Pick Me!  Pick Me!  Little Ollie was certain that he really didn’t matter.  After all, he was the smallest of Too Smalls.  And like all the Too Smalls of Stiltsville, he desperately wanted a pair of stilts.  Surely that was what he needed to fit in, to be important.  So every evening at six, he pleaded to get picked.

Then for some reason no one quite knows, Ollie was given a pair of stilts.  But it wasn’t as wonderful as he had expected.  Birds used him for a perch.  Why didn’t he feel any better than he had before?

This is a delightful children’s book by Max Lucado and definitely one to read with your children not too them or for them to read alone – especially younger children.

There is lots that can be drawn out of the story about feelings that people have. Naturally, some Americanisms are included but these are easily explained. There are some wonderful illustrations by Maria Monescillo and again they provide lots to talk about and ensuing discussions from these. There are details that could be missed by younger eyes and that a parent could use to get them more involved in the story line and consequently the morality of the tale as a whole.

All in all the book is an encouraging message for children.

When you feel like you’re the smallest of smalls then Jesus’ love can make you feel like the tallest of talls.  A delightful rhyming story about the Too-Smalls who live in the Stiltsville and in particular Ollie, the smallest of Too Smalls.His desire to be involved, to be seen to be like the others ultimately ends up with him getting hurt until he meets Jesus who chose low over high telling him, “Keep your feet on the ground. You matter already.”