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Anna and Mister God

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In 1973, when I was twelve years old, I once entered the kitchen while my mother was cooking and my little sister of four years was playing on the kitchen floor. Just when I entered the room my sister suddenly stopped playing with her toys and looked up to my mother and said: "Mum, God can not think, can he? My mother looked at my sister with surprise and said with some confusion in her voice: "Well... I don't know. Why can God not think?" And my little sister answered: "God never has to. He knows eveything!" And that said it all, according to the fact that she continued playing with her toys on the kitchen floor. My mother and I smiled to each other. Later I realized the remark of my sister was bulls eye. Of course God can not think because he knows everything!
This moment, when I entered the kitchen and heard my sister's opinion of God's unability to think I'll never forget and I remembered it even more vividly when reading about Anna.

Anna is the true story about a little girl of five years who still seem to remember her spiritual home. She makes observations about life, God and things as they are all the time in a very touching and striking way. For me - as a practiosioner having a Buddhist background some of Anna's remarks are pure Buddhism. "God is empty" she says and does "not reflect anything".

Many reviewed the book "Mister God, This is Anna" (ISBN 0345327225) and there is not much more to add. Only this: some people who read the book do not believe a little girl like Anna could exist. In that case they really never met my little sister.
Fortunelately via this book you have the chance to meet Anna, in all her openess and honesty and with all her insights. Don't miss this beautiful oportunity.

This is such a beautifl book. As a young person, I read it and was filled with delight at Anna and her points of view about life and God. As an adult, I read the book and was delighted by Fynn's attitude to life and the world. Both 'Mr God, This Is Anna' and its companion, 'Anna & The Black Knight' are not only reccomended reading, but are essential to life. They should be required reading for new parents.

Anna has always been a favorite of mine, and it is one of the cutest books I have ever read. I am not sure if I believe that Anna really existed - she's too good to be true - and her tragic end always makes me cry. But her wisdom and her love show all of us, what life is all about. Anna rocks.

One of the most beautifully meaningful stories I have ever read. The book arrived in perfect condition and the quality of the print, paper, and book size did not dissappoint me.

Some books make you go "Ah!" with inspiration and epiphany; a book containing one line that provokes such a response deserves a place on the bookshelf. This 30th anniversary compilation of all of Fynn's three books has many such "Ah!" moments.

I am touched by Anna's genuine faith, eyes to see the world and God, her poem "When I shall die" and Fynn's love for her. As a scientist, I also enjoy the way she seeks to understand science and math (I have personally tried one of her fun mini experiments - the one that uses and expanding mirror to increase the number of edges on a shape).

No wonder the bible says, let the little children come. This child Anna sees some things better than adults.
Wonderful illustrations by Papas. I'm currently buying my third copy.