It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
and the book:
WaterBrook Press; 1st edition (September 19, 2000
Lisa Tawn Bergren is the best-selling author of eight novels, three novellas, and two gift books, with more than a half-million books in print. God Gave Us You is her first children’s book. As an editor during the week and a writer on weekends, she makes her very-messy-but-cozy home in Colorado with her husband, Tim, and their daughters, Olivia and Emma.
Visit the author's website.
Laura J. Bryant attended the Maryland Institute of Art, where she received a strong foundation in drawing, painting, and print-making. Illustrating children’s books has provided her with both a rewarding and creative career. Laura’s clients have included Simon & Schuster, McGraw Hill, and Stech-Vaughn publishers, among others. She currently lives among the tidal rivers on the eastern shore of Maryland with her loving husband and curiously cantankerous cat! Visit the author's website.
Filled with playful, winsome illustrations by an artist who specializes in polar bear images, this four-color, read-to-me picture book will build children’s self-esteem through the tale of a mama bear who reassuringly explains where her cub came from and affirms Mama and Papa’s great love for her.
Product Details:
List Price: $10.99
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: WaterBrook Press; 1st edition (September 19, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1578563232
ASIN: B002PJ4LHM
AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER:
Words cannot express how glad
we are that God gave us you.
—L.T.B.
To Ron and Shirley—
Who have an endless supply of love and generosity.
—L.J.B.
“Good night, sweet child,” Mama said as she tucked Little Cub in.
But Little Cub wasn’t quite ready to go to sleep.
“Mama, where did I come from?” she asked.
“From God,” her mother answered. “Your papa and I were alone, and we wanted a baby.”
“And you got me?” Little Cub asked, her voice muffled by the covers.
“Yes, my special child. God gave us you.”
My Thoughts
This book is definitively a little gem to give to new parents! And the little ones will have a pleasure to go through this marvelous book over and over again.
This book has a beautiful story inside that will make the child feel special as he/she hears her parents read it to him/her. The illustrations accompanying the story are breathtaking and touching. The characters and the colors used will definitively attract the attention of the young children. I wouldn’t hesitate to put this book in the hands of a one or two years old. This book is a board book version of a beloved classic in the Christian bookstores.
I encountered the book of Lisa Tawn Bergren about a year and a half ago and I wish I had received this book as a gift about ten years ago. My kids are a bit old to have a board book in their hands now. I might keep it for my future grandkids… *grin* Yeah I know I have sometime to wait! Nevertheless, this little book is a keeper for any family.
The board book God Gave Us You is available at any bookstore, even amazon.ca.
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