Because I Love You

by Max Lucado

Other authorsMitchell Heinze (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

C LU

Collection

CHILDREN

Publication

Crossway (1999), Edition: 1st, 32 pages

Description

Shaddai, a wise and loving man, builds a wonderful village for his children, but when one of them chooses to go out into the dangerous wilderness, Shaddai does not abandon him.

User reviews

LibraryThing member al04

Because I Love you is a great description of a Folktale because it written as if it has been told for generations. The story is also has a great moral and a great truth at the end which is what many folktales include.
Paladin is the main character in the story and through the mistake and moral that

he teaches gives excitment to the reader. He has adventure which intrigues the reader and keeps them focuesed on the plot.

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LibraryThing member MrsLee

Beautiful, affirming and well told. A lovely story.

LibraryThing member kandlekrazey

Because I love you is a book about a sincerly kind and gentle man whom looks after a village full of children. When this man laughed he sang and all the children could hear him. They all aloved him as he loved them. In an effort to keep them safe he built a stone wall around his precious village.

When he was done a curious young boy found a hole. The man simply told him that he left it on purpose. He wanted the children to be there out of love no becasue he told them too. He also warned that if they left the safety of the wall they would not find their way back. The curious young boy scurried thru the hole finding a fragrant thick forrest. He all of a sudden gets scared and heads towards the hole thet he crawled thru only to find the hole was no longer there. The little boy called out to the man - whom already knew he was needed. The mans word hung in the boys ears " Once you leave you will not find your way back".

I think this is a symbolistic representation of our Lord and Saviour. It even seemed that way to my 2nd grader who made the proclamation "he's like God, Everyone can be with him , but once you leave its hard to come back." I actually teared up at the analogy.

I think this may be a risque book in a traditional classroom only cause of difference of religion lately but I could see using it as a discussion guide in say a Sunday school class. I would ask who would go venturing beyond the wall and asking what ideas were available to get back to safety.

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LibraryThing member GayWard

A curious child doesn't listen to the creator and leaves the safe place to go into the forest, but his creator already knew he was going to do so and helped the boy find his way back.

LibraryThing member Adele93

Wonderful book for children all the way from 3rd grade to high school. It puts the story of salvation in a language kids can better understand.

LibraryThing member Nicolec78

This is a wonderful book that tells the story of a kind and gentle man that has built a stone wall around a village in order to protect the children within it. The man watches after the children in the village, plays with them, cares for them, protects them all the while singing and helping when

needed. A little boy asks about the wall and why it is there and wants to see the other side. The boys curiosity gets the best of him and even though he was advised not to go on the other side of the wall, he finds a hole and does. The boy gets lost but just as he begins to panic the man is there to rescue him, save him when he needs to be saved. It is a very warm and meaningful book.

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