Maybe God Is Like That Too - by Jennifer Grant (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A young boy asks his grandma where God is in their city. Where love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are, there too is God. An ordinary day in his city opens this young boy's eyes to God's Spirit at work all around him"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Every child wonders where God lives or what God is like. In <i>Maybe God Is Like That Too</i>, a young boy asks his grandma where God is in their city. She invites him to pay attention to where he sees the fruit of the Spirit. Where love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are, there too is God. The boy sees God in the kindness of a doorman holding the door for a man using a wheelchair, in the patience of his teacher helping him tie his shoes, and in the love, faithfulness, and gentleness of his grandma. An ordinary day in his city opens this young boy's eyes to God's Spirit at work all around him</p> <p>Schipper's cheerful, screenprintlike artwork capably evokes the energy of a moderately gritty, moderately diverse cityscape. --Publishers Weekly</p> <p>Highly recommended for family, preschool, elementary school, Sunday School, and community library picture book collections. --Midwest Book Review</p> <p>A wonderful story to help illustrate the humanity of Christ Jesus as told to us in Philippians. --Katie Barrett Todd, Union Presbyterian Seminary alumna, writer for Lectionary Links.</p> <p><i>Maybe God Is Like That Too</i> is a 2017 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards winner-a contest intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary children's books and their creators, and to support childhood literacy and life-long reading.</p> <p><i>Maybe God Is Like That Too</i> has been selected as a finalist in the 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. Finalists represent the best books published by university and independent publishers (and authors) in 2017.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>I'm always looking for ways to talk with my children about who God is, and this book gives me a sweet, warm, relatable way to do it. I love the way Jennifer Grant's prose and Benjamin Schipper's illustrations show God at work all around us, in the city, in the classroom, and in our homes. I will share this book with many friends! --Amy Julia Becker, Author of <i>Small Talk</i> and <i>A Good and Perfect Gift</i></p><p>This book gives me a warm fuzzy feeling that is rooted in the truth about who God is. I will read it with my kids over and over. --Amy Julia Becker, Author of <i>Small Talk</i> and <i>A Good and Perfect Gift</i></p><p>A wonderful story to help illustrate the humanity of Christ Jesus as told to us in Philippians. --<i>Lectionary Links</i></p><p>An ordinary day in his city opens this young boy's eyes to God's Spirit at work all around him. For ages four to eight. Enhanced with the charming artwork of Benjamin Schipper that will have special appeal to children ages 4 to 8, Maybe God Is Like That Too is very highly recommended for family, preschool, elementary school, Sunday School, and community library picture book collections. --<i>Midwest Book Review</i></p><p>I love how something so simple as reading a beautiful children's book has become a great conversation starter for my kids helping them to recognize Christ all around them. It is also teaching them to value these attributes as part of the way we choose to live ourselves. --Youth Pastor Jenice Baker, <i>Parenting as Discipleship</i></p><br>
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