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I'd Choose You

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"I'd Choose You" is a great book to help a child gain self-expectance. It has colorful illustration of animals that are used to help a child understand the five elements of the blessing: spoken words, meaningful touch, attaching high value to someone, picturing a wonderful future and genuine commitment

I volunteered to read at an elementary school at a Read in and the class consisted of 2nd,3rd, and 4th graders- The teacher loved the story and the kids absolutely enjoyed it. I'm ordering 2 copies-1 for my 7 yr. old and the other copy I'm going to donate to the class.

This is a wonderful little book for children and adults alike, and it focuses on giving the blessing to children, much as Trent has written in other books, but this one is focused on the children, and what impact that can have on them.

The story follows Norbert and the fact that no one wanted to sit with him on the way to school. And his way to school is exciting - they all go on a rollercoaster. Now that's what I call creativity. Judy Love has done some marvelous illustrations, and you just want to jump on this rollercoaster with all the others.

A great tool in the hands of parents and caregivers to give the blessing to children.

Norbert, a sweet elephant wants to fit in but he's having the worst school day ever! No one wants to sit by him except for Heidi the Hippo. Then the others think Heidi's his girlfriend. What's worse than that? He wasn't picked for a team.

Norbert confides to his mother all of these bad events. Norbert is confident that even his mom would choose the others, because they are better and more skilled than he could ever be. But, he's wrong.

The author reminds us that we can bless our children through touch and the words we express to our children. The concept is based on the Old Testament blessing.

God has blessed parents with children. It's only natural that we continue the tradition by blessing our own children.

The story is a great reminder how we often compare ourselves to others. The grass looks greener on the other side. If we hop on over, we'd be stung by bees, the grass would itch, and dirt would become evident.

God didn't make a mistake. By thinking that He did, it's actually an insult to Him. He created us and we should thank Him and seek Him in everything that we do. It's through Him that He will make our paths straight.

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This was a favorite in my home with my young (bio) daughter. When my husband and I became foster parents I read it to my foster daughter and used it to reinforce the idea that we "chose" her.

She loved to hear the process that we went through to be able to have her live with us. She understood that we would choose her "everytime"!

The book is simply but beautifully written. Dr John Trent handles the sensitive issue of a child's hurt emotion with love, care and encouragement and the post story assignment for us parents to write up a "Parental Blessing" to speak over our children is meaningful and special.

Get this book. Your family will be blessed!

Brings a tear to your heart every time you read it. Wonderful message of affirmation and affection - words every child should hear.

Everyone knows what it is like to have a bad day. This story follows Norbert and his really bad day at school. Even though he rides a roller coaster to school, he had no one to sit with. And at school no one picked him for a team, or sat with him at lunch. When he comes home sad, his mother shares a blessing with him. My 3 year old and 6 year old both enjoyed this story. The illustrations are absolutely wonderful, and the story has a very special message for both children and adults. I love the idea this story portrays, of blessing your child. I was also intrigued by the "write your own blessing" page at the end of the book. A good story for both parent and child