All Creation Waits—Children's Edition

The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings for Children

By: Gayle Boss

Narrated by: Gayle Boss

From bestselling author Gayle Boss, an audiobook edition of her beloved Advent book, All Creation Waits. Now young listeners too will be caught up in the wonder of 24 woodland animals adapting to the season of dark and cold.

Each day of Advent a different animal shows children its own amazing way to meet the dark and cold. Wood Frog freezes into a frog-shaped cube of ice! For six months Painted Turtle doesn't breathe! Woodchuck can't be wakened, even if shaken! With each creature, children hear the refrain: The dark is not an end. It's a door. It's the way a new beginning comes.

Here is the ancient truth of Advent enacted in the lives of 24 common woodland animals and culminating in the birth of the Human One who perfectly lived that truth.

Children explore the animals as they would open the doors on an Advent calendar—one, and only one, each day. “Animal wonderment” reflection questions help children stay with just one animal each day. In an often chaotic “holiday season,” children learn to slow down and wait with all creation.

Written in lilting poetic lines, children ages 5 to 10 will delight in the sounds of the words as well as the vivid descriptions of animals' winter lives. They'll learn the elegant intricacies of creatures as small as honeybees, as large as black bears.

With this book, adults and families who have loved the original edition of All Creation Waits can now welcome younger children into the practice of reflective waiting-with-creation through Advent. Perfect for grounding young ones in the wonder of wild things.

©2023 Gayle Boss (P)2023 Paraclete Press

"The dark is not an end. It's a door..."

What a beautiful, joyous & hopeful ritual this became for me. Each day, I anticipated meeting each new creature. I was fascinated by the descriptions of their inherent magic & resourcefulness. I have so much to learn from them. During such a dark time in history, this audiobook helped me pause & zoom out, remembering I am part of a larger story. More importantly, I learned that waiting and resting are superpowers. And mostly, I learned that this world is beautiful with so much good & so much worth protecting & fighting for. Thank you!

Excellent Book!

This book was engaging and insightful. I listened to it with my two boys and they enjoyed it as well!