Song of Creation

by Paul Goble

Book Overview

"Birds pray, trees pray, flowers pray, mountains pray, the winds and rain pray, rivers and the little insects pray as well. The whole earth is in constant prayer, and we can join with its great prayer," says award-winning author and illustrator Paul Goble.

Every element of creation -- from the magpie to the minnow -- glorifies God in its own way in this bold and brightly illustrated work, adapted from The Book of Common Prayer. Goble invites...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802852718
• ISBN13: 9780802852717
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.6" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

Loved this book!!!

The book is a slight paraphrase of a prayer from the Liturgy of Hours and from the Common Book of Prayer. This particular prayer is based on the prayer offered to the Lord by Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Old Testament prophetic book of Daniel, after the Lord saved them from death in the fiery furnace. Of course it's the same over and over again -- it's a liturgical prayer with a statement (to be read by the reader) and a response from the congregation. Anyway, by the fourth page, my 2 1/2 year old was saying the response along with me: "praise Him and magnify Him forever" in her own little lispy way. It was beautiful! The illustrations are gorgeous. For example, on the page with "O all you birds of the air, bless you the Lord: praise him, and magnify him forever", there is an illustration of teh sky with cranes flying. The author has added in small type "o you cranes..." yadda yadda. There are forests, pine trees, horses, eagles, elk, on and on. I think it would be a wonderful addition to any family worship or prayer time in the evening. I can see how someone not acustomed to liturgy would find it repetitive and perhaps, boring. But if you understand what it is, I hope you might change your mind and decide it is not boring after all, but reverent, worshipful and honoring.