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You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
Today's Wild Card author is:
and the book:
WaterBrook Press; 1st edition (September 19, 2000
***Special thanks to Laura Tucker, WaterBrook Multnomah Publicity, for sending me a review copy.***ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
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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.
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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:
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SHORT BOOK DESCRIPTION:
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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:
To Liv, Emma, and Jack—
Words cannot express how glad
we are that God gave us you.
—L.T.B.
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To Ron and Shirley—
Who have an endless supply of love and generosity.
—L.J.B.
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Words cannot express how glad
we are that God gave us you.
—L.T.B.
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To Ron and Shirley—
Who have an endless supply of love and generosity.
—L.J.B.
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“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.
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a baby.”
“And you got me?” Little Cub asked, her voice muffled by the covers.
“Yes, my special child. God gave us you.”
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