Glory

by Nancy White Carlstrom, Debra Reid Jenkins (Illustrator)

A poem which calls upon all creatures to give glory and praise to the Creator.

Genres: Picture Books, Spirituality, Childrens, Animals, Poetry, Christian

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Nancy White Carlstrom has written more than 50 books for children, including the Jesse Bear series with illustrator Bruce Degan.

Born the daughter of steel mill worker William J. and Eva (Lawrence) White, Nancy White Carlstrom was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, on August 4, 1948. She practiced writing poetry, enjoyed reading books like Little Women, and wanted to become a children’s book author at an early age. Carlstrom worked in the children’s department of her local library in Washington during her high school years. She graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, majoring in Elementary Education and earning her B.A. in 1970, also studying at Harvard Extension School and Radcliffe from 1974 to 1976. In September of 1974, she married David R. Carlstrom, later a pilot and a marketing director at Fairbanks International Airport. They had two children—Jesse and Joshua.

She draws inspiration from her 18 years living in Alaska, volunteer experiences in Africa and Haiti, and raising her two sons.

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Second time reading, because it's so gorgeous it transcends the genre. The poem reads like a classic elegy or hymn, and girl in her modern dance unitard delightfully becomes One With each order of critter, and the science is fine. I'm an atheist, but if this were what Christianity (or other One God religions) were really all about, I'd wish I had Faith.

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful poem praising God for his glorious creatures, with marvelous illustrations. A little girl wearing plain black clothes makes paper costumes and dresses up as different animals throughout the book, and the creatures are all painted in bright, tropical colors. I love reading this one aloud to my kids; a rare picture book that I enjoy repeating multiple times in the same day! Thanks to Aslan's Library for the recommendation: https://aslanslibrary.wordpress.com/2...

[Jo Oehrlein · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect when thinking about
* Creation
* Psalms
* Praising God
* Worship
* Seeing God around us

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't realize that this was going to be a religious text. It caught me off guard, though I knew that she wrote that kind of text sometimes. Regardless, textually, it's a got a lot of her fingerprints all over it, and that's a good thing. If you're aware of her other work, you'll recognize the strengths she exhibits in this. Nicely done.

[CLesp · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a great book about "praising our creator" through our being. Creatures on land, water and in the sky majestically use their limbs and their being to give 'glory'. Cute for Christian family or those who believe in a creator and/or God.

[Gina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations show a menagerie of animals in colorful repose. A nondenominational prayer in which earth's creatures, in being who they are, give joy to their Creator.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Glory, by Nancy White Carlstrom, c. 2001.
This beautiful picture book got a 5/5-star rating from me. In bright, full-color pages, it tells how every creature gives glory to the Creator in its own way. Things with wings praise God with flight. All the things with gills and fins give God glory by swimming. As as for all the wild animals, "A fiercely untamed praise is theirs, this thundering roar of primal prayers." And there are some beasts who sing to God in silence.
What a wonderful way to help a child appreciate the creation - and its Creator!

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book praises God for the various animals, and illustrates them in pretty, bright pictures.