The Boy Who Spoke to God
This is another fine children’s story by Randa Handler. In an
imaginary kingdom, four cultures live in harmony and work well together--except
when a holiday rolls around! Niko gets
tired of all the arguing and prays about it.
In answer to his prayers, Niko sees and hears from God in a
dream. God looks like all the people groups
together and tells Niko that the four groups can live together. Niko gives this message to the kingdom, but
it takes a while for people to work things out and respect one another. Wonderfully detailed illustrations help tell the story.
As an evangelical Christian, I might read and discuss this
with children as a lesson in being friends despite differences. It is not a theological text, so it does not
teach children to reject their own faith--although old people like me will have
some concerns about postmodernism (there is no objective truth) and universalism
(there are many ways to God and all gods are the same.)
I received a free copy of this book from the author for
review.
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