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Psalm 23

In this follow-up to his bestselling children's book, The Lord's Prayer, illustrator Richard Jesse Watson brings to life the beloved Psalm 23. As an honoree of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Watson's use of vibrant color and detailed imagery beautifully captures the essence of the comforting words of David, bringing the King James Version of Psalm 23 alive for readers young and old. Now in a board book format.

Reviewed by cherryblossommj on

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I have eagerly been waiting for the release of [b:Psalm 23|15767094|Psalm 23|Richard Jesse Watson|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1352964384s/15767094.jpg|21472098] after falling in love with the artwork and the simplicity of scripture verse in [b:The Lord's Prayer|9602387|The Lord's Prayer|Rick Warren|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328846409s/9602387.jpg|14489514] and now that I have my hands on an advanced copy I'm in love. Definitely one to want a real copy and definitely one to recommend. The illustrations are absolutely lovely. Being able to flip through each page and just look, sharing the scripture divided up in easy to memorize bits and discussing the contemporary mix of historical imagery of lamb, child and lion with my young daughter is priceless. Richard Jesse Watson has true talent with art and I'll be looking for others and hopefully for more scripture and verse ones in the future. Beautiful for your shelves and a great way to introduce memory verses.

*Thanks to Zondervan for providing an ARC for review.*

--- Update on a real copy.

This is gorgeous and a beautiful way to teach an reinforce memorizing scripture. I loved [b:The Lord's Prayer|9602387|The Lord's Prayer|Rick Warren|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328846409s/9602387.jpg|14489514] from [a:Richard Jesse Watson|306732|Richard Jesse Watson|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-M-50x66-e07624dc012f2cce49c7d9aa6500c6c0.jpg] and love this picture book for [b:Psalm 23|15767094|Psalm 23|Richard Jesse Watson|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1352964384s/15767094.jpg|21472098] also. I hope they keep more and more coming. We will definitely be interested in them. Oh, and I heard they are going to have a board book format too, sounds wonderful!

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