God Gave Us Love
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- Author：Lisa Tawn Bergren
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Summary
As Little Cub and Grampa Bear's fishing adventure is interrupted by mischievous otters， the young polar bear begins to question why we must love others。。。 even the seemingly unlovable。
In answering her questions， Grampa Bear gives tender explanations that teach Little Cub about the different kinds of love that is shared between families， friends， and mamas and papas。 Grampa explains that all these kinds of love come from God and that it is important to love others because。。。
"Any time we show love， Little Cub， we're sharing a bit of his love。"
This sweet tale will warm the hearts of young children as they learn about all the different sorts of love， while the gentle explanations of each provide a valuable opportunity to encourage children to share with others a "God-sized love。"
In answering her questions， Grampa Bear gives tender explanations that teach Little Cub about the different kinds of love that is shared between families， friends， and mamas and papas。 Grampa explains that all these kinds of love come from God and that it is important to love others because。。。
"Any time we show love， Little Cub， we're sharing a bit of his love。"
This sweet tale will warm the hearts of young children as they learn about all the different sorts of love， while the gentle explanations of each provide a valuable opportunity to encourage children to share with others a "God-sized love。"
Reviews
Anthony
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Grandpa Bear， shares with Little Cub the meaning of love， and how the many different kinds of love that is shared between family， friends， and others。
Bill Evans
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When we are good， God gifts usGod gave us love is a pretty straightforward idea。 The idea is best connected to our relationships we have with others （or otters， like in the book）。 We know we didn't and don't always know how to be king。 But it's a gidt。 When we are good， God gifts usGod gave us love is a pretty straightforward idea。 The idea is best connected to our relationships we have with others （or otters， like in the book）。 We know we didn't and don't always know how to be king。 But it's a gidt。 。。。more
Alexandra Laub
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While the illustrations are nice， this book is so incredibly wordy for what it is trying to teach。 There is no way a young child in the age group this book is targeting （ages 0-3 [per the back of the book]） is going to understand anything this is trying to teach。 You could have cut the words in this book in half and ended up with a better story。 Do yourself a favor; read the Bible to your child， then teach them with your own lesson。 This book is awful。 Donating。
Kara
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Sweet children's book about God's love， and how we should love others。 Sweet children's book about God's love， and how we should love others。 。。。more
Reeds
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Nice one。
Nancy Luebke
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I enjoyed this Christian Children's book and I received it as a gift。 Another great one in this series。 I've voluntarily chose to review this and I've given it a 5* rating。 I'm love the way she shares the meanings in ways a child can understand。 Want to read and share more in this series。 I enjoyed this Christian Children's book and I received it as a gift。 Another great one in this series。 I've voluntarily chose to review this and I've given it a 5* rating。 I'm love the way she shares the meanings in ways a child can understand。 Want to read and share more in this series。 。。。more
Lynda
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A perfect little story of family， love and a relational explanation of the Golden Rule。
Jennifer
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Meh。 I guess it explains loving your fellow bears well enough for Christian children。 I read it at church and I'm behind on my reading goal for this year！！ Meh。 I guess it explains loving your fellow bears well enough for Christian children。 I read it at church and I'm behind on my reading goal for this year！！ 。。。more
Becky B
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An exploration of the various expressions of love， why it is more than a feeling， and what it means for God to love us。A cute introduction to a deep concept。 Bergren does a pretty good job of covering a lot of stuff in ways that little ones can understand。 Would be a great Valentines read。
Sarah
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Holiday: Valentine's day Holiday: Valentine's day 。。。more
Denise DiFalco
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Lisa T。 Bergren's Children's books thrill everyone's soul。 Thus when Blogging for Books offered her most recent read God Gave Us Love， in exchange for a honest review， I hurried to sign up。 Kudos to Lisa for even considering making the pages broader and thicker to keep them durable with youngsters around。 This sweet sweet story is a conversation between Grandpa Bear and Little Cub about all the different types of Love。 This tenderly written book could teach many an adult by putting God's word in Lisa T。 Bergren's Children's books thrill everyone's soul。 Thus when Blogging for Books offered her most recent read God Gave Us Love， in exchange for a honest review， I hurried to sign up。 Kudos to Lisa for even considering making the pages broader and thicker to keep them durable with youngsters around。 This sweet sweet story is a conversation between Grandpa Bear and Little Cub about all the different types of Love。 This tenderly written book could teach many an adult by putting God's word in a more simple terms which are easily understood by everyone。 The illustrations created by Laura J。 Bryant enhance this warm experience。 Reading this book took me back on a journey years ago full of fond memories of my grandparent's explaining to me of God's Love。 This best-seller makes for the perfect time to bond with your little ones while speaking upon the most important subjects they will need to know。 Thank You， Lisa T。 Bergren for another outstanding treasure。 。。。more
Summer
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My husband got this for our son's birthday。 It is a great book about how we should treat and love others。 My husband got this for our son's birthday。 It is a great book about how we should treat and love others。 。。。more
Heather
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This is a fabulous board book with a wonderful message about God’s love。 The illustrations are absolutely adorable， and my 4-year-old loved looking at them while I read。 When I finished， she had a big smile on her face and then continued looking at the book on her own。 My older children also really like the book。 God Gave Us Love is the perfect addition to your child’s library！
Jessica
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Such a sweet story about how we love because God loved us first。
Catarina
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"Deus deu-nos Amor" é parte de uma saga de vários livros infantis que relata através de uma família de ursos os vários presentes de Deus para a Humanidade。Achei o livro fofinho e gostei da mensagem。 Uma colecção que vou tentar acompanhar :） "Deus deu-nos Amor" é parte de uma saga de vários livros infantis que relata através de uma família de ursos os vários presentes de Deus para a Humanidade。Achei o livro fofinho e gostei da mensagem。 Uma colecção que vou tentar acompanhar :） 。。。more
Tabitha
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The children’s book God Gave Us Love， by Lisa Tawn Bergren and illustrated by Laura J。 Bryant， follows Little Cub on his discovery on what “Love” means。 Fishing with his Grampa， Little Cub gets becomes frustrated by some noisy otters。 Grampa takes the opportunity to teach Little Cub a little lesson about sharing and a big one about love。 Grampa will teach both Little Cub and your child how God created us to love。 The reader will also learn how there are different kinds of love， and how always lo The children’s book God Gave Us Love， by Lisa Tawn Bergren and illustrated by Laura J。 Bryant， follows Little Cub on his discovery on what “Love” means。 Fishing with his Grampa， Little Cub gets becomes frustrated by some noisy otters。 Grampa takes the opportunity to teach Little Cub a little lesson about sharing and a big one about love。 Grampa will teach both Little Cub and your child how God created us to love。 The reader will also learn how there are different kinds of love， and how always loving isn’t the same as always liking。 The reader will learn how God will always love us， and will relate how we know God loves us。 This book is great for any young child that is good with paper books。 It is clear and relates love in a way that will speak to a child’s understanding。 It is a great read for any parent that wants a unique way to teach the concept of biblical love to their children。 The illustrations are complete， colorful， and fun and take the child on journey with Little Cub。 I definitely recommend this book; in fact I am going to share it with my four-year-old cousin。*This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group。* 。。。more
Pinky
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Little Cub learns more about God's love from Grampa。 Little Cub learns more about God's love from Grampa。 。。。more
Amy Mccarty
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***10/2/13D
Sherri
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Such a cute book about a little bear hanging out with its grandpa asking him about love， and learning about the love that God has for us。
Sandi
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Nice story about God's love for all his creations and the world around us told via two adorable bears。 Nice story about God's love for all his creations and the world around us told via two adorable bears。 。。。more
Atticgirl
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I have read one other book in the series， God Gave Us You， and absolutely loved it！ This book did not disappoint in its wonderful message about different kinds of love。 I liked that it had a grandparent spending time with his grand-cub; grandparents play such an important role in the lives of grandchildren。 Little Cub asks Grandpa Polar Bear important questions about love that I'm sure I will be asked one day by my little girl。 Grandpa Polar Bear explains different kinds of love: between moms an I have read one other book in the series， God Gave Us You， and absolutely loved it！ This book did not disappoint in its wonderful message about different kinds of love。 I liked that it had a grandparent spending time with his grand-cub; grandparents play such an important role in the lives of grandchildren。 Little Cub asks Grandpa Polar Bear important questions about love that I'm sure I will be asked one day by my little girl。 Grandpa Polar Bear explains different kinds of love: between moms and dads， siblings， others outside our family， and God's great love for us。The author's explanations are simple for little ones to understand。 It can lead to great discussion about how we should love others and treat them the way we want to be treated。 It can also lead to further discussions about how God loves us and about what Jesus did for us。 The book is a little bit wordy but thorough in covering the concept。This is recommended for ages 3-5。 I tried to read some of it to my 16 month old， but her attention span is pretty short so she mostly enjoyed the beautiful illustrations。 I love the color choices and the cute little polar bears wearing diapers！ My daughter enjoyed pointing at them as I named the animals and objects。 I love the fact this is available in a board book so that little toddler hands can enjoy it without it getting torn。 I'm sure that this book will be dearly loved for years to come！Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the Blogging for Books book review bloggers program。 I was not required to write a positive review。 The opinions I have expressed are my own 。。。more
Patty
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This wonderfully illustrated board book is all about love - God's love for us and our love for others。 The most important message of the book is of Salvation， given in a simplified version for younger children。 Adult readers are given a starting point in the book， "But most of all， "Grampa said， "we know God loves us because he sent his Son to save us。。。" It's up to them to discuss this more at the child's level of understanding。The main characters， Grampa and Little Cub， encounter otters while This wonderfully illustrated board book is all about love - God's love for us and our love for others。 The most important message of the book is of Salvation， given in a simplified version for younger children。 Adult readers are given a starting point in the book， "But most of all， "Grampa said， "we know God loves us because he sent his Son to save us。。。" It's up to them to discuss this more at the child's level of understanding。The main characters， Grampa and Little Cub， encounter otters while fishing。 The playful otters annoy Little Cub。 Grampa explains that God wants us to show others love， even when they annoy us。 He also explains the different kinds of love for family and friends。The target audience for God Gave Us Love is 3 years and up。 This book has too much to take in for younger children。 I think the only thing a 3 year old would remember about this book would be polar bears and love。 I found out at the very end that Little Cub was a girl。 This could be confusing for a child， since it appears by her clothes and the lack of wording with "he" or 'she" that Little Cub is a boy。The illustrations in God Gave Us Love are downright cute， 5 star worthy。 The colors are comforting。 Your heart will be warmed by the cozy winter scenes with this caring polar bear family。 The love the characters have for each other is shown through the drawings。 I would recommend this book for it's illustrations and the message of God's love。Lisa Tawn Bergren is a best-selling author of more than thirty books， including The Captain's Bride， The Busy Mom's Devotional， and the God Gave Us children's book series。 She and her husband， Tim， live in Colorado Springs， Colorado with their three children。 Visit her website at lisatawnbergren。comPlease rate my review for Blogging For Books。 When you rate any Blogging for Books review， you will automatically be entered to win a free copy of the book that you reviewed。 Blogging for Books is giving 50-100 free copies of various titles each month。 I have been notified that one person who rated one of my reviews has won a copy of the book。 Be sure to check your email to do a one time verification that you rated a Blogging For Books review or your rating（s） will not show up。I received a free copy of this book from WaterBrook Multnomah for my honest review。 。。。more
Kara
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God Gave Us Love by Lisa Tawn Bergren， Illustrated by Laura J。 BryantReview by Kara GrantMy ReviewThis was my first time reading Lisa Bergren and I was not disappointed :） The story begins as Little Cub and his Grampa are fishing when they are interrupted by otters， making Little Cub frustrated and prompting Grampa to explain what God’s love is all about。This children’s story effectively teaches about love in three relationships:love between grandpa and grandchildlove between mom and dadlove bet God Gave Us Love by Lisa Tawn Bergren， Illustrated by Laura J。 BryantReview by Kara GrantMy ReviewThis was my first time reading Lisa Bergren and I was not disappointed :） The story begins as Little Cub and his Grampa are fishing when they are interrupted by otters， making Little Cub frustrated and prompting Grampa to explain what God’s love is all about。This children’s story effectively teaches about love in three relationships:love between grandpa and grandchildlove between mom and dadlove between sister and brotherLessons learned in the story:God’s love allows us to see the goodness in others even when they make us grumpy。Nothing you can do could ever make God stop loving you。God created us to love。God’s love brings out the best in us and our families。This precious children’s book wonderfully illustrates what “God-size love” is all about and where it originates from in a colorful story that children and adults will enjoy。 For ages 0-3。 Feel free to learn more about Lisa T。 Bergren at her website， http://lisatawnbergren。com/ and Laura J。 Bryant， http://www。laurabryant。com/ I want to thank WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for the review copy they provided。 I was not required to write a positive review。 The opinions I have expressed are my own。 。。。more
Sela
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When I pick up a kid’s book， I’m looking for a few things。 The first thing is good illustrations。 You can say all you want to， but small children aren’t going to care what it says if the pictures are off。 Second is the content; is it interesting？ age appropriate？ do I agree with what the author is saying？ I think the best part about this book is the illustrations。 They are fun， colorful， detailed， and go along appropriately with the words。 The content。 Well， it meets one out of my three criteria When I pick up a kid’s book， I’m looking for a few things。 The first thing is good illustrations。 You can say all you want to， but small children aren’t going to care what it says if the pictures are off。 Second is the content; is it interesting？ age appropriate？ do I agree with what the author is saying？ I think the best part about this book is the illustrations。 They are fun， colorful， detailed， and go along appropriately with the words。 The content。 Well， it meets one out of my three criteria。 I definitely agree with her points。 However， it’s a board book and I feel like the content is way above my preschooler’s head。 Some of the concepts are even above my 1st grader’s head， I think。 There’s just too much information in one little book。 She covers different types of love and how you can feel all of them。 Why not just focus on one at a time？ Write more books with less words if you’re going for the preschool audience。 I found the story interesting enough， but my kids did not。 You can tell how much my kids like a book based on how many times they request I read it。 I think I’ve read this one to them just two times and we’ve had it for a few months （Yes， I’m behind on book reviews…oops）Not a bad book， just not a great one either。 Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from WaterBrook Multnomah as part of their book review bloggers program。 I was not required to write a positive review。 The opinions I have expressed are my own。 。。。more
GreenIdMama
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Let me start with my 2-year-old is obsessed with board books。 I mean really obsessed。 I can not go to a store and walk past one， without him reaching and calling out for it。 He gets really upset if he can not pick it up and take it home。I am so glad that I requested this God Gave us Love by Lisa Twan Bergren。 I am always pleased with the God Gave。。。。 books。 They art is so beautiful， and the story is always a good one。 With great meaning for the kids。 If you are a Christian this is a book to sha Let me start with my 2-year-old is obsessed with board books。 I mean really obsessed。 I can not go to a store and walk past one， without him reaching and calling out for it。 He gets really upset if he can not pick it up and take it home。I am so glad that I requested this God Gave us Love by Lisa Twan Bergren。 I am always pleased with the God Gave。。。。 books。 They art is so beautiful， and the story is always a good one。 With great meaning for the kids。 If you are a Christian this is a book to share with your kids。Disclosure- I received this book from Blogging for Books。 All opinions are my own。 。。。more
Melissa Rheinlander
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This series is completely adorable！！ This story is so well written and easy for a child to understand。 It also uniquely tells the story of love， and the different types of love that you can feel in a way that the little "human cubs" can understand。 This is a great way to explain God's love for you ~ when you show love your sharing his love for you！！ This is such a loving story that I will be sharing with my daughter （and future "human cubs"） for a long time to come！ My little loved all of the il This series is completely adorable！！ This story is so well written and easy for a child to understand。 It also uniquely tells the story of love， and the different types of love that you can feel in a way that the little "human cubs" can understand。 This is a great way to explain God's love for you ~ when you show love your sharing his love for you！！ This is such a loving story that I will be sharing with my daughter （and future "human cubs"） for a long time to come！ My little loved all of the illustrations。 I would definitely recommend this book to others and the other books in this series for gifts。Disclosure: I was given the opportunity to review God Gave Us Love through the Blogging for Books book review bloggers program。 I was not required or compensated to write a positive or favorable review。 This is Keeping Up With The Rheinlander's personal opinion。 。。。more
Bonita
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You can read my review at。。。 http://forhisgloryandpraise。wordpress。。。 You can read my review at。。。 http://forhisgloryandpraise。wordpress。。。 。。。more
Diana
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Another beautiful written story by Lisa Tawn Bergren， takes the reader on a timeless message of unconditional love。 Little Cub has lots of questions about how do we really know God loves us and her very wise Grandpa does his best to respond with answers that reflect biblical truths: God always hopes for the best in us; He's always with us; He sent His Son to save us。 I loved the warm illustrations by Laura J。 Bryant， especially the family of polar bears "group hug"。 I love Biblical stories， espe Another beautiful written story by Lisa Tawn Bergren， takes the reader on a timeless message of unconditional love。 Little Cub has lots of questions about how do we really know God loves us and her very wise Grandpa does his best to respond with answers that reflect biblical truths: God always hopes for the best in us; He's always with us; He sent His Son to save us。 I loved the warm illustrations by Laura J。 Bryant， especially the family of polar bears "group hug"。 I love Biblical stories， especially when a great author can bring them to life。 Lisa Tawn Bergen does a good job explaining that God is love and we can see His love expressed in so many different ways， especially with family。 。。。more
Erin Cataldi
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"God Gave Us Love" by Lisa Tawn Bergren is an adorable children's book featuring the Bear family。 While Little Cub is fishing with Grandpa Bear， some otters come to play by them and start to scare off the fish。 When Little Bear starts to get frustrated， Grandpa Bear gets Little Cub to understand that God loves us all even when we are being mischievous and that it is our duty to try and love others as unconditionally as God loves us。 Little Cub discovers what it means to love all people and creat "God Gave Us Love" by Lisa Tawn Bergren is an adorable children's book featuring the Bear family。 While Little Cub is fishing with Grandpa Bear， some otters come to play by them and start to scare off the fish。 When Little Bear starts to get frustrated， Grandpa Bear gets Little Cub to understand that God loves us all even when we are being mischievous and that it is our duty to try and love others as unconditionally as God loves us。 Little Cub discovers what it means to love all people and creatures even if he doesn't necessarily "like" them。 Great illustrations and it is a sturdy board book。 This would make a great addition to any young reader's library。 “I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review” 。。。more
Katherine
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- I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review。 –My son and I have read other books by this author before - we've checked them out from the library - and I'm always pleased。 The illustration never disappoints， and my little guy always enjoys them， so I was excited to read this book with him。I'm very picky when it comes to what I expose my child to， religiously especially。 I'm not as fundamentalist or traditional in my understanding of Christianity as m - I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review。 –My son and I have read other books by this author before - we've checked them out from the library - and I'm always pleased。 The illustration never disappoints， and my little guy always enjoys them， so I was excited to read this book with him。I'm very picky when it comes to what I expose my child to， religiously especially。 I'm not as fundamentalist or traditional in my understanding of Christianity as most people， and I want to try to raise my child a certain way when it comes to faith。 So I love that this book talks about God and love without pushing too much of the parts of faith I'm not ready to expose my son to or would prefer to teach him differently。 I love that the book talks about how God wants us to love everyone， to see the goodness in everyone， that "choosing love is always right。" That kind of focus is exactly the kind of foundation I want to lay for my child now that we're beginning his "religious education，" as I call it， before expanding our conversations to more complicated or entailed themes。 So being able to expose him to books that help make that foundation in God and His love， the idea that God is love， makes me feel like I have a pretty good place to start from。Two quotes I really enjoyed from the book are: “God is love， so he created us to love。 He ties us all together like the strings on our snowshoes， heart to heart。”and “God gave us love， all kinds of love。 The love of mamas and papas， friends， family。 And his love too。 It brings out the best in us and our families” The book did mention that God "sent his son to save us，" which gets a little close to the end of my comfort zone， just because I understand the idea of "salvation" differently than most Christians， but I did like how it went on to say "to help us make good choices，" which is a little more relevant to my interpretation and understanding of the idea of being "saved。"All in all， it was a cute book， and my son really enjoyed it。 I would actually love to eventually get the rest of the books in the set， because I really do adore them。 I think they're cute and encouraging， and they're definitely a great way to introduce a child to the themes of God and his love for mankind。 I think Christians of all kinds would be able to enjoy reading them with their children。 I certainly do。 :） 。。。more
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