SuitabookGod gave us love
Lisa Tawn Bergren
- Reading
- Try reading it in short stretches if the explanations feel long, then pause to discuss one kind of love at a time. The board-book edition is described as sturdy for shared handling.
- Themes
- Loving difficult people: Otters interrupt Little Cub and Grampa Bear’s fishing trip, and Little Cub questions why she should love people who are difficult to like. Grampa presents loving others as an expression of God’s love and encourages kindness even when it does not come naturally.
- Love, family and faith: Grampa describes different kinds of love, including love between family members, and relates them to God’s love. The story teaches a specifically Christian understanding in which human love comes from God.
- Worth knowing
- One reader found the conversations unnatural and the story’s flow awkward; another felt its explanations could be wordy and hold young listeners’ attention unevenly. These are responses, not settled facts about every reading.