God's Dream
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · May 3, 2022
A Picture Books pick for readers exploring God's Dream.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm, clear picture-book reflection on unity, forgiveness, and seeing one another as family.
- Themes
- Unity and forgiveness, Belonging across differences, Ubuntu
- Genres
- Values & Virtues (Christian), Prejudice & Racism, Christian Inspiration
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With warmth and humor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu distills his philosophy of unity and forgiveness into a picture book for the very young. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has a vision of God's dream, which he shares here with the youngest of listeners. It involves people who reach out and hold each other's hands, but sometimes get angry and hurt each other — and say they're sorry and forgive.
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It's a wish that everyone will see they are brothers and sisters, no matter their way of speaking to God, no matter the size of their nose or the shade of their skin. Aided by vibrant artwork evoking such images as a rainbow and a sharing circle, Tutu offers the essence of his ubuntu philosophy, a wisdom so clear and crystalline that even the smallest child can understand.
A Gentle Vision
A warm, clear picture-book reflection on unity, forgiveness, and seeing one another as family.
Come here for
- Ubuntu wisdom shared with young listeners
- A playful, welcoming take on faith and difference
Expect
- Vibrant images, including a rainbow and sharing circle
- Simple words for anger, apology, and forgiveness
Where it sits
| Prejudice & Racism | 76% |
|---|---|
| Values & Virtues (Christian) | 27% |
| Christian Inspiration | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Christian Inspiration
- Prejudice & Racism
- Values & Virtues
- Authors
- Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- May 3, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Unity and forgiveness · Belonging across differences · Ubuntu
- Reading lane
- Christian Inspiration