Everybody Can Help Somebody
-
- $5.99
-
- $5.99
Publisher Description
2024 American Legacy Book Awards in children's nonfiction
This remarkable story shows what can happen when we choose to be kind. Share the inspirational message that we can all make a difference--no matter how big or small we are and no matter how big or small the task. This heartwarming tale about poverty, homelessness, and the kind, gentle love of Jesus will inspire kids to be difference makers.
Little Denver grew up very poor, and he didn't get to go to school. As time passed, Denver decided to hop a train to the big city for a different life. But that life was difficult, and Denver spent many years as a homeless man. Then God showed His love through two people who were very different from Denver.
Based on the New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different As Me, which sold more than 2 million copies worldwide and inspired the major motion picture, this unique children's book includes Denver's original art. Parents and children alike will be moved by this powerful story and will never forget the unexpected and life-changing things that can happen when we help somebody.
Everybody Can Help Somebody
is perfect for young readers ages 4-8 who want to get involved in their community,shares the wonderful message of the love and kindness of God, andis a great teaching resource for how to look at social issues and diversity with compassion.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This children's version of the authors' bestselling Same Kind of Different As Me is the biography of Moore, a sharecropper's son, and his journey from homelessness to grace. Moore grew up in a shack without electricity or running water on property owned by "The Man." There were bright spots in his childhood, such as the bicycle The Man gave him in exchange for 100 pounds of picked cotton, and a friendship with The Man's son. Moore's story also includes the physical and emotional hardships he suffered: as a child, he "wanted to learn and to see new places and to have enough money to buy things of his own." Later, Moore becomes homeless and finds that "being lonely, poor, and hungry made him mean." But the story also describes the miraculous way in which his plight came to the attention of Hall and his wife, Miss Debbie. Moore's folk-art scenes of country and city life complement the simplicity of the message: "Nobody can help everybody but everybody can help somebody." The story is a realistic, heartfelt, feel-good tale of redemption. Ages 4 8.
