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You Don’t Have to be Perfect to be Loved + Giveaway

Audrey Bunny Book Giveaway

“Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.” ~ Psalm 119:73

Loved. Chosen. Accepted.

Audrey Bunny is the perfect picture of how we all try to hide our imperfections from others. In an effort to be loved, Audrey Bunny tries to hide the smudge mark over her heart. She’s afraid that her imperfection will keep her from being loved by a little girl. But what Audrey doesn’t realize is that she’s been chosen because of her imperfection.

This story of a little girl’s love for her imperfect stuffed bunny is a beautiful reflection of God’s love for each of us. He doesn’t call us because we’re perfect. He loves us with our imperfections.

Meet the Author

Audrey Bunny was written by Angie Smith. Angie is the wife of Todd Smith (lead singer of Dove Award winning group Selah), best-selling author of Mended, I Will Carry You, and What Women Fear, and one of the most popular speakers and blog writers in the country. She holds a Master’s degree in Developmental Psychology from Vanderbilt University and lives with her husband and daughters in Nashville, TN.

Find Out More

You can learn more by following B&H Publishing on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest.

The Giveaway

One Simple Pen reader will win a copy of Audrey Bunny. What a great gift for a special girl in your life! To enter, simply leave a comment on this post. You’re welcome to share about your favorite stuffed animal. (That’s not required for your comment… It’s just for fun.)

Entries will remain open until Monday, October 14 at 9 p.m. EST. One winner will be randomly chosen (US addresses only please). The winner will be emailed and will have 48 hours to respond. If there is no response, a new winner will be chosen.

Disclosure: I was given a copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions are – as always – honest and my own.

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Comments

  2. When I read Angie’s story about little Audrey and how God provided the bunny for her I was in tears. I would love to add this book to my collection to read to my grandchildren. Thanks for the giveaway.

  3. Thank you for this book recommendation. I would love to read this beautiful story.
    I visited Angie’s blog, and look forward to reading more there.
    Thank you.

  4. Thank you for the book recommendation. I would love to share it with my niece and daughter 🙂

  5. The story behind this precious book absolutely brought me to tears! I would love to share this with my 7 year old 🙂 It seems I’ve passed on my stuffed animal hoarding trait to the next generation, my daughter simply cannot bear to part with any of the stuffed animals she’s been given throughout the years! I know this story would touch her heart 🙂

  6. Oh my goodness… I can’t wait to read this book. I’ve followed Angie for years and I pre-ordered the book as soon as I could (it hasn’t shipped out yet)! I’d love to have an extra copy to share with a friend!

  7. My favorite stuffed animal as a child was a little bear. Decades later, that bear was my dog’s favorite as well 🙂

  8. We are all imperfect yet all accepted and chosen…we’ve been blessed, granted Grace. My daughter is 5 turning 6 on the 22nd – this would be an awesome gift.

  9. I don’t think I had a favorite stuffed animal when I was growing up. But, I would love for our collection!

  11. My favourite soft toy is a bear called Snuggles. If I press a button in his hand the I hear my Daddy’s voice telling me he loves me. It makes me laugh & feel special.

  12. I would SO love to win this book! My favorite stuffed animal growing up was a puppy who I affectionately named “Wild Thing”…from the movie Major Leaguers, ha!

  15. This reminds me of my favorite stuffed bunny “Bun-bun” that I had when I was growing up. How very precious.

  17. D’aww! This book sounds adorable! My favorite stuff toy as a kid was a bunny that looked a lot like the one in this book. It’s arm fell off and my mom sewed it back on, than the nose fell off, and than the eyes, etc., but my mom always sewed everything back on, lol.

  18. What a beautiful message that we dont need to be perfect to be loved. My favorite stuffed animal was a brown teddy bear.

  20. I would love a copy of this book. Be a special memoryfor my niece and I to read together! My favorite stuffed animal is a bunny. My nanny got me when I broke my femer bone when i was two years old. I’m twenty-one now and I still have that bunny 🙂

  22. My favorite stuffed animal as a child was a musical panda bear. I still have it after 60 years and you can tell it was well loved!