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When God Made You Hardcover – Picture Book, February 28, 2017
Matthew Paul Turner (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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God was thinking of you long before your debut.
From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread their wings and fly.
Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves.
‘Cause when God made YOU, somehow God knew
That the world needed someone exactly like you!
- Print length48 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelPreschool - 2
- Dimensions8.73 x 0.28 x 8.78 inches
- PublisherConvergent Books
- Publication dateFebruary 28, 2017
- ISBN-101601429185
- ISBN-13978-1601429186
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I Am God's Dream | What Is God Like? | When God Made the World | When I Pray for You | All the Colors of Christmas | When God Made Light | |
A deeply encouraging and affirming picture book written in first person about the unique, strong, and wonderful traits in every child. Children will see how God celebrates and adores each of us and why we should be proud to be who we are. | Help children answer the popular question: “What is God like?”. This book shows children that God is like a shepherd, a star, a gardener, the wind, and more. God is a comforter and support. #1 New York Times bestseller. | Perfect for spiritual parents who are looking for a different kind of creation book. This picture book takes little readers who love science and wonder and the beginnings of all things on a rhythmic, whimsical journey through creation. | A beautiful picture book that celebrates the dreams, hopes, and longings parents pray over their children. A book you will read to your child again and again. USA TODAY, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller. | Celebrate the Christmas season with a picture book that captures the wonder of Christmas and the joy of Jesus’ birth in a lyrical exploration of what makes the season so colorful, magical, and personal. | An Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) bestseller with an illuminating message about God’s design affirming young readers that there is an inner God-given spark in each child that grows and will be used to change the world. |
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'When God Made You' is one of the most beautiful, most compelling, and most life-affirming children's books I've ever read--it's 'Oh, the Places You'll Go' meets the Divine. This book is a gift for kids of all ages!" –Amy Grant, six time Grammy Award-winning artist
"One of the most beautiful children's books I've ever read and the walls of our house are lined with books." –Ann Voskamp, author of the New York Times Bestsellers, "The Greatest Gift" & "One Thousand Gifts"
About the Author
David Catrow is an editorial cartoonist whose vibrant illustrations have appeared in more than seventy children’s books, including several New York Times bestsellers, such as I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! and I Like Myself!. He makes his home in Ohio with his wife, Deborah.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
An incredible you, a you all your own, a you unlike anyone else ever known.
An exclusive design, one God refined, you’re a perfectly crafted one of a kind.
’Cause when God made you, somehow God knew that the world needed someone exactly like you.
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Product details
- Publisher : Convergent Books; Illustrated edition (February 28, 2017)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 48 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1601429185
- ISBN-13 : 978-1601429186
- Reading age : 3 - 7 years
- Grade level : Preschool - 2
- Item Weight : 11.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.73 x 0.28 x 8.78 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the author

Matthew Paul Turner is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Is God Like? as well as When God Made You and When I Pray for You. When the father of three isn’t writing books, he’s photographing interesting people and places, practicing wood carving, and watching his children play soccer. Visit his website at matthewpaulturner.com.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2020


I was planning on giving this book to my niece and nephew for Christmas but as soon as it came and I read it, I took it to them. I love it! I plan on buying more to give as gifts to her classmates!!!
So it matters to me what books will fill her bookshelves and be found on her nightstand. If I’m being honest I approach most Christian children’s books with an expectation that they are going to be just awful. The thing that bothers me the most about many of the Christian children’s books I have seen is the poor theology they contain and the dumbing down of the message of the Bible.
When I received this book, When God Made You to review, the gloves were off. I was ready to mercilessly pick it apart and tell you why you should never read it to your children. But instead, after reading it I couldn’t wait to read this with my daughter and I hope it becomes one of her all time favorites!
When God Made You is written by Matthew Paul Turner who has written numerous books, including: Hear No Evil, Churched, and The Coffeehouse Gospel and is illustrated by David Catrow who has illustrated more than 70 children’s books.
This book is beautiful in every way. The writing is poetic, the theology is rich, and the illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. Visually this book is stunning and unlike any other children’s book I have seen. My daughter couldn’t take her eyes off the pages as we read the story together.
The main theme of the book is celebrating and holding onto the fact that we are all uniquely created by God and we are to live and create and love in the fulness of our God ordained uniqueness. Turner writes in a way that inspires. Not only does my daughter love the story but as an adult I was taken aback by the depth of the writing. This is a book that young ones will enjoy and even as my daughter gets older I want to continue to unpack more of the beauty found in these pages.
I so badly want to quote the entire book for you, but since that breaks way too many copyright laws, here are a few of my favorite lines:
‘Cause when God made you, this much is true, the world got to meet who God already knew.
Discover. Explore! Have faith but love more.
‘Cause when God made you and the world oohed and aahed, in heaven they called you an image of God.
A you who views others as sisters and brothers and lives by three words: love one another.
Buy this book for your son or daughter, your niece or nephew, your grandson or granddaughter, your neighbors kids, or your friends who just had a baby. When God Made You is a rare find in Christian children’s literature. It’s a perfect combination of excellent writing, really sound theology, and unbelievable artwork.
* Publisher recommended age range for this book is 3-10 years old.
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This book is a fine capture of how precious we all are to God. It is a source of inspiration to little ones who have often felt invisible to the world. Many children will be reminded that the only label worth sticking to themselves are that they are God's masterpiece. Thank you to everyone involved in making this book known!


