God Gave Us The World by Lisa Tawn Bergren

Tour Date: January 13, 2011

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdT7neC65_evFoN5ybKnG8e-0qFvuQF8Qbyxc3fmqnD9hQr5F4ZOPZTcFkx6hO8B0JxukCCLKeu_0Cyiff4U79hSIMrYyjlkFxBy8S3V1oTP4tYcMYJ2VlW3YvH_VaZM981DmP1M8B-g/s1600/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg"><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdT7neC65_evFoN5ybKnG8e-0qFvuQF8Qbyxc3fmqnD9hQr5F4ZOPZTcFkx6hO8B0JxukCCLKeu_0Cyiff4U79hSIMrYyjlkFxBy8S3V1oTP4tYcMYJ2VlW3YvH_VaZM981DmP1M8B-g/s200/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480264388542368882" /></a></a>It is time for a <span style="color:#990000;"><strong><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/">FIRST Wild Card Tour</a></span></strong> 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! <span style="color:#990000;"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!</strong></span><br /><br /><font color="#cc0000"><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!</em></font><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Today's Wild Card author is: </strong><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://lisatawnbergren.com/">Lisa Tawn Bergren</a></span><br /><br />and the illustrator:<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.laurabryant.com/">Laura J. Bryant</a></span></strong><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">and the book:</span> </span></strong><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400074487">God Gave Us The World</a></span></strong></div><br /></p><p align="center">WaterBrook Press (January 11, 2011) <br /></p>***Special thanks to Staci Carmichael, Marketing and Publicity Coordinator, Doubleday Religion / Waterbrook Multnomah / Divisions of Random House, Inc. for sending me a review copy.***<br /><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span> </span></strong></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QEhexYLBaHns41kP4dEnYDcjtgpmhmxXKeQQh85Qa3oR5p9D-L3ChM_BOV4NsVRvhL9e-rpJRNlgb6iAdncYVthPR-NeVtRRfwne7Pk8G76OFnRdsnOJXh1d1W84gEgfxfBUHuKHyxI/s1600/Bergren%252C+Lisa+Tawn.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QEhexYLBaHns41kP4dEnYDcjtgpmhmxXKeQQh85Qa3oR5p9D-L3ChM_BOV4NsVRvhL9e-rpJRNlgb6iAdncYVthPR-NeVtRRfwne7Pk8G76OFnRdsnOJXh1d1W84gEgfxfBUHuKHyxI/s200/Bergren%252C+Lisa+Tawn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560762840097530130" /></a>Lisa Tawn Bergren is the award-winning author of nearly thirty titles, totaling more than 1.5 million books in print. She writes in a broad range of genres, from adult fiction to devotional. <em>God Gave Us Love </em>follows in Lisa’s classic tradition of the best-selling <em>God Gave Us You</em>. She makes her home in Colorado, with her husband, Tim, and their children, Olivia, Emma, and Jack.<br /> <br /><br />Visit the author's <a href="http://lisatawnbergren.com/">website</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:</span> </span></strong></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSb2zw-YU5zoRo4ZpTgGxgyYDXyYqxU_kGKc7n3RVW6UhswBgqamP-ojMvZGmfZdLADwiKGaur4uWlVI7obYTRdHflhJwrs9N8F_Bz_BKDFWpkh9YYhmVYJjLdkROnVYiRQAB763oCEQ/s1600/laura+bryant.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSb2zw-YU5zoRo4ZpTgGxgyYDXyYqxU_kGKc7n3RVW6UhswBgqamP-ojMvZGmfZdLADwiKGaur4uWlVI7obYTRdHflhJwrs9N8F_Bz_BKDFWpkh9YYhmVYJjLdkROnVYiRQAB763oCEQ/s200/laura+bryant.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560765201836970146" /></a><br />Laura J. Bryant studied painting, printmaking, and sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. She has illustrated numerous award-winning children’s books, including <em>God Gave Us You</em>, <em>Smudge Bunny</em>, and <em>If You Were My Baby</em>. Laura lives in Asheville, North Carolina.<br /><br />Visit the illustrator's <a href="http://www.laurabryant.com/">website</a>.<br /><br />Product Details:<br /><br />List Price: $10.99<br />Reading level: Ages 4-8<br />Hardcover: 40 pages <br />Publisher: WaterBrook Press (January 11, 2011) <br />Language: English <br />ISBN-10: 1400074487 <br />ISBN-13: 978-1400074488 <br /><br />Also Available:<br /> <br /><em>God Gave Us You<br />God Gave Us Two<br />God Gave Us Christmas<br />God Gave Us Heaven<br />God Gave Us Love<br />God Gave Us So Much</em> – a limited three book treasury <br /> <br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">AND NOW...THE FIRST FOUR PAGES...press the pictures to better view them:</span> </strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4yenBg7onjHGjWBcRozwoHF0ZFzK5VT6zS2htc8BbaQZcaf9ygooa-Md0Vbhsx6zCE6Pw2VFyNyUjVxfH2L4PwIdL5YM2Sk-czmRzirOf7t-5q1JIyT_ffogiahqihXZrurNYXoNddI/s1600/God+Gave+Us+The+World.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4yenBg7onjHGjWBcRozwoHF0ZFzK5VT6zS2htc8BbaQZcaf9ygooa-Md0Vbhsx6zCE6Pw2VFyNyUjVxfH2L4PwIdL5YM2Sk-czmRzirOf7t-5q1JIyT_ffogiahqihXZrurNYXoNddI/s200/God+Gave+Us+The+World.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560762902787188130" /></a><div style="OVERFLOW: auto; HEIGHT: 307px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKH-_56XbeL0kpQk0X1dZ5Vyqiu27do93_y-oUgsGTpHoqrjnC6CZhwqSUl1Bu10a9Y0dkFeP6pKcLj_8IYkXcVEuDFuk6BAicyovI7G1l261dSa1G4AKOt7HhbVOwHhs9Vk7A_mG4CU/s1600/page+1.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKH-_56XbeL0kpQk0X1dZ5Vyqiu27do93_y-oUgsGTpHoqrjnC6CZhwqSUl1Bu10a9Y0dkFeP6pKcLj_8IYkXcVEuDFuk6BAicyovI7G1l261dSa1G4AKOt7HhbVOwHhs9Vk7A_mG4CU/s200/page+1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561718334596540322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxOJ5BtFSjubrtHfMq2l6RJaIbKXaY34oW6UOlu3gqIMHU5FEExAtdGCAQg8PZL-BzwibGNEtAOY4r6fUTNHWzRP3D_LQEhLaK4NqGnKlNw_NA_vYkqJSHJkDaEhF5QezfLGQoED9oPw/s1600/page+2.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxOJ5BtFSjubrtHfMq2l6RJaIbKXaY34oW6UOlu3gqIMHU5FEExAtdGCAQg8PZL-BzwibGNEtAOY4r6fUTNHWzRP3D_LQEhLaK4NqGnKlNw_NA_vYkqJSHJkDaEhF5QezfLGQoED9oPw/s200/page+2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561718260760524530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuB8DO-BpfMW0xy-T8bsV0m99zwKaEL_zOEgXKi8CUcMdguLwZ1qmrtT-Gq8otan8WGaHZOAZwoOuaDyDAPm1y80bX2Et0smhYfsWFpbZ4muWNujN1adfE_P2Ji7yGDVa7sHXGIaBmWf8/s1600/page+3.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuB8DO-BpfMW0xy-T8bsV0m99zwKaEL_zOEgXKi8CUcMdguLwZ1qmrtT-Gq8otan8WGaHZOAZwoOuaDyDAPm1y80bX2Et0smhYfsWFpbZ4muWNujN1adfE_P2Ji7yGDVa7sHXGIaBmWf8/s200/page+3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561718161468650786" /></a><br /></div><br />

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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!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Lisa Tawn Bergren

and the illustrator:

Laura J. Bryant

and the book:

God Gave Us The World

WaterBrook Press (January 11, 2011)

***Special thanks to Staci Carmichael, Marketing and Publicity Coordinator, Doubleday Religion / Waterbrook Multnomah / Divisions of Random House, Inc. for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Lisa Tawn Bergren is the award-winning author of nearly thirty titles, totaling more than 1.5 million books in print. She writes in a broad range of genres, from adult fiction to devotional. God Gave Us Love follows in Lisa’s classic tradition of the best-selling God Gave Us You. She makes her home in Colorado, with her husband, Tim, and their children, Olivia, Emma, and Jack.


Visit the author's website.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:

Laura J. Bryant studied painting, printmaking, and sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. She has illustrated numerous award-winning children’s books, including God Gave Us You, Smudge Bunny, and If You Were My Baby. Laura lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Visit the illustrator's website.

Product Details:

List Price: $10.99
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: WaterBrook Press (January 11, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400074487
ISBN-13: 978-1400074488

Also Available:

God Gave Us You
God Gave Us Two
God Gave Us Christmas
God Gave Us Heaven
God Gave Us Love
God Gave Us So Much – a limited three book treasury


AND NOW...THE FIRST FOUR PAGES...press the pictures to better view them: