“I Can Only Imagine for Little Ones:
A Friendship with Jesus Now and Forever” written by Bart Millard (the singer of
the hit song!) and Laura Neutzling, illustrated by Sumiti Collina, takes the
same ideas and best aspects of the original children’s book and tweaks them to
suit little ones.
The book is a spongy hardcover –
sure to delight little faces and hands. The original version has a few more
pages, pictures, and words, but this new version is enough for wee ones. It
asks the same questions: Will Jesus play with me? Would He ride a bike? Jump in
the lake? Play ball? Does God have a pet? The author asks the questions and
leaves the answer to the imagination. Lots of opportunities exist for parents
and kids to talk about possibilities of heaven as they read this book together.
The book is full of rhymes which makes it fun for kids learning to read.
This book is a good length. Often,
story books are too short, but this one keeps going for a meaningful and
worthwhile read. The last page sums up the purpose/tone of the book nicely: “I
can only imagine what my eyes will see when Your face is before me. I can only
imagine . . .”
The illustrations span the full
spread on each page and are clear, bold, colorful, happy, and engaging!
I don’t think both the original and
this version would add variation to one bookshelf, but one of these books, each
of these, makes a great gift!
The
publisher has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book through
BookSneeze®. I was not required to write a positive review.
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