Friday, December 12, 2025

Your Places Box Set: (3 Board Books for Babies & Toddlers About Safe Spaces, Comfort, & Imagination)

Your Island, Your Farm, Your Forest
Jon Klassen, Author & Illustrator
Candlewick Press ~ ISBN: 9781536241853


Your Places Box Set: (3 Board Books for Babies & Toddlers About Safe Spaces, Comfort, & Imagination) by Jon Klassen


My thoughts:  The classic simplicity of Jon Klassen children's book illustrations and sparse text is especially suitable for the very young child. Klassen's illustrations traditionally feature wide-open eyes that peer from various and often unexpected places. 

Thursday, December 11, 2025

The Winding Willow by Will Hillenbrand (a fun , sunggle-worthy wintry tale)

 The Winding Willow


Holiday House Publishing

My thoughts: 
 What a beautifully and artistically executed story! This sweet little mouse is headed out in the midst of a dreadful wintry storm through the countryside, and a kindly gentleman offers Mouse a ride in his carriage. Sadly, the Willow tree blocks their path. They disembark and mouse spots the missing items from the mouse household precariously clinging to the branches - an umbrella, a boot, and even a key.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Winter is Wonderful ❄️ by Emma Dodd

Winter Is Wonderful (Emma Dodd's Love You Books) 

ISBN: 9781536243956
Hardcover $17.99
Templar Books

My thoughts:
  Bold, stark drawings of winter wilderness captures a mother Red Fox and her two kits in a variety of scenarios. Each is a glimpse into tender care on behalf of the mother and snuggling sweet cuteness of the kits.

Deep shades of blue and red against the stark white of snow with flakes falling capture the essence of cold and serene winter beauty. The sparse sprinkle of silver metalic sheen is an especially nice touch and lends an icey glitter to multiple pages.

Friday, December 5, 2025

"The Glorious Image of God: How Jesus Reveals Who God Made You to Be" by Rousseaux Brasseur & illustrated by Arief Putra


40 pages, Hardcover
Zonderkidz
ISBN: 9780310167396
About the book: Being made in God’s image can be a hard concept for children to fully grasp, but The Glorious Image of God explains how, through the story of Jesus, we can learn to see God’s reflection within ourselves and foster a deeper sense of spiritual identity and self-worth. From ministry leader and children’s book author Rousseaux Brasseur, this masterfully woven, rhyming text dives into stories from the Bible unpacking what it means to be an image bearer of God, helping us to better understand how we can share God’s love and goodness with others in our lives.

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Dr. Fizzlebop's Super Simple Science (4 book set) from Focus on the Family & Tyndale Publishers 🎄

Fun and STEM education taken to a new level for young children to learn about God's Wonderful World with these delightful, insightful, & attention grabbingly illustrated board books.


A joyful gift for little ones to find under the Christmas tree!

Young children are like sponges and soak up facts and learn about their world with amazing speed and skill. Dr. Fizzlebop's Super Simple Science board books introduce core learning concepts to young inquirers. As they learn about the alphabet and animals, colors and counting, weather science, and outer space with these four delightful "Super Simple Science" books, they begin to connect these simple bits of science into their surroundings and their minds take them forward on their beginning journey to further explore God's amazing world.

Monday, December 1, 2025

Your Worth Never Wavers by Laura Wifler 🎄Review & Holly Jolly Giveaway Hop🎄

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My thoughts:
  On pages awash with soft pastels, a beautiful mix of mother-daughter duets grace the pages of this lovely book as it explodes with exuberance and truth that God sees our worth and it never wavers. Not intended to teach a selfish sense of importance but to instill a root base of one's individual importance to God in His heart and in His mind, the steadfastness of God's faithfulness is expressed in ingenious terms throughout the book.

Absolutely perfect young child's gift - The Jesus Storybook Bible" by Sally Lloyd Jones - is a proven winner! 🎁

An absolutely perfect Christmas gift for young child!

🌟Colorful
🌟Attention getting & keeping
🌟Educational
🌟Trustworthy
 

"The Jesus Storybook Bible" by Sally Lloyd Jones


Purchase Here
ISBN: 9780310708254
Hardcover | $24.99 US/ $31.00 CAD

My thoughts:  Sally Lloyd Jones does such a good job presenting to children the stories from throughout the Bible. In The Jesus Storybook Bible she retells the well known stories from the Bible and how Jesus is in - even though in shadow - each of them. Sized for young hands, this thick book has pictures to interest and understandable text that can be read to the young child. As the child grows and learns to read, he or she will begin to read these simply retold stories for themselves.

Originally published in 2007, it's many editions attest to the dependability and trustworthiness of the storybook. This is a storybook and not intended to replace a Bible. There is no chapter/verse text. This is a retelling of the stories that are in the Biblical text. (Note: For reference the Book/Chapter/Verse are provided.)