When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner

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The Christian theme is the center of this book. The sentiment of being wonderfully made is universal and the use of a Black girl as the protagonist is a powerful statement against the messages black children receive every day. [1]   

Summary

You

You

God thinks about you.

God was thinking of you long before your debut.

From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread their wings and fly.

Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves.

Cause when God made you, somehow God knew That the world needed someone exactly like you! [2]

This book teach us to embrace ourselves as who we are, no matter what our color skins, or our shapes.

Pros

The vivid illustrations throughout this book add a bit more to this book. Little readers will see the adorable brown-skinned protagonist, a pet cat and dog sitting in an over sized green and white polka dotted chair reading a book. This book also gave the reflection on how grateful people need to be grateful what god gave to our lives. It encourage the readers to show kindness, dream, discover, explore, have faith and love more. If this book has that type of effect on an adult, imagine how powerful it would be for children to receive these messages from an early age. With overall themes of: God, love, individuality, self-love, empathy, kindness, creativity and imagination you really can’t go wrong with this book [3]

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