A shelf of keepsake books for a christening, baptism, or naming day — the kind a family writes a date and a name inside and keeps for life. There's a Caldecott classic bedtime prayer, a snuggly board-book blessing for a baby, the whole Bible told as one love story to grow into, and a book of psalms cut small enough for a little one. Each is a lovely gift, so pick the one that fits the family and their faith and read the shelf by who you're buying for.
This is a gift shelf, so browse it by the child and the family you're buying for and pick the one that fits. It runs roughly from a baby's first blessing outward: Prayer for a Child, the Caldecott bedtime-prayer classic, and God Bless You and Good Night, a chunky board-book blessing, are the two to give a newborn. The Story of God's Love for You is the keepsake with the most road in it, a whole-Bible love story a child grows into. God Gave Us You is the gift for saying this child was wanted and chosen, inside a believing frame. Psalms for Young Children gives a little one gentle words for every feeling, glad and scared alike. And Guess How Much I Love You is the one with no faith content at all — the pick for a naming day, or for anyone who just wants to say I love you this much. Between them they cover a baby, a little one, a keeper, and a family of any faith or none.