New Children’s Book from WorthyKids {Book Review}
Nothing by Natalee Creech is the latest children’s book from WorthyKids, an imprint of Hachette Book Group.
What is Nothing About?
Nothing is based on the promise in Romans 8:38-39 that nothing can separate us from God’s love. The book begins with the question, “Can anything separate me from God’s love?”
The author then explores different possibilities of physical things that might separate us from God’s love. A mountain? The deepest sea? A swirling tornado or a sinkhole of mud?
This is followed by the refrain that answers the question:
There is nothing so powerful,
nothing so strong–
God’s love is too high
and too deep
and too long!
Next, she explores whether or not you could outdistance God’s love and God’s grace using planes, trains, and rockets.
Once again, the answer is No!
There is nothing so powerful,
nothing so strong–
God’s love is too high
and too deep
and too long!
The book then goes on to talk about how God’s love will follow you everywhere.
The last section in the book is a little girl who rides her bike through the flowers. She asks if God’s love is through if she does something she shouldn’t. She is reassured that God’s love doesn’t change.
The book ends with the refrain.
Great Children’s Book for a Read Aloud
The rhyme scheme provides a nice rhythm for reading aloud.
The illustrations, by Joseph Cowman, are quite cute. They do well at portraying the image created by the words. The bold and vivid colors appeal well to children.
We would usually read this at bed or nap time. My two year old liked the pictures. She would often point to the little girl at the end and comment about how she shouldn’t have messed up the flowers. We would talk about how even if we make wrong choices that we can still be forgiven and God will always love us.
The One Caveat
There was only one small little line of text in this children’s book that I had an issue with. On the next to last page, she writes:
“You’re adopted as God’s own.
You’re the child of the King!”
My problem was with the word adopted. We believe that we are the literal spirit children of our Heavenly Father. The reason He loves us so much and sent His son to die for us is because we are His children. We are children of God. There is nothing you need to do to be considered His child. You already are.
Therefore, we do not believe you need to be adopted into God’s family. You are already a part of it. Yes, you still need to believe in Christ, repent, and be baptized to return to live with Him. But regardless of what you choose, it doesn’t change the fact that you are a child of God.
That being said, we still enjoyed the book. The overall message was one we agree with. Since it was typically a parent or older child reading to a younger one, we simply omitted the word adopted and continued on. And that one little word led to huge discussions with our children about why the knowledge that they are a child of God is so important. I consider that a positive thing.
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