Definitely an "Ah!" book
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Some books make you go "Ah!" with inspiration and epiphany; a book containing one line that provokes such a response deserves a place on the bookshelf. This 30th anniversary compilation of all of Fynn's three books has many such "Ah!" moments.
I am touched by Anna's genuine faith, eyes to see the world and God, her poem "When I shall die" and Fynn's love for her. As a scientist, I also enjoy the way she seeks to understand science and math (I have personally tried one of her fun mini experiments - the one that uses and expanding mirror to increase the number of edges on a shape).
No wonder the bible says, let the little children come. This child Anna sees some things better than adults.
Wonderful illustrations by Papas. I'm currently buying my third copy.
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Thank you, Fynn!
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What can one say about a book so direct, so beautiful and so touching? I am not an easy cryer, but this is a book that cannot but touch you where it counts, where the forgotten feelings of one's own life and times are stored. And where we too have the answers we already forgot behind the scenes of everyday life and reality and our own importance. As if that is "reality". Anna knows what is real and important.
What amazes me still is Fynn's capability to write this down in a way one cannot help but feel is a direct description of his own emotions. In that case this is not only the work of an amazing little girl, but also of a great artist who maybe never knew this himself.
Let's put it this way. If you don't read this book, you'll miss something that can light up your life, long after you finished reading it (if you ever!)
The drawings of Anna are great and I can truly say that I spent some time trying to get them as a poster or something like that.
Read it and weep!
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Meet Anna
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In 1973, when I was twelve years old, I once entered the kitchen while my mother was cooking and my little sister of four years was playing on the kitchen floor. Just when I entered the room my sister suddenly stopped playing with her toys and looked up to my mother and said: "Mum, God can not think, can he? My mother looked at my sister with surprise and said with some confusion in her voice: "Well... I don't know. Why can God not think?" And my little sister answered: "God never has to. He knows eveything!" And that said it all, according to the fact that she continued playing with her toys on the kitchen floor. My mother and I smiled to each other. Later I realized the remark of my sister was bulls eye. Of course God can not think because he knows everything!
This moment, when I entered the kitchen and heard my sister's opinion of God's unability to think I'll never forget and I remembered it even more vividly when reading about Anna. Anna is the true story about a little girl of five years who still seem to remember her spiritual home. Like a little, precious chatterbox she makes observations about life, God and things as they are in a very touching and striking way. For me - as a practisioner having a Buddhist background - some of Anna's remarks are pure Buddhism. "God is empty" she says and does "not reflect anything". Many reviewed the book "Mister God, This is Anna" (ISBN 0345327225) and there is not much more to add. Only this: some people who read the book do not believe a little girl like Anna could exist. In that case they really never met my little sister.
Fortunelately via this book you have the chance to meet Anna, in all her openess and honesty and with all her insights. Don't miss this beautiful opportunity.
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The true story of Anna and her love of Mister God
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Anna and Mister God is the compilation of Fynn's three books rejoicing Anna's life and love of Mister God. Fynn begins Anna's story with Mister God, This is Anna, a true story of Fynn's education through the eyes and discoveries of a small child, a companion, friend, and personal helper of Mister God. The sequel (Anna, Mister God, and the Black Knight) to this much beloved account introduces the reader to Fynn's formal educator, the black knight, an elderly man seasoned in his knowledge. He, too, falls under Anna's charm and discovers learning is not simply a matter of the mind. The third book, Anna's Book, is a compilation of Anna's own workings. The prose is childish as it should be, but do not mistake childish sentece structures and phonetic spelling for crippled thoughts and ideas. Anna's workings were a time spent "talking to God." Though brief was Anna's life, hers was a life lived completely. Thanks to Fynn for sharing her life with the rest of us.
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