I Loved You Before You Were Born

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"Even before you were born,
I was your grandma
and I loved you."

A loving grandmother eagerly awaits the arrival of her grandchild. She dreams of the baby's soft sighs, sweet smells, and tiny toes, and imagines the infant smiling, rolling over, and crawling for the first time. Finally, the baby arrives and Grandma is ready with a very special message.

Tender and touching, Anne Bowen's I Loved You Before You Were Born perfectly conveys the magical anticipation of birth and the Joy a new child brings to a family. Greg Shed's rich, luminescent paintings capture the love and wonder of this blessed event.

What Customers Say About I Loved You Before You Were Born:

I am a new mother and I was going to give this to my mother as a gift. When I got it I read it and it talks about how the baby kicked in mommies tummy just like daddy kicked in grandma's tummy when he was a baby. Well, that won't work for my mom. Other than that, it's a bit too sentimental for my liking.

The illustrations are beautiful and delightful to the eye. This book would make a wonderful gift for new grandmothers fitting into that situation.There should be more books such as this one that cover various means in which a woman becomes a grandmother because I was quite disappointed to have to give this away after buying because it no longer fit our circumstances when our daughter came home from China. The story flows as you anticipate each page turn. However, this book is about a PATERNAL GRANMOTHER who's son and daughter-in-law give birth to a BABY GIRL. I would love to see a book as beautifully written as illustrated as this book for adoption situation as well. Over all, I *loved* the book and wished I could have gifted it to my mother-in-law.

Most new grandparents I know do NOT look that old. A sweet idea for a book, however, it definitely has limitations. Also, I did not realize that the book was written for only the SON'S/FATHER's parents. I'd hoped to buy a few to send to my friends who are becoming new grandparents. I was disappointed, though, when I saw that the grandparents depicted in the book are pictured as gray-haired and quite elderly. It is clearly written from the point of view of the new father's parents, thus making it inappropriate to give to the parents of the daughter who had the baby. There is no way to know that nuance from the title and could cause some embarrasment if unknowingly given to the parents of the daughter.

He knows it is my special book about him and almost always asks me to read it to him at bedtime when he is with us. I purchased this book for a good friend who is becoming a first time grandma very soon. He loves hearing about himself before he was even here. I received my own copy when I was becoming a first time grandma about 4 years ago. As it turns out, my grandson LOVES this book. I do wish there was another version of it for those who have a daughter and son-in-law having a baby. The current version is for a family with a son and daughter-in-law having a baby.

This book makes a wonderful gift for a new first-time Grandma or Grandma-to-be. It captures the love and wonder of that first-born grandchild.