by Matt de la Pena (Author)
In the beginning there is light and two wide-eyed figures standing near the foot of your bed and the sound of their voices is love. A cab driver plays love softly on his radio while you bounce in back with the bumps of the city and everything smells new, and it smells like life. In this heartfelt celebration of love, Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Pena and bestselling illustrator Loren Long depict the many ways we experience this universal bond, which carries us from the day we are born throughout the years of our childhood and beyond. With a lyrical text that's soothing and inspiring, this tender tale is a needed comfort and a new classic that will resonate with readers of every age.
Format: Picture Book::Illustrated
Pages: 40
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Published: 01 Feb 2018
ISBN 10: 1524740918
ISBN 13: 9781524740917
Book Overview: From IMewbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Pena and bestselling illustrator Loren Long comes a story about the strongest bond there is and the diverse and powerful ways it connects us all.
[A] poetic reckoning of the importance of love in a child's life . . . eloquent and moving. --People Magazine
Everything that can be called love -- from shared joy to comfort in the darkness -- is gathered in the pages of this reassuring, refreshingly honest picture book. --The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice / Staff Picks From the Book Review
Lyrical and sensitive, 'Love' is the sort of book likely to leave readers of all ages a little tremulous, and brimming with feeling. --The Wall Street Journal
De la Pe a's prose poem speaks right to young children. . . . People often talk to children about love; in these pages, they can see and feel what it's like. And there's plenty for everybody. --Publishers Weekly, starred review
This book looks into the darkness and still finds stars twinkling overhead. --The New York Times Book Review
From the moment prose and art appear in the opening spread, de la Pe a and Long usher readers into a patient, pensive meditation on love. . . . Timely, timeless, and utterly necessary. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Newbery Award-winning De la Pe a offers a lyrical ode to love in this stirring picture book. . . . In De la Pe a's lines, love becomes not just an emotion between people but a feeling suffusing the world. --Booklist
Long and Matt de la Pe a . . . hit the mark with Love . . . a gentle, poetic picture book about love in all circumstances, even the tough ones. --Shelf Awareness
This heartfelt and sensitively rendered picture book meditation begs to be shared and discussed with children . . . Spread the love. --School Library Journal, starred review
An exquisitely written and illustrated picture book that speaks of how love, even when it's difficult to recognize, can percolate up through the most common of daily circumstances. --The Horn Book, starred review
Loren Long is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Otis series. He's also the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestseller Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama, as well as the re-illustrated, #1 New York Times bestseller The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper. He lives near Cincinnati with his wife, two sons, and two Weimaraners. Visit him online at LorenLong.com or on Twitter @lorenlong.
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