God Found Us You

by Lisa Tawn Bergren, Laura J. Bryant (Illustrator)

Overview

A special picture book about adoption from the bestselling creators of the beloved God Gave Us You and God Gave Us Easter

As little fox gets ready for bed, Mama Fox tells him the miraculous story of his special arrival. This heartwarming and tender tale captures the immensity of looking at God through a young child’s eyes and the profoundness of the blessings that adoption brings to both parent and child.

A loving gift to celebrate a new adoption as well as for Mother's Day.

Lisa Tawn Bergren's and Laura J. Bryant's God Gave Us series includes New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and ECPA bestsellers—don't miss their God Found Us You and How Big Is God? as well! These books are perfect for sharing and as a gift at Christmas, Easter, and birthdays.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061131769
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/09/2009
Series:	HarperBlessings Series
Edition description:	First
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	517,195
Product dimensions:	10.20(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Lisa Tawn Bergren is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than seventy books for both children and adults. Her time is split between managing home base, writing, and working at Rocky Mountain Rustic, a business she runs with her husband, Tim. Lisa lives in Colorado, and you can visit her at lisatawnbergren.com.

Laura J. Bryant has provided artwork for numerous children's books, including Where Fish Go In Winter and Other Great Mysteries, and ALA Top Ten Pick for Early Readers, as well as two previous books with author Lisa Bergren, God Gave us You and God Gave us Two. She attended the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore, and now lives in West Virginia with her husband.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-Gr 1

In this story about adoption, a little white fox asks his rust-colored mama, "tell me again about the day I came home." She begins by describing how she dreamed of holding him in her arms. Seeing other mothers with their babies, she explains, made her lonely, so she prayed and waited patiently for God to answer her prayers. Little Fox wonders why he couldn't stay with the mother who had him, and Mama assures him that "she must have had very big reasons to give you up." Little Fox's mother promises to be his "forever mama," and tells him she will always celebrate "the day that God found us you." After she tucks him in, Little Fox says his prayers and falls into a contented sleep to dream about the day he came to his cozy home in the big woods. Bryant's delicate illustrations in pastel shades augment the heartfelt message of Bergren's simple story. Scenic paintings portray the loving relationship between Mama Fox and her child, and are framed with decorative flowers, vines, and stars. This woodland tale answers many questions adopted children may ask their parents. Rose Lewis's I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (Little, Brown, 2002) is a more traditional story on the subject.-Linda L. Walkins, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Brighton, MA

School Library Journal

Bergren and Bryant continue their popular God Gave Us series with this entry that addresses adoption from a religious perspective. The characters are a mother fox with traditional rust coloring and her adopted son, a young white fox. The gentle text tells of the adult fox's longing to become a mother, her long period of waiting and her prayers and faith in God, with the birth mother and her place in the story also gracefully acknowledged. Though the text is lyrical and smooth, the unusual syntax of the repeated refrain "God found us you" interferes with the flow of the story at first reading, though this usage is a focal point of the series. The use of "us" in that phrase is deliberately left ambiguous, as no father fox is shown, making this story suitable for single adoptive mothers or for adoptive families with same-sex parents. Bryant's appealing watercolor illustrations show the tender love between mother and child against soft-focus backgrounds of a cozy forest and with borders of twining vines. (Religion/picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews