You Are Loved
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A young child learns all the ways they are loved by nature and, most of all, by the person reading to them in this gentle and lyrical picture book reminiscent of Love from the Crayons and Alison McGee’s Someday.
You are loved…by the grass...
As it softens your path...
You are loved…by the wind...
How it plays with your hair.
A little tyke wanders through a welcoming world of sun, grass, and flowers, dancing to bird chirps, spying new friends in the clouds, and waving to waves. After hello-ing stars and giving a hello-there to the moon, the explorer finally returns to someone who loves them as deeply as all the world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Connecting a child with the natural world, Rim's simple but evocative work generates a grounding feeling of abiding love. In each spread, loopy cursive lettering links the book's refrain with an element from nature, while facing pages offer brief experiential elaborations: "You are loved by grass.../ as it softens your path." Throughout, a youth, portrayed with bunny ears, scribbly black hair, and skin that reflects the white of the page, relishes various encounters. In one watercolor, pencil, and digital scene, the figure climbs a tree washed in vibrant purple blooms ("You are loved by the trees...// as they lift you up high"). In another, cloud animals and shapes emerge from smudges of aqua sky while the child looks on ("You are loved by the clouds...// they bring you new friends"). As examples proceed, night falls, resulting in, via a human dimension, a comforting homey effect. Ages 4–8.
