Award Winning Author Max Lucado’s New Book Teaches Kids About Helping Hands

Picking up your room, feeding the dog, washing dishes – teaching kids how to be helpful is the purpose of best-selling author and Christian minister Max Lucado in his new book “One Hand, Two Hands – Oh, the ways we can help with our hands,” out this month from Thomas Nelson Publishers (978-1-4003-1649-6, $16.99).

But that’s not all. Lucado also teaches us our hands give hugs, help friends, share snacks and pray.

We follow a young girl and her puppy as she imagines her stuffed animals come to life to discover the many things your hands can do – “Scratching and latching and petting a pup…combing and brushing and holding a cup.”

Through her adventures, she and her animal friends also realize hands can be helpful – “Wash dishes with Mommy. Put toys in the box. Clean this and wipe that. Even pick up our socks.” (You have to see the picture of the little girl extracting her brother’s socks from his gym bag!)

And the good things in life: “Give a gift. Write Grandma a letter…we make people feel better.” He closes the book with a sweet little prayer to remind us to keep using our hands for His glory again and again:

“One hand, two hands,

Five fingers, ten.

God, thanks for my hands.

Please use them again.”

With colorful, happy illustrations by award-winning illustrator Gaby Hanson, this book is delightful for parents and children. All the animals are smiling, the pictures are detailed, and the rhyming verse has a smooth cadence that’s sure to please your children.

Lucado teaches kids to be servants of God by using their most valuable tool – their hands!  He teaches us that God gave us our hands to help us show our love for him by helping others.  

What a wonderful lesson to give your kids or grandkids through this book.

About Max Lucado

America’s leading inspirational author, Max Lucado is a minister at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. He’s the author of several award-winning children’s books and the creator of the Hermie & Friends® series.  Some of his other kid’s books include Just in Case You Ever Wonder, The Crippled Lamb and The Oak Inside the Acorn. He has also authored many books for adults as well. He currently has over 65 million books in print. He is married and has three grown daughters. www.maxlucado.com

About Thomas Nelson Publishers

Thomas Nelson is the leading provider of Bibles, products and live events emphasizing Christian, inspirational and family value themes. They have been in business since 1798. www.thomasnelson.com

Disclosure: I was provided one copy of this book for the purpose of reviewing the book for this site.