Bedtime Stories and Prayer Blessings for Bedtime by Mackall and Bostrom Review

I recently received a copy of this book from Tyndale House Publishers to review.  It's about an 8x8 hardback book.

Bedtime routines often include a story and prayer. Now parents and kids can combine both with a special Little Blessings compilation book. The padded hardcover book includes the following sweet stories:

• Bedtime Blessings, which reminds kids that God created nighttime too and they have nothing to fear
• Thank You, God, which reminds kids to be thankful for everything
• Blessings Everywhere, which helps readers remember their blessings
• God Loves You, which carries the most powerful message of all to comfort and guide little ones through the night and through their lives.

Each page is filled with full color art of the endearing multicultural Little Blessings characters with illustrations by Care Bear creator Elena Kucharik.


The first thing I noticed was the illustrations as we initially flipped through the book.  Darling! They are colorful and take up most of the page so it really catches my kids' eyes as we read through the book. My one-year old loved them and sat pointing and jabbering at the animals, especially, for awhile.  In fact, although I've been trying to keep the book up so the pages stay rip-free and bent-free, she is adamant about wanting to look at this particular book she so loves looking at the pictures.

The stories and prayers themselves are perfect for my one and three-year-old.  There are short verses on each page with the big illustrations so that we weren't just sitting on a page for a long time and losing interest. My 3-year-old son actually sat through the entire book and he's quite the wiggly worm! The stories are also very encouraging and reminding kids that God loves them, God made the nighttime too so its not a scary thing, God's blessings are all around us, and to be thankful for all God has given us. I love being able to have additional encouraging content to read to them as we do devotions in the morning.

Also, in my opinion the book is an excellent length.  We can technically read the entire book in one sitting, however for bedtime (when you're really ready for the kids to lay down but just need a little something to calm them down first) the short stories and prayers don't take long to read.

I would highly recommend this book or give it as a gift to anyone with toddlers!