God’s Love In My Heart ~ Children’s Book Review

God’s Love Gives Me Strength

This beautifully illustrated book by Nadine Wickenden contains a wonderful story of a father explaining how big God’s love is to his tired child, and how it gives us strength. Before the little rabbit knows it, they have made it back home safe and sound to their comfy burrow.

Jesus said to receive the kingdom of God like a little child (Luke 18:17), and I believe this is one of the reasons why I enjoy children’s books so much. Truths about God are put into simple terms, and my mind and my heart need simple. Not that it isn’t good to read books that are in-depth and insightful, full of scripture and commentary – but sometimes it’s needful to get back to the basics.

Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post, but was given a free book to review. I am an affiliate of Amazon, and will receive a small commission if a link on this page is used to make a purchase.

God’s Love In My Heart is one of those books that touched by heart and helped turn my mind back to that simple truth which is most important, that which gets me through my day: God loves me. What a privilege it is to be able to tell my daughter that God loves her!

Although this is recommended for ages 0 – 3, my 4 year old really enjoyed it. She liked finding the hearts on each page, and became engaged in the story. One of my duties in this year’s homeschool coop will be helping in the Toddler class. This book is going in my supply bag – I believe they are going to love it!

Purchase Information

God’s Love In My Heart is recommended for children ages 0 through 3 (but your preschoolers may enjoy it, too.) It is available to purchase at this link. Priced at $8.99 (at the time of this post), it is padded board book of very nice quality.

If you would like to preview the book online, please scroll down on this post below the giveaway form to “flip” through it.

Giveaway

Tommy Nelson publishers has graciously offered one of my readers a copy of the book God’s Love In My Heart! The giveaway is open to U.S. residents and will run through midnight on August 11, 2014. Must be at least 18 years old to enter. The winner will be contacted via email and will have two days to claim the prize. If unclaimed, a new winner will be drawn. The winners’ entries will be verified. Please enter the contest using the Rafflecopter form below. All entries are optional. Thank you for visiting Cotton Ridge Homeschool!

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Copyright 2014 Kathryn Depew (except publisher’s images). Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post, but was given a free book to review. I am an affiliate of Amazon, and will receive a small commission if a link on this page is used to make a purchase.

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Ashley Addison says:

July 31, 2014 at 4:01 pm

Yes, my son pushed through being afraid of riding rides at amusements parks on our first vacation, which might not mean much to some people, but I was so proud of him because he is usually pretty afraid to try things. It was exciting for all of us for him to experience such a breakthrough during such a special family time.

Nancy says:

August 1, 2014 at 9:09 am

Diving into a pool for the first time was a challenge!

Helga says:

August 1, 2014 at 9:55 am

I have a niece and I don’t have a memory of anything like that but she would love this book!

Lori Morton says:

August 1, 2014 at 10:01 am

We have had some scary times when kiddo’s were younger..due to abusive husband/dad stuff…nightmares were rough after we left him…we would sit on bed & pray. One day oldest son..then 4th grade…had dream..dad after him..grabbed him away from me at store….and before they left…big hand came down & scooped him up…then we were all home safe (4 kiddo’s & me)… Says was never afraid of dad again…kneeeew God was with us allll the time. And he had several times of confrontation with dad in person…never backed down to dad again…had times to face him..even called & had police take him from our parking lot once too. He is still strong in his belief that god is with us. He is 39 now. Proud of all my Kiddo’s for same kind of facing fears & overcoming.

Michelle Elizondo says:

August 1, 2014 at 1:30 pm

My kids jumped in a pool and learned to swim.

Marcia Lee says:

August 1, 2014 at 9:06 pm

My daughter tried out for cheerleading at school and one of her teachers told me she was shaking like a leaf. She was terrified, but she pushed through it and with help from the Lord, she made the squad.

Terri says:

August 2, 2014 at 2:38 pm

Yes, my almost 4 year old granddaughter recently woke up screaming from a nightmare. She refused to believe it was a bad dream, insisted the monster was real and did not want to sleep in her room. It wasn’t until her 8 year old “big sister” (who shares the bedroom) told her there were no monsters in their bedroom, gave her little sister a big hug and said that God watches over us and He does not make monsters. All was right again. 🙂

jessica m says:

August 8, 2014 at 8:33 pm

My kids are miracles – born at 23 weeks triplets one is blind she is amazing. They have recently started talking about ” who is God , jesus etc ” Ive enrolled them into VBS and they love it .. im so happy they are learning scriptures etc