This great grandma takes her grandchildren on a great camping trip filled with hiking, floating, and fun. The pictures and text are fun (floating, breThis great grandma takes her grandchildren on a great camping trip filled with hiking, floating, and fun. The pictures and text are fun (floating, breakfast s'mores that add peanut butter and bananas, "spa" time but just using mud on the riverbank, stories, and more).
The overall feel is not overtly religious but the grandmother does say this as she and her granddaughter are looking at the stars, "Always remember, precious girl, that even though the universe is really big, God holds it all in his hands, just like he holds you. He sees you and loves you even more than I do."
I like that the front endpaper showcases photos from their trip and the back endpaper shows some of the things their parents did while they were gone (bike ride, date night, spa day, and relaxing). ...more
A very cute book about a parent telling their child all the things they pray for their child and letting them know that they can pray too.
The picturesA very cute book about a parent telling their child all the things they pray for their child and letting them know that they can pray too.
The pictures were cute but I thought it was odd that all of the animals had blue eyes. I thought maybe at the end of the book it would show a human parent and child with blue eyes (sort of a hint that all of the preceding characters were/represented the parent and child) but, instead, it actually showed all of the animals in one page spread so my theory didn't fit....more