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Book Overview
Summary
How do you teach a child to pray?
Tammy Lamb has seen her father kneel quietly beside his bed, head bowed, voice too soft to hear. One morning she finally asks him the question she has been holding: where do your quiet whispers go?
What follows is a gentle morning walk through the meadow — and a simple, memorable answer. In warm rhyming verse, Daddy Ram teaches Tammy the four parts of prayer that Christians have used for generations:
- Praise — telling God how great and good He is
- Thanks — thanking Him for the gifts He gives and every blessed thing that lives
- Others — praying for friends who are hurting before we ask for ourselves
- Asking — bringing our own needs to a Father who listens
Along the way Tammy thanks God for yellow roses wet with dew, prays for her Uncle Sammy’s injured hoof, and finally folds her own little hooves at bedtime to pray for the very first time. The book closes with the assurance every child needs to hear: He heard each word you said, my dear. Whenever you talk, He hears you too.
Tammy Lamb Learns to Pray is the second book in the Tammy Lamb series of Christian picture books for children roughly ages 3–7. Like the others, it is built to be read aloud — four lines of rhyme per page, one full-page painted illustration per spread, and a pace that suits a bedtime lap.
Parents and grandparents will find this is not simply a story about prayer but a teachable structure a child can actually carry: praise, thanks, others, asking. Many families use the four parts as a bedtime routine long after the book is back on the shelf.
Grounded in Jeremiah 29:12 (NASB) — “Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.” — the book takes seriously that God hears children, and says so plainly.
Perfect for bedtime reading, Sunday School, church libraries, baptism and dedication gifts, and any parent looking for a first book about prayer that a preschooler can genuinely understand.
About the Author
Paul T. Barham is a Christian author and lay evangelist who writes gentle, uplifting storybooks that help young readers understand big concepts—like faith, love, and wonder—through everyday moments. A software engineer by day and storyteller by night, Paul loves turning deep spiritual truths into sweet bedtime rhymes for curious little minds. Inspired by the beauty of God’s creation, his heart’s desire is to remind children that they are cherished, loved, and never alone. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, Anna, and is always on the lookout for a good story.