Can I Pray With My Eyes Open?

by Susan Taylor Brown, Garin Baker (Illustrator)

In rhyming text, a child wonders how and when and where is the perfect way to say a prayer and realizes that there is no wrong time or place for prayer

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 20, 1999

About the author

I write, mostly books for kids but often whatever I can get paid for.

It still sorta freaks me out, in a good way, to think that people will pay me to do someting I love so much. Or that I can walk into a bookstore or a library and see a book I wrote on the shelf. Wow.

Thank you readers, teachers, and librarians. Thank you.

You can read more than you would ever want to about me over at my website: [http://www.susantaylorbrown.com] or visit my blog [http://susanwrites.livejournal.com]

Reviews

[Renee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect for my CCD group! Short text in rhyming couplets with beautiful illustrations on both pages making if easier for all to see. Pictures match the text. Realistic day to day situation s are presented. Gets the message across to kids that we can pray anywhere, anytime, in a variety of ways.

[Marissa Elera · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prayer themed picture books can often be heavy handed or didactic. This is an exception. Short and sweet, too.

[Art]

A girl in the city asks when it's an okay time to pray. When she's having different feelings, when she's in different places, when she's doing different things. In the asking she finds her answer. I liked all the different places that the illustrator brought her and all the expressions she experienced to get closer to the answer.