How High is Heaven?

by Linsey Davis, Lucy Fleming (Illustrator)

Overview

Children ask A LOT of questions when it comes to heaven, particularly when they’ve experienced the loss of a loved one. In this uplifting, imaginative picture book, How High Is Heaven? inspires hope and comfort in readers young and old, that heaven can be experienced here and now and is open for us all.

New York Times bestselling author and ABC News anchor Linsey Davis invites children to explore age-appropriate questions about heaven. Kids and their parents can celebrate that heaven is a place we can look forward to, by God’s grace and goodness, while finding moments of heaven here on earth.

How High Is Heaven? is the perfect book for parents and grandparents to read aloud and provides an uplifting message for kids ages 4-8, featuring:

• Read-aloud, lyrical rhymes
• Whimsical, engaging illustrations by Lucy Fleming
• Answers to children’s questions about heaven… and a safe place to ask them
• Comfort to those who have lost a loved one?

Look for additional inspirational children’s picture books and audio products from award-winning author Linsey Davis:

• The World Is Awake, A Celebration of Everyday Blessings
• One Big Heart, A Celebration of Being More Alike Than Different
• Stay This Way Forever
• The Linsey Davis Children’s Audio Collection
• The Smallest Spot of a Dot

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310770060
Publisher:	Zonderkidz
Publication date:	02/15/2022
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Linsey Davis is a New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning journalist. She anchors World News Tonight on Sunday as well as ABC News Live Prime, which is ABC News Live’s first-ever streaming evening newscast. She is a correspondent for World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Nightline and is also the bestselling author of several children’s books including The Smallest Spot of a Dot, The World Is Awake, One Big Heart, Stay This Way Forever, and How High is Heaven. Linsey lives in New York with her husband and son, who is her biggest inspiration. You can follow her on Instagram @linseytdavis.

Lucy Fleming, a New York Times bestselling illustrator, has been an avid doodler and bookworm since childhood. She never quite grew out of having her head in the clouds, daydreaming. She specializes in children’s book illustration where her love for designing quirky characters meets her passion for storytelling. Lucy lives and works in a small town in England with a cup of ginger tea in hand and her cat close by.

Editorial Reviews

2021-12-16
Emmy Award–winning journalist and ABC News anchor Davis looks at the hereafter through the eyes of a child.

A young, brown-skinned boy is missing his deceased grandmother. “Every day she’s watching over me,” he notes and wonders how he can get to heaven to visit her. He has much he would “like to tell her” and “lots of questions too.” He considers building a staircase to heaven (the artwork depicts one made of Lego bricks), making himself a pair of wings, bouncing his way up to kingdom come using a trampoline, and journeying there via hot air balloon. When the boy, along with his sister and his (apparently) single mom, makes a long-distance trip to visit his grandfather, he hopes their airplane ride will take him to the pearly gates; luckily, it doesn’t! It is only while attending church with his family one day that he finally discovers the single way to get to heaven: “It’s not how far you travel, / or not just the things you do. / It’s all about faith and the grace of God / that brings this gift to you.” A double-page spread goes on to describe how we must live our lives if we want paradise to be our reward, and the book ends with an interesting perspective on heaven that brings readers back down to earth. Davis’ rhyming text is sweet and heartfelt but often struggles for scansion. While no particular religion is mentioned, the book’s point of view is manifestly Christian. Fleming’s bright and airy digital paintings faithfully reproduce the textures of traditional mediums and feed the imagination with forays into gentle whimsy. The main cast of characters is Black; some illustrations include diverse representation.

An age-appropriate, biblically grounded, comforting picture book that can help answer kids’ questions about the afterlife. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews