• We Worship God
• Author: Nancy Streza
• Illustrator: Kayleen West
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62395-773-5
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Description: We Worship God is a creatively written and illustrated alphabet book on the attributes of God. The narrative and the illustrations work together well to create mini-stories on each page. For example, the word for “D” is Deliverer and the illustration shows Jesus rescuing or delivering her from an angry dog. Within every illustration the child can look for the letter of the alphabet as it is worked into the illustration.

What I like about the book is the reverence for God that is conveyed through the interaction between the words and pictures. The author did an excellent job of presenting many concepts on a child’s level including Awesome Artist, Comforter, Guide, Immanuel, Just, Love, Wise, eXcellent and many more. Including the letters of the alphabet within the illustrations was a very creative touch that crosses over into learning to read for very young children as they try to discover the letters. Only a few words appear on each page – another plus for sharing this book with the very young.

It is harder to say what I don’t like about the book, as I am highly impressed with it overall. The last two pages which use the letters Y and Z could fly over a young child’s head – a problem inherent in any alphabet book that has to include every letter. The text crosses both pages “You are Zealous in your victory,” and the “Z” illustration shows Jesus as a reigning king on a white horse over a cloud with lightning flashing out from under the cloud – as from Revelations.

I give this book four out of five smileys.

I asked for a complementary copy of We Worship God for the purpose of review, with the understanding that I was totally free to give it a positive or negative review. My comments are totally my own opinion of this book.