kids books about God

[mmmbugs]

Hi all,

This is my first post- hope you can help me with some suggestions!

I am looking for kids picture books about God.  I'm not particularly Christian, so the standard "Bible Stories for Kids" is not terribly appealing to me.  Does anyone know of any beautiful, inclusive books about the amazing light and love in our world?

Thanks!

[Surfer Rosa]

"All I see is Part of Me" is pretty great. We aren't religious at all, but wanted to open the conversation about big picture stuff...

[LynnS6]

I've made various lists over the years of some books about religions. There are series of books about individual religions - so ones about Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Judiasm, etc. Libraries have a section (200s in the Dewey Decimal System if you care) that you could browse.

The Story of Religion (ages 4-8)
Many Ways: How Families Practice Their Beliefs and Religions (ages 4-8)

One World, Many Religions (says ages 9-12, but I think younger kids would get something of out of it)
The Kids Book of World Religions (grades 3-6)
The Usborne book of World Religions (ages 9-12)
A Faith Like Mine (grades 4-8)
Humanism, What's That? A guide for curious kids (grades 3-5)
Sacred Myths: Stories of World Religions (ages 9-12)
Religions of the world (grades 8 and up)


Not religion, but a good topic to cover scientifically if you're talking about creation:
Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story (ages 4-8)

A three part series: (seems to be ages 5-10?)
Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story
From Lava to Life: The Universe Tells Our Earth's Story
Mammals Who Morph: The Universe Tells Our Evolution Story
 

[doubledutch]

we have a book called "god says i am" which is an a-to-z book of all different metaphors/aspects of god, not sure if i'm explaining that well.  for each "i am" statement, the book cites a verse from the christian bible, but i feel like the book is broad and not super christiany.

[zinemama]

OP, the book you're looking for is What is God?

http://www.amazon.com/What-God-Etan-Boritzer/dp/0920668887

Or, if you have a little one of board book age, go with Where is God

http://www.amazon.com/Where-God-Lawrence-Kushner/dp/1893361179

[Tjej]

We have What does God Look Like - that's a nice one.  I keep meaning to get other books by these authors because I really like how they handled that topic.

We also have this book - it has things like A is for Angel, B is for Believing, C is for Creator (IIRC)... M is for Mother Earth, I don't remember others right now.  It's a possibility.

Tjej 

[mkmama]

http://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Know-How-Shoes/dp/0802851258 

I love this book. its a little girl asking excellent questions and the parents giving answers...but its quite poetic and soft...my kids love it.

[betterparent]

Old Turtle

[mmmbugs]

thanks everyone!

this will get me started!