"I thought maybe God didn't hear me, so I decided to write him a letter."

In his search for a special compass, a young boy writes a letter to God and reveals, to himself and others, the miracle of God's hand in every situation. This book is inspired by the true story of Tyler, whose life is told in the major motion picture Letters to God. Patrick and Heather Doughtie, authors and parents of the real-life Tyler, share the endearing story of their son's inspiring and contagious faith.

Content aligns with the Common Core Standards for informational reading.

This book is part of a book series called Letters To God .

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Zondervan .

Before focusing his creative energies on fiction, Patrick Doughtie honed his artistic skills as a newspaperman, recording artist, and screenwriter. He was one of the youngest newspaper general managers in California when he and one of his four brothers decided to move to Nashville to pursue a music career. In 1996, after his son Tyler was born, Patrick left the late nights and long trips of the music world to start a construction business in Nashville. After his son's death in 2005, he began his career as a screenwriter. Patrick has written five screenplays and two short-subject scripts in a variety of genres: comedy, drama, thriller, action, and a children's story. Tammie Lyon lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband, Lee, and loves spending the day in her studio with her dog, Gus. She discovered her love of illustrating at a very young age while drawing at the kitchen table with her dad. She began her career as a staff illustrator for a major greeting card company, eventually becoming the director of the juvenile product line. Since then Tammie has illustrated children's books, posters, magazines, cd's, games, clothing, and just about anything else you can think of. Mary Olson is the author of Nice Try, Tooth Fairy . She lives in New Canaan, Connecticut. Tammie Lyon has illustrated a number of books for children, the most recent of which is Grumpy Bunnies . She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.