Little Things Aren't Little . . . When You're Little - Hardcover

"[Mister Mark has] an uncanny gift for entertaining kids while teaching them on the sly."
-Elizabeth Ludrick, Dallas/Fort Worth Child

Life is all about perspective, and this book investigates the world from the vantage point of young children. Adults may see many things in life as small, such as puppies, street blocks, and vaccinations, but to young children, those little things aren't small at all. This book, told in humorous rhyme from the perspective of children, helps remind us all in what a big world we live.

Author Mark Burrows uses repetition and rhyme to convey both tangible and intangible items of every size. He helps children relate to feelings about what they see as well as the actual objects themselves. Alison Davis Lyne's illustrations burst out of the book, from a magnified beetle to Aunt Mildred's face, which fills the page waiting for a not-so-little kiss. Covering a wide range of childhood events, from scary ones such as going to the doctor for a "little shot" to loving ones such as receiving a "little note" from Mom in a lunchbox, this book provides an enjoyable and meaningful experience for children and adults to share.

Mark Burrows, award-winning singer, composer, and puppetry enthusiast, is the director of children’s ministries at First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth. A two-time finalist for D Magazine’s Best Children’s Entertainer, “Mister Mark,” as he is known to his fans, is a member of Children’s Ministry Forum and the Christian Educators Fellowship. Burrows creates choral pieces, six of which were selected as J.W. Pepper Editor’s Choice pieces in 2014. He frequently appears as a choir clinician, children’s workshop leader, and keynote speaker across the South. Pelican also published his previous book from a child’s perspective, Little Things Aren’t Little . . . When You’re Little.

Alison Davis Lyne is a freelance illustrator who has worked on various picture books and covers for American Small Farm magazine. She is the portrait artist for the Kentucky Commission on Women's Kentucky Women Remembered exhibit, permanently on display in the state capitol rotunda. She also illustrated Easter Day Alphabet, Kudzu Chaos, G Is for Grits: A Southern Alphabet, and other titles published by Pelican.