Book Review: When God Created My Toes

I was somewhat disappointed in this book.  The rhymes are endearing, and the pictures are vivid, but the scenes portrayed are not what I was expecting.  The girl in the story is shown gleefully misbehaving in several pages.  (Painting hand prints on the living room wall for example.)  This is not exactly the kind of behavior I want my children mimicking.  Otherwise the story was cute and my kids did seem to enjoy reading it.  (I just made sure to emphasize possible consequences for the "bad" behaviors depicted.)  Additionally, I wasn't particularly fond of the wording: "Did we cheer for angel bands when God created my hands?"  Angel bands?  It could potentially be a conversation starter for preschoolers to understand how God created them, but over all I don't recommend it.
 

***I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. Any opinions expressed are my own.***  

Book Review: Mine Is the Night by Liz Curtis Higgs

Reading this novel is my first exposure to Liz Curtis Higgs writing.  I have to say I'm impressed.  Once you get acclimated to the dialect, it is easy to fully delve into the story as if you're there in the middle of eighteenth century Scotland.  The story of Ruth and Boaz is one of my all time favorite Bible stories so I was especially drawn in to the story.  My only regret is that it was only after I had read the story that I came to realize this is the second book in a two-book series.  The characters are vividly charming and feel like real friends by book's end.  I am eager to read more of Higgs works. 

***I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. Any opinions expressed are my own.***