Title: God Bless This Child: Bedtime Prayers and Praises for Little Ones Series: Standalone Author: Max & Denalyn Lucado Illustrator: Lisa Alderson Publish Date: March 4, 2025 Publisher: Tommy Nelson Genre: Children's NonFiction Age: 0-8 Started Reading: January 28, 2025 Finished Reading: January 28, 2025 NetGalley?: Yes
Invite God’s goodness into bedtime with this rhyming prayer book from Max Lucado featuring prayers and praises about God’s creation, presence, help, forgiveness, and loving heart written by Max and his wife, Denalyn. This keepsake book also includes blessings for parents to speak over their little ones. After talking to God each night, your child will fall asleep feeling joyful and cared for.
With updated selections from Lucado Treasury of Bedtime Prayers, this board book edition for toddlers and preschoolers includes
original prayers that speak to the unique challenges and joys of little ones,
prayers from the Bible that small children can understand,
a heartfelt note to parents about the readiness of a child’s heart for prayer,
a “God bless this child” benediction on every page for parents to pray over their children, and
calming nature scenes of animal families.
Add this essential board book to your family’s routine to
introduce children ages 0 to 4 to the habit of talking with God each day;
Model prayers of giving thanks, worshiping God, asking for help, and sharing worries; and
calm little minds and bodies with God’s peace.
With sweet and simple rhyming prayers of joy and praise, short Scriptures, and classic artwork, this prayer book makes a meaningful gift for baby showers, adoption presents, dedications, christenings, baptisms, birthdays, Easter, and Christmas. Show your kids that God listens to their prayers, and He cares what they have to say with God Bless This Bedtime Prayers and Praises for Little Ones.
My Two Cents:
Goodreads Rating: 4 Stars
This is a very sweet book of prayers to teach your children and to pray over your children. We read this book all the way through at once due to it being an ARC, but I think it works even better to have the hard copy and to choose a prayer your child (or you) thinks is the best for the occasion. My daughter (5) had a couple of prayers that she asked me to slow down on so that she could repeat the lines after me. My son (2) loved looking at the pictures and pointing out the animals. The illustrations are really cute, and I very much appreciate the verse references included to help me connect this book to the Bible. Definitely one I will be picking up in hard copy when it releases. We read this book through NetGalley.
To Sum Up: A lovely collection of prayers for bedtime.
