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Psalm 23 (Master Illustrator Series, The)

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Psalm 23 is a favorite at our house and all of our kids have put it to memory by their 2nd year. We've developed a collection of sorts of Psalm 23 books over the years. I was drawn to the cover, and as I was flipping through it it reminded me very much of my childhood. I grew up in the Caribbean, as the daughter of a Lutheran missionary. At the end of the book the artist thanks Akimba Thomas, the boy who posed for the illustrations, from Willikies Village, Antigua... Antigua is MY island! No wonder it looked so familiar! In fact just 5 days after discovering this book my husband and I are taking our 4 kids there and this book is coming with us. I'm hoping to find Akimba and his family to see if they will autograph our copy!
Obviously we have a very personal connection to this book, but it would be well loved by anyone. The combination of the beautiful comfort offered in Psalm 23 (NIV version for those of you who are wondering--that's the only thing I would change, I love the poetic King James version for Psalm 23 and Luke 2...) together with really beautiful watercolor illustrations (look for hidden monsters in the dark "valley of the shadow of death" and the face of Christ veiled in the beautiful sunset over the sea in "I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.")would make this a fast favorite in any Christian home.

Update: We found Akimbe (how he spells his name.) on our trip and had him autograph our copy. He had not seen the book yet so we got to share it with him and his family for the first time and left a copy for him. Moser really captured his likeness.