Valerie S. (VolunteerVal) -
This story is about a heart (boy) who becomes very anxious during a group trip to the zoo when things don't go as planned. The illustrations are wonderful, and our young grandchildren related to the various areas of the zoo because they often visit our city's zoo.
At ages 2, 4, and 5, they were too young to relate to the child-friendly descriptions of panic and negative thoughts, but older children probably could. At first they were confused that the boy and heart were separate but understood after we talked about it.
I appreciated the simple prayer ("I'm okay. I can pray. God made today. God is the way.") that was included as a breath prayer and a finger prayer.
The book is part of the StrongHeart Stories series; I plan to check out others in the series.
Note: This story use the male pronoun for God which doesn't match my theology so I simply edited as I read aloud, replacing "him" with "God."
Thank you to David C Cook for the review copy of this book.
At ages 2, 4, and 5, they were too young to relate to the child-friendly descriptions of panic and negative thoughts, but older children probably could. At first they were confused that the boy and heart were separate but understood after we talked about it.
I appreciated the simple prayer ("I'm okay. I can pray. God made today. God is the way.") that was included as a breath prayer and a finger prayer.
The book is part of the StrongHeart Stories series; I plan to check out others in the series.
Note: This story use the male pronoun for God which doesn't match my theology so I simply edited as I read aloud, replacing "him" with "God."
Thank you to David C Cook for the review copy of this book.
