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Guess How Much I Love You All Year Round

Guess How Much I Love You All Year Round

By: Sam McBratney
Illustrated by: Anita Jeram
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Many things change with each season, Little Nutbrown Hare learns as he and Big Nutbrown Hare explore the outdoors. Tadpoles grow into frogs in the Spring, leaves change color in the Fall and more — but the affection between father and son is a constant. Simple language and soft illustrations once again present the enduring warmth of the Nutbrown Hares.

How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?

How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?

By: Jane Yolen
Illustrated by: Mark Teague
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader

While parents may be miffed when young dinosaurs test limits, they are always reassured of their parents' cunfailing love. Told in rhyme, this latest addition to the series by this talented writer/artist team is sure to please young children as they cuddle with their parents.

How Far Do You Love Me?

How Far Do You Love Me?

By: Lulu Delacre
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader

A warm portrait of universal parental love begins on a beach when a boy asks his mother, "How far do you love me?" Lyrical responses combine with stunning double page illustrations in places around the globe until the boy is tucked into bed with his response: "I love you to the moon!" A world map and the query in each language conclude this tender book.

Love

Love

By: Matt de la Peña
Illustrated by: Loren Long
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader

Love is an emotion that shows in many ways. From the unparalleled love that parents convey to their children to the “smell of crashing waves, and a train whistling …”  It is also the “crease in your grandfather’s face.” Through sophisticated, sometimes unsettling images and text, readers are reminded that though it all, “You’ll have love, love, love.” Also see the Spanish version: Amor.

Love Makes a Family book cover

Love Makes a Family

By: Sophie Beer
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader

Love is baking a special cake. Love is lending a helping hand. Love is reading one more book. In this exuberant board book, many different families are shown in happy activity, from an early-morning wake-up to a kiss before bed. Whether a child has two moms, two dads, one parent, or one of each, this simple preschool read-aloud demonstrates that what's most important in each family's life is the love the family members share.

Love Waves

Love Waves

By: Rosemary Wells
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader

Children and their parents are always connected by love — even when they are apart — shown in this gentle book by sparkly "love waves" sent from parent to child to parent.

Lullaby and Kisses Sweet: Poems to Love with Your Baby

Lullaby and Kisses Sweet: Poems to Love with Your Baby

By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrated by: Alyssa Nassner
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader

Every day, young children and their families can celebrate familiar things and activities in this sturdy, handsome, and appealing collection of 30 poems. Each short piece by a range of poets is about food, family, firsts, play and bedtime, creating a memorable collection just right for the youngest listener.

The I Love You Book

The I Love You Book

By: Todd Parr
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader

A heart shaped cut-out on the front cover invites readers into the book in which child-like illustrations in primary colors depict adults' unconditional love for children. Round-faced, smiling adults love them when they are shy or sharing, stinky or squeaky clean.

Ways to Say I Love You

Ways to Say I Love You

By: Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by: Alette Straathof
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader

All creatures whether furry, slithery, or feathered, show affection. Lush illustration and rhythmic, gently rhyming verse combine to demonstrate just how it’s done. A bit of factual information about animals is included.

What Is Love?

What Is Love?

By: Mac Barnett
Illustrated by: Carson Ellis
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader

“What is love?” a young boy asks. “I can’t answer that,” his grandmother says, and so the boy goes out into the world to find out. But while each person he meets — from the fisherman to the actor to everyone in between — has an answer to his question, not one seems quite right. The boy must find his own answers in this timeless affirmation of familial and familiar bonds.

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Who Loves Little Lemur?

By: Ann Whitford Paul
Illustrated by: Jay Fleck
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader

The smallest lemur in the troop is reassured by parents, siblings, grandparents, and all the lemurs that he is loved in this gently rhyming tale. Expressive illustrations combine with a surprisingly informative text to reassure family bonds as well as lemur habits.

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