Care For Creation

I was asked to do a book review for the book Care For Creation by Christy Baldwin, Illustrator Shelly Draven. This book is a children's book and it's about taking care of our environment and it has a Christian perspective to it. It shows children that God gave us our beautiful planet and that He asks us to take care of it. Each page contains a bible verse to go along with the writing and the beautifully illustrated pictures.

What I like about the book is that it teaches children that not only should they take care of the environment because it's the right thing to do, but because God calls us to do so. It's a sin to abuse the things that He gave us. This book gives the children simple, easy to understand examples of things that they can do to take of the world around us. Some examples are recycling, turning off the lights when we are not using them, picking up garbage and more.

Also, at the end of the book is an Interactive Guide with "Suggested Activities" and "Discussion Questions" to help parents take it a step further. And of course you could also add your own.

I'm not even sure that most adult Catholics are aware that the Pope calls for us to be environmental stewards and take care of the world that God gave us. This book is a wonderful way start teaching our children that very lesson.

To learn more about the book, the author, to purchase the book or to enter to win a free copy go to the Care For Creation Book website

(I was provided a link to on line version of the book in order to do a review. At no time was I asked to do a positive review or offered any compensation)