- big, bright & colorful
- rhyming telling of Creation story
- reminiscent of Cat in the Hat
(stranger man tramping around with 2 kids) - includes a romantic picture between 2 kids
- clean language
- seems theologically correct*
Type: picture book
Ages: 3-8
Author: Shawn Byous
Illustrator: Colin Jack
*I only give one caveat to this point: Unfortunately, there was little info I could find on the author, which I like to do when reviewing Christian books. In his rhymes, he properly describes God as the Creator and that it was for His glory, so we’ll leave it at that.
Also, if you don’t know this about me, I’m pretty sensitive to groomer-type activity, even the subtle. Likely this one particular drawing was innocent, but I didn’t like how the strange man [the kids just met on page 1] is big-hugging them while the boy’s face looks uneasy. Sat wrong with me.
We originally received it free from a publisher years ago, so see if your library has it, but maybe don’t buy it full price. 😉