MrsK Books: God Bless You and Good Night by Hannah C Hall

Monday, December 17, 2018

God Bless You and Good Night by Hannah C Hall

Hannah C. Hall

ISBN: 9781400209231

Publisher's Synopsis:

Bedtime Bibles and storybooks are evergreen classics that sell through year after year. Seasoned brands and new names alike are seeing surging sales in this felt-need genre as parents are looking for comforting books with Bible stories, verses, and prayers to settle kids down to sleep.

In "God Bless You and Good Night," sleepy little ones are reminded of God's blessings and how much they are loved. The delightful rhyming story takes readers through several scenes of snuggly animals who are getting ready for bed. These sweet, sometimes silly rhymes and adorable art are sure to make "God Bless You and Good Night" a favorite part of the bedtime ritual for parents and children.

MrsK's Review:

Every parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle knows that bedtime for little ones can take on a life of its own. Those little ones yawn and fight to stay awake and not miss one single moment. Getting them tucked in can be a joy. Lights out can be a struggle. This sweet story offers the promise for sweet moments to snuggle, to "lull" a cadence of comfortable security, and gifts of tenderness.

"It's time to stretch from small to tall

To see the moon so bright.

It lights our way and seems to say,

"God bless you and good night."

This copy is the touch and feel version of the story. Each small animal has a parent helping them in the process of getting ready for bed. What is so endearing, is how little fingers just have to "feel" each page even as they are drifting off to sleep.

Such a sweet invitation... take the precious moments to snuggle up with this book!

MrsK

A sweet story...

Promised memories...

Moments to be tucked away within your heart!

Meet the Author:

Hannah Hall’s future truly began to take shape on her first day of Kindergarten. Paired up to be in a reading group with a mischievous little redheaded boy, Hannah both realized her love of well-written story and met her future husband.

Just a couple years down the road, on her seventh birthday, Hannah’s mother dressed up like a gypsy, gazed into her crystal ball (aka snow globe) and predicted that Hannah was going to grow up to be an author. Her powers were astonishing.

Sadly, time passed and Hannah became too “cool” to read and write stories. She immersed herself in trying to be popular, struggled with who she was and who God wanted her to be, and forgot that He had made her to write.

But God was faithful.

After she graduated from college with a degree in Broadcasting, Hannah realized that the life of a news anchor was not for her. She floated from job to job, wrote for teeny tiny magazines, learned to be a wife, settled in small-town Arkansas, and fell deeply in love with God before taking on the both the greatest and hardest job she’s ever had: being a mom.

Now as a wife to a red-bearded worship pastor and a homemaker with a growing family, Hannah is passionate about bringing God glory wherever she is and in whatever she’s doing, whether it be in the midst of “training” one of her five kiddos, through discipleship with younger women, or through writing little books for little readers.

Hannah has published thirteen books, including bestsellers God Bless You and Good Night, God Bless our Fall, God Bless our Christmas, God Bless our Easter, Sunrise, Easter Surprise, and Star Bright, Christmas Night. Hannah’s first picture book Would a Worm Go on a Walk? was a finalist for the ECPA Christian Book Award and was included on Focus on the Family’s list of Top Ten Picture Books.

Her life mission is to please God, however that may look. And though she fails (often and badly) her life verse reminds her that God is good and He is faithful:

“Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has done for her will be accomplished!”

Luke 1:45

To God be the glory.

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MrsK's Reading Bio

Reading is important! No questions asked, not even a blink of the eye from any student I grew up with. On the first day of the First grade, we were given our first books. Day two we all read aloud, round robin of course. Day three we were place in our first basal, now known as a lit circle group. Books were so important, publishers designed new curriculum so that every student was reading by the end of the first week. These early readers had images that looked like what we could see in the classroom, beyond the classroom, even on the big screen. Reading is important, throughout history every generation has believed that “Reading” opens up the world for endless possibilities.

I adore the 1950’s Dick and Jane books. Actually, most reading specialists and experienced (45+) educators believe that every student learned to read with Dick and Jane. Since these books are being re-issued, I have heard many parents, grandparents, and students claim that Dick and Jane stories of repetition does teach students to read.

Early influences from my mother influenced my desire to read. I would watch her read and we would go on “secret” excursions to the library. The library became my playground. I owned every book I could carry home, of course they needed to be taken back to their home after visiting with me for a week or two. My first book that I could pull off of the library shelf and read was, Father Bear Comes Home. I only saw my dad on Sundays for a few hours. I would pull this beginning reader off of the library shelf every week. Every week I would try to read the first chapter. Every week I got further in the story. My mom would let me check it out, only if I could read it myself (She didn’t like the illustrations therefore she didn’t want to take time to read it to me). One day, I pulled the book from the shelf and when mom came to get me from the children’s corner, I realized that I had read the whole story. I ran to the check out desk and the Librarian KERCHUNKED the checkout card. My mother, brother and neighbors read. My teachers read. We all read aloud all day long in school. The Priest read aloud every day at mass, even in Latin. Everybody in the Doctor’s office read. People on the bus read. Dad’s waiting in their cars as the Mom’s and children grocery shopped, read. In fact, once you could read and write, Sunset Magazine considered you a reader and sent you mail every day.

Reading is important; I’ve spent my life reading. I’ve traveled around the world and into space through books. My favorite genre is whichever book I have open at the time. Children’s Literature is my passion. Book clubbing is one of the best past times, especially if food is involved. In fact my friends of old are in a book club and we are about to embark on a beach trip to “read” and discuss our newest selection.

My “home-run” book story has helped every student find his or her own “home-run” reads. Every year, I have shared my, Father Bear Comes Home, and every year my students have brought in their “home-run” books. That’s the “diving board” into our Lit. Studies.

In “Growing Up Digital,” Tapscott’s insights into the new generations enthusiasm for the Net reminded me of my generation’s enthusiasm for reading, movies, TV, parties and our driving permits. The Net-Generation, as Tapscott describes, “are learning, playing, communicating, working, creating communities, and enforcing a social transformation.”
N-Geners are interactive “techies” who are always looking for a way to “work it” verses the TV Generation of “Baby Boomers” who started out looking for “how it works.” Reading development is tougher today, society moves too fast to invest their “non-working” free time into a book or even “home work.” Since I stepped into my own classroom, I have seen students being told to read, being forced to read, and threatened into reading. Homework is not any longer the vehicle for students to gain their future lifestyles or careers with. Yet, the Internet does create an enthusiasm for learning. Since I have been enrolled in these courses, I have used the computers in every subject. My students are using the newest technology in the classroom because I am giving them investigative sites to use as they learn from each other and books. I agree with Tapscott, in order to bridge the gap with this up and coming generation we must “live and learn with them.”

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