About
the Book
Grandma,
how do you know God is real? is about a six-and-a-half-year-old girl named
Kendra, who spends a few weeks of her summer vacation with her Grandma.
She awakens one bright and sunny morning and asks her Grandma how does she know God is real? Grandma, takes Kendra on an adventure to show her all the reasons as to why she knows God is real.
She awakens one bright and sunny morning and asks her Grandma how does she know God is real? Grandma, takes Kendra on an adventure to show her all the reasons as to why she knows God is real.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I can't tell you how much I love the premise and the beautiful illustrations throughout. The story is nice, simple, and powerful. It is the perfect book for a grandmother to share with her granddaughter.
While I absolutely love the message in the book, I have one thing I wish were different. This book seems to depict that only women and girls are true Christians and go to church. I was disappointed in the response of the grandfather, and I would have liked to have seen that developed more. I realize and appreciate that his generation would have seen it as the wife's place to go to church and the husband's to stay home. After all, he is the breadwinner who worked all week to provide for his family. I don't mind his voicing his opinion, but it almost makes light of it. I know this is a small thing, but it is just something I would have liked to have seen handled differently, especially since it is a children's books. But I certainly can't complain with the theology presented in the book!
I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.
While I absolutely love the message in the book, I have one thing I wish were different. This book seems to depict that only women and girls are true Christians and go to church. I was disappointed in the response of the grandfather, and I would have liked to have seen that developed more. I realize and appreciate that his generation would have seen it as the wife's place to go to church and the husband's to stay home. After all, he is the breadwinner who worked all week to provide for his family. I don't mind his voicing his opinion, but it almost makes light of it. I know this is a small thing, but it is just something I would have liked to have seen handled differently, especially since it is a children's books. But I certainly can't complain with the theology presented in the book!
I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.
Lorita Kelsey Childress lives with her husband David, in Northern CA. She
has three daughters and a granddaughter. Lorita’s first novel The Turning Point
of Lila Louise was published in May 2010. December 2012, she published her
first children’s book titled, Grandma, how do you know God is real? She is a
member of Sistahs on the Reading Edge book club. Lorita’s work is featured in
Gumbo for the Soul; The Recipe for Literacy in the Black Community and Gumbo
for the Soul; Women of Honor Special Pink Edition. Her latest work is featured
in Suspect; A Confessional Anthology. Her poem Our History is Rich was
featured in the January/March 2010 edition of Kontagious Magazine. She is
currently working on her second novel.
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