06/04/2026
Brand new in our Picture Books in Ministry collection, the debut picture book of acclaimed Canadian (and Presbyterian) author Shari Green:
Savor the Day by Shari Green, illustrated by Gabby Grant (Sleeping Bear Press, 2026)
Savor the song in the voice that wakes you—
savor the hands of care.
Give thanks for the giggles and breakfast-time wiggles
and thanks for the meal you share…
On one level, Savor the Day is a lovely lilting rhyme about a beach day shared by a child and her grandfather—a perfect summer read-aloud. But as the title suggests, the book is also about attentiveness and gratitude. Seeking, finding, looking, noticing, wondering, absorbing the world through our senses, and exulting in its goodness are spiritual habits depicted throughout as natural and joyful. At the end of the day, when the child goes home and crawls into bed, the text gently reminds her:
Savor the home time,
the place-that-you-know time,
the love that holds your heart tight.
While Savor the Day is not explicitly religious, it is saturated with themes that could be connected to God, especially the love that holds everything together. This is a book to savour. It’s also a book that nudges us outside so we can savour our own days.
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