Amy Parker. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner, $15.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-544-37013-5
The monkeys, seals, elephants, pangolins, sunfish, and domestic pets of Parker's wonderful collection of linked stories offer sublime metaphors and splendid foils for the floundering adults, as prone to moments of astonishing cruelty as the beasts...
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Amy Parker, illus. by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Zonderkidz, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-310-72410-0
For Christian children wondering what God has in store for them, Parker (My Christmas List) offers a playfully reassuring rhyme, written from the perspective of an enthusiastic deity. The focus is on future careers ("I need you in a hospital/ and...
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Amy Parker, illus. by Frank Endersby. Tommy Nelson, $8.99 (12p) ISBN 978-1-4003-1841-4
Dogs, cats, and insect and animal buddies from nature work as a sweet crew to deliver a reassuring message—God loves you—and give simple, warm signs of that love: a snug home, a sun, help from friends. The heart shape of the board book says “give me
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Amy Parker, illus. by Alsion Edgson. Tommy Nelson, $8.99 (12p) ISBN 978-1-4003-1941-1
Parker (A Night Night Prayer) uses the seasonal symbols of spring (bunnies, chicks, eggs) to make the point that the season of new and renewed life is the time of God’s blessings. The board book’s rhyming prayer is tailor-made for read-alouds: “Thank
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Brent McCorkle & Amy Parker, illus. by Rob Corley & Chuck Vollmer. B&H Kids, $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4336-7917-9
Fairytale motifs, Disney-style illustrations (Corley and Vollmer are Disney animators) and theological questions combine in this tale of Firebird, a big-eyed baby oriole who "just lived for the sunshine," and cannot understand why God would "let the
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