Prayers for Little Hearts

by Sandra Magsamen, Sandra Magsamen (Illustrator)

Overview

Snuggle up with these sweet prayers and say thank you to life's daily gifts and blessings!

Thank you for the world so sweet.Thank you for the food we eat.Thank you for the birds that singThank you God for everything!

A soothing, loving collection of first prayers for little ones, new from bestselling creator Sandra Magsamen. Featuring sweet pastels, gentle rhyme, and adorable animal illustrations, this tall board book is the perfect gentle introduction to prayer. Snuggle up at bedtime, and say thank you for life's daily gifts and blessings!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338359817
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/03/2019
Pages:	10
Sales rank:	671,489
Product dimensions:	3.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Sandra Magsamen is the author and illustrator of many books for young children, including the picture book When I Grow Up I Want to Be Me, as well as a number of bestselling novelty titles, including Everybody Goes Nighty-Night, named a Best Board Book of 2018 by The Children's Book Review; Baby Love; I Love You, Little Pumpkin; and Peek-a-Boo, I Love You. As an artist, an art therapist, and a mom, she uses her creativity to remind people to express themselves and connect with others. Her lifestyle brands, products, and books are sold worldwide. Visit her at sandramagsamen.com.

Editorial Reviews

2019-09-24
Precious, nursery-style animals and plants decorate the pages of five classic religious adages.

In this hodgepodge collection, Magsamen illustrates childhood prayers with her traditional faux quilting style, featuring candy-colored pastel tones, too-sentimental cartoon animals, and grinning suns, moons, and flowers. There's a strong heart theme throughout, with a heart-shaped nose on a lamb and similarly shaped birds' wings. It's cute but almost entirely generic. Some of the traditional sayings, such as "God made the sun," are re-created verbatim; others are expanded or altered, as when "I see the moon and the moon sees me" receives additional lines about kissing "nighty-night." None of these additions adds much to the original, and most have a meter that sounds just a little off. The poems are written in thin, hand-written white letters that don't always have enough contrast to be seen easily against the background, and the occasional colorfully highlighted and patterned words cramp the page. The simultaneously publishing 'Twas the Night Before Christmas! is purely derivative, with alterations that drastically truncate and remove all the character of the original poem. It reads aloud poorly, particularly to ears accustomed to the original. Both share a tall, narrow trim size that is somewhat unwieldy to hold with a child in the lap.

Blandly pleasant; entirely skippable. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews