can appreciate: food, family, and nature. The text is short and simple, with words and images children can understand and relate to. Here's a sample: Thank you, God, for birds that sing and mountains standing tall. For rivers, trees, and bumblebees - Lord, you have made them all. The illustrations in this book are painted with bright, bold colors and project a very child-like quality. Every double-paged spread, except one, contains a single picture. The other two pages contain three pictures that are painted to look like photographs. The book itself is a boardbook, cut roughly into the shape of a cornucopia. What I Like: Everything. The shape of the book captures your attention since, as mentioned, it is shaped like a cornucopia. The bright illustrations, with a decidedly orange theme, are cute and heart-warming. With only two sentences on each page, youngsters won't need a long attention span to enjoy this book. And the fact that it's a boardbook will make it easier for little ones to turn the pages by themselves. This is a great book to introduce your youngsters to all the things we have to be thankful for. What I Dislike: Nothing. Overall Rating: Excellent. Age Appeal: 4 and under. -Christine M. Irvin (Christian Children's Book Review)