I was given the chance last week to preview Love Your Heart by Tim McGraw and Tom Douglas courtesy of MamaBuzz and Thomas Nelson Books.
Tim McGraw and songwriter Tom Douglas once again join forces to write another book about the precocious Katie and her dad. Katie has many talents, but she wonders which one will win her school’s talent show. With the help of Dad and her faithful dog Palio, and after several amusing mishaps, Katie finally chooses one talent that includes Palio. But at the talent show, she decides to drop out of the contest to help her friend, showing kindness is the best talent of all. Katie’s proud dad reassures her that she did the best thing and that while he loves many things about her, he loves her heart most of all.
I wasn't too sure if my daughter would sit thru this whole book, as it is aimed a couple of year over her age level, but she was ENTRANCED. There's a good size story and she stayed with it to the end, actively engaged in the pages illustrations and what I was telling her. The only thing she wasn't too sure on was the dog's name- she said he was more of a 'woofie', but she was stuck on the name Palio for a couple of days, so I know the story stayed with her.
The story was very sweet and it gave me a great opportunity to use the characters' action as manner and moral lessons teachings. Even though my daughter is only almost 3 (2 months she keeps telling me!) she grasped the concepts from the story and was able to explain why they were good.
The series is very sweet and I am going to go get the 1st book (My Little Girl- see left pix) as well for my daughter, and will definitely buy the next one that Tim Mcgraw put out!This is a great teaching series, filled with love and thoughts for how children think!
Disclosure: I received a review copy of Love Your heart from Mama Buzz and Thomas Nelson Books, free of charge, for me to review. I was NOT told how to review the book however.
