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God's Dream

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The story and illustrations in this book are appropriate for early elementary-aged children. The authors convey to the readers a solid, nondenominational message of friendship and acceptance without being overly pragmatic or preachy. I would recommend this book for purchase by parents or teachers looking for a story of morality and values with a religious spin, but in a format that is attainable by a younger audience.

I am a Muslim mom and I loved reading this book to my 6 year old. The message of unity, not division is so powerful and the illustrations are absolutely beautiful. These are the kinds of life affirming lessons our children need to hear in the world today. Diversity is strength and our success is dependent on us coming together as one people. That is and will always be God's Dream. Highly, highly recommended.

What a great man Bishop Tutu is, It is unfortuate that we only like to celebrate celebrities for whom most have not done very much for the human family. This book contains some of the greatest words of liberation and ascendancy. Not to mention some of the best of,prolific prose, quotes, and profoundity of all times. This is a must have for "all people" and "all times"! Yes, for kids!

There are all different kinds of children in the world, but two things they have in common are that they are all God's children and each and every one of them dreams. God dreams too and many little children might just wonder what he dreams about. Archbishop Tutu thinks he might know. Among the many dreams that God dreams he says that:


God dreams that we reach out and
hold one another's hand and play one
another's games and laugh with one
another's hearts.


Not everything goes well in the life of a child, but God will always be with him and in his heart. We are all different, yet we are all in the same family. There is a way to make God's dream come true. Do you know the secret?

This is a charming book with wide-eyed illustrations that compliment it perfectly. This is a book with no specific audience, but rather one that is universal. It is the perfect book to emphasize the importance of peace, love, sharing and the fact that we are all brothers and sisters.

All children should read this book! This book presents God and faith in a way that children can understand, and it emphasizes the love and grace of God. I am a Christian minister (and former youth minister) and I highly recommend this book!

This is a sweet gentle open minded book to introduce the concept of God as universal and shared by many cultures. The pictures are charming and full of love.

Reading "God's Dream" to my grandchildren during Christmas week was a real treat. Happily my six-year old granddaughter proudly declared that her classroom (south Jersey)had children that looked like all the diverse children in the book. It is good to connect reality with idealism; this book does that. It is not relevant to just one or two religions, but appropriate for everyone -- of faith or doubt -- everyone of good will.

This is an excellent book for children of all faiths. My two year old grandson continues to ask us to read it to him - it is his favorite book. I recommend it hightly.

This is a book w/ beautiful illustrations and sentiment. I seldom find such gems for this age group. I was very happy to see it at Target today. It made both myself and my 4-year-old daughter feel good. (p.s. "Hindi" is a language, not a religion, as was suggested in one of the other reviews.)

The message is one of love and the pictures are beautiful and all encompassing. One of our favorite books and a wonderful gift for any child.