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  • A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
  • Written by: Todd Burpo, Lynn Vincent
  • Narrated by: Stu Gray
  • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (18 ratings)

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Heaven Is for Real

Written by: Todd Burpo, Lynn Vincent
Narrated by: Stu Gray
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Publisher's Summary

"Do you remember the hospital, Colton?" Sonja said. "Yes, mommy, I remember," he said. "That's where the angels sang to me."

When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren't expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed - a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy's trip to heaven and back.

Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery - and authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he had not yet learned to read.

With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long-departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels, how "really, really big" God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his father, but using Colton's uniquely simple words, Heaven Is for Real offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where, as Colton says, "nobody is old and nobody wears glasses".

Heaven Is for Real will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering the chance to see and believe like a child.

This audiobook recording of Heaven Is For Real includes additional bonus content including updates from father Todd and son Colton on recent events including the making-of-the-movie experience and "from the set" Q&A's with the movie's filmmakers and actors.

©2014 HIFR Ministries, Inc. (P)2017 Thomas Nelson Publishers

What the critics say

"A beautifully written glimpse into heaven that will encourage those who doubt and thrill those who believe." (Ron Hall, coauthor of Same Kind of Different as Me)

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A beautiful Faith story

I absolutely LOVED this book! It is very inspirational and interesting, I couldn't stop listening. I could listen to it over and over. Thank you so much for writing this fantastic book. The narrator was fabulous, I enjoyed listening to his voice.

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I dunno… Preachy??

It's cute, but… I found the narrator's voice irritating; took me for ever to get through this book. After listening to it, I felt like the story was a confirmation of everything a Catholic learns in catechism class and Sunday school. Still not a believer this is a "true" story…

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