For many of us, 1 Corinthians 13 is a verse close to our hearts. In fact, I am sure that many of us have it memorized and enjoy sharing it with those we love. Today I am sharing a book that was published in 2001 yet is timeless. I keep my copy near and often take time to read and reread it.

LOVE IS…

Adapted from the Bible and illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin

Simon and Schuster 2001

The book begins –

LOVE… is patient. Love is kind.

Paul’s beautiful words are combined with intricate water color and pencil illustrations that create a picture book that draws the reader in. Each spread has a simple line of text from 1 Corinthians 13 below panels. On the left side of each spread, people are depicted behaving without love while the right side pages show people doing acts of kindness and caring for others with love. The people are of all ages, races, nationalities, and depict different physical attributes.

 Illustrator Wendy Anderson Halperin’s end note sums it up well when she writes “How we respond to any person, any object, any situation is our choice. We can choose to approach these things with envy or arrogance, impatience or selfishness… … or we can choose to act with love.”

These thought-provoking illustrations bring a contemporary touch to biblical concepts. Use this with the children in your life and let them point out the differences in people’s behavior and the consequences. Ask them to choose how they would behave in each situation.As with the best of all children’s books, LOVE IS can be enjoyed by all ages.

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Posted by Claire Annette Noland

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