Care For Creation

CARE FOR CREATION
By Christy Baldwin
Illustrator: Shelly Draven


I have to admit I was hesitant when I first got the request to review “Care for Creation” by Christy Baldwin. I’m all for protecting our world and its resources, but I didn’t want to read any tree-hugging nonsense about environmental responsibility, not even in a children’s book. I get enough of that on the news. But it was a short book and it couldn’t do any harm to read it. I might even learn something. And if I didn’t like it, I could just say so.

“Care for Creation” surprised me, but not in its content. It is indeed all about protecting our environment and the ways in which we can do that, but I expected it to be preachy and pompous. It isn’t. Its message of responsible stewardship is delivered in a gentle manner that all can understand and accept. Appropriate Bible verses support the author’s message while Shelly Draven’s lovely illustrations provide the perfect complement to the text.

I’m not sure what age group the book is intended to reach. There are some larger words and concepts that, for younger children, may have to be explained and discussed with parents or teachers. That is not necessarily a drawback. Discussion is always good. It is just something parents and teachers might want to be aware of.

The ‘Suggested Activities’ and ‘Discussion Questions’ in the Interactive Guide at the end, make “Care for Creation” well worth reading and gives it the potential to be integrated into a science, social-studies or religion class if desired. All in all, I was very impressed with the book and would recommend it to those who desire to raise awareness about and to present a Christian perspective on caring for the environment to children.


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Christy Baldwin Bio:

Writing has been a passion of Christy's since she was very young. As a child, she loved to write stories for her grandfather and poems just for fun. She lives in Mason, Ohio with her family and is active in church, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts and volunteering with various organizations. Christy has a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Cedarville University and a master's degree in Special Education from the University of Scranton. She is a stay at home mom who enjoys spending time with her kids and being involved in their schools. Her previous children's titles include Nine Things Nathan Noticed at Night and Remembering Wilma.