Uniquely You

With the same confidence displayed in her Bible-centric TV and radio programs, Meyer assures readers that “From your wiggly toes/ to the tip of your nose,/ GOD made you who/ He wanted you to be.” Piwowarski’s cast of predominantly smiling kids, portrayed with varying abilities and skin tones, bounce through the pages at school and at play, engaging with interests, working to share and make friends, and learning to love themselves (though “not in a way that’s selfish or unkind”). With greeting-card energy, lines invite readers to embrace faith in one’s God-given uniqueness: “GOD wants you/ to SPARKLE,/ and He wants you to SHINE.// He wants you to be happy/ BEING YOU—/and to HELP OTHERS learn to love Him/ and love themselves too.” Ages 4–7. (June)