This is the Lunch that Jesus Served by Dandi Daley Mackall

by Sandra Merville Hart

This is a fun children’s picture book about the boy who gave his lunch to Jesus.

The title is the first line of the book. As the story unfolds, each new line rhymes and builds on the previous pages so that the title is the last sentence on each page.

I read this book to my two-year-old granddaughter. The story is told in a repetitive, sing-song fashion and I read it rhythmically to her.

To my delight she got up and began to dance to the rhythm of the words! What a precious moment. As an author, I want her to love books, the written word. This book, read rhythmically, showed her the music written words can bring.

Recommended for children 2 – 7.

-Sandra Merville Hart