Answer
to a big question
Who Made Me? by Shirley Tulloch. Lion
£9.99
THIS is the story of a little African girl who desperately wanted
to know the answer to her big question – who made me? She had
seven special friends, and she decided to ask her question of each
one in turn. Each of them thought that whoever had made her must have
been just like them!
Lion thought it was someone powerful and courageous; whilst Giraffe
thought it was someone gentle and kind. Eagle was sure it must be
someone who can see and understand everything and Baboon knew it was
someone close to him who made him laugh.
A bird thought it was someone who would lead towards good things,
Zebra that it was someone unique and Elephant that it was someone
strong and wise who never forgets you.
Zanele had trouble deciding which answer was the right one, until
one of her friends added that sometimes there can be seven answers
to the same question, and she understood that they were all correct.
I read the story with my grand-daughter, Emily, who is seven and she
explained to me that it must be God who had made Zanele because he
was the only person who could possibly be all those things at the
same time.
She has picked up the book several times to re-read it, and she really
enjoyed the illustrations, which are full of depth and vibrant colour,
as did Lindsey, a year younger and fresh from an African holiday last
summer. However, although Lindsey liked the story, she needed her
father’s help to understand the truth behind the book.
I’d happily give this book to a First School age child –
the younger children will enjoy the pictures and the story, and an
older child with some understanding of God could work out for themselves
what it really means.
Mary Harman
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