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jbmorgan86's review
5.0
A friend of ours got this picture book for our baby girl. While I am fine with stating that God is genderless, I was afraid this book would be a bit heavy-handed with that idea. However, that was not the case.
On a long car ride, a daughter asks her father (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) “What was God like as a little girl?” This allows the father to be a bit playful with the story of creation. He says that when God was a little girl, God liked to create artwork, just like his daughter does. The rest of the book is the father and daughter retelling the creation story together in terms that the daughter understands.
There are some profound concepts here such as the state of God before the creation, the reclaiming of darkness as a good thing creation as an art form, humans’ close ties with the earth, and the naming of animals as a communal event.
This book would work well as an antiphonal reading. I look forward to reading this WITH my daughter some day.
On a long car ride, a daughter asks her father (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) “What was God like as a little girl?” This allows the father to be a bit playful with the story of creation. He says that when God was a little girl, God liked to create artwork, just like his daughter does. The rest of the book is the father and daughter retelling the creation story together in terms that the daughter understands.
There are some profound concepts here such as the state of God before the creation, the reclaiming of darkness as a good thing creation as an art form, humans’ close ties with the earth, and the naming of animals as a communal event.
This book would work well as an antiphonal reading. I look forward to reading this WITH my daughter some day.
pingin505's review
5.0
A darling and important reimagining of a creation story. There’s something so sweet about the dad telling the little girl this story. And that all stories can coexist and be true. Just what a sweet a loving reimagining. ❤️
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