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Book Review of God Gives Us Beaches (Handle Board Books)

God Gives Us Beaches (Handle Board Books)
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Ah, the mind of a child. What a beautiful thing, so open, so receptive, so ready to learn everything it can about the world. And there you are, together on a beach on a sunny afternoon, with your innocent and inquisitive young one who turns to you and asks, "Why is the ocean salty?" or "Why are crabs and people so different?"--and there you are, with that perfect moment, that perfect opportunity to fill their minds with wonder over how millions of years of rivers have deposited mounds salt in the ocean, or how species can evolve over time into other species, and this book, GOD GIVES US BEACHES, can prepare you for that.

"Well, you'll begin, several thousand years ago, a big man who lives in the sky and is invisible to us, took a week to do something amazing...."