Here I Am: For Boys

Here I Am offers a timely antidote to confusing messages about gender and identity, ushering the young imagination into a sacramental understanding of reality. Appealing to childlike wonder and joy, this book draws young readers deeper into the mystery of the Incarnation. Through engaging words and charming illustrations, children can begin to see their bodies as gifts that mirror the gift of Christ’s own body.

Author Abigail Favale is a writer and professor in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory. She lives with her husband and four children in Indiana.

Illustrator Anna Abramskaya was born in Sevastopol, Ukraine and graduated from the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts. Her favorite medium is pencils and she loves classical music. She now lives in Jacksonville, Florida with her husband and two little daughters.