Love Your Heart (My Little Girl) [Hardcover]

Tim McGraw (Author), Tom Douglas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 16, 2010 | Age Level: 3 and up | Series: My Little Girl

The second book in Tim McGraw's My Little Girl series is a heartwarming story of a little girl's selfless act of kindness.

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.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (February 16, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400314739
• ISBN-13: 978-1400314737
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #853,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The illustrations save this book from 1 star, March 28, 2010

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Sadie (Ventura, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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The only reason to buy this book is for the beautiful and vibrant watercolor illustrations by Abigail Marble. The story is poorly written and the only reason I can think of for publishing it is because it has Tim McGraw's name on it. He's not a writer and this book proves it. The artist is to be commended for saving this book. I'm sure the publishers looked for someone who would be able to take a short, bland story and turn it into a book that would attract attention. If your children look at this book, it's only because of the attractive illustrations. They will not ask you to read them this story over and over again. If I were only rating the art, I would have given this 5 stars, but because it's a book, the story must account for something. Sorry, Abigail, three stars is the best I could do, but it's not because of your outstanding artwork, which honestly, rates a 10.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Your Heart, April 13, 2010

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Nina J. Law (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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Love Your Heart
Do you have young daughters or granddaughters? If so then this book is for you. Tim McGraw and Tom Douglas have written an awesome book for little girls. Love Your Heart tells the story of a little girl trying to find her talent and in doing so wants to make her daddy proud. Katie is a picture of all little girls trying to find their way in this world. Katie tries several different talents out to see if she has one that is good enough for the talent show. She has a lot of trouble finding a talent and finally settles on one to use for the show. Katie's father just keeps encouraging her through the whole story. On the night of the talent show Katie and her dog Palio were ready for their act when Katie saw her friend Sophie crying. Katie ends up giving up her act in order to help Sophie. Katie thinks that her dad might be disappointed with her for giving up her talent act, but is surprised by what he has to say. Her dad is so proud of her and tells her that she has a beautiful heart. He loves her heart. This book is what our little girls need in todays world. They need to love their hearts and not try to be what the rest of the world dictates. Little girl's have such beautiful hearts and they need to hang on to that.
Faith Hill and daughters wrote the forward. I totally recomment this book to anyone who has young daughters or granddaughters. I am saving mine for any future granddaughters that I may be blessed with.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet story, July 22, 2010

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Ariaceliz "changosdaughter" (Newark, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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The book is sweet in respect that children do not always have the insight regarding putting other people's needs first. However, it touches on a little girl's selfless act, which actually helps her shine in her own way. It really honors the notion of "sportsmanship". I have one in my office to demonstrate to the children I see that sometimes one can still "win" by allowing others to win as well.