Overview

From little muddy feet to chocolate cheeks to favorite silly dances, there are many reasons to love -- and there are even more ways to express love. Celebrate the bond between parents and children in this sweet and playful counting book that will have you loving upside down, right side up, and every way in between.

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9780060012007

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This bouncy, sweet love note from parent to child makes an excellent candidate for repeated readings. -- Publishers Weekly

A crocodile parent uses her child's digits to count the ways she loves him in this beautiful rhyming tribute: How do I love you, little one? / Let me count the ways. . . . / One in sunshine; / Two in snow; / Three on rainy days. Mom loves everything about her child: from his grins, antics and messes, to the activities they do together, at all times of the day and through all the seasons. Reaching 20, she tells him that 20 is not enough: For if I started counting now / until forevermore, as big as that / last number was, I'd love you / plus one more. The numbers are sometimes shoehorned into the rhymes, lessening its power as a counting book, but the sweetness overpowers this flaw. McCue's illustrations positively sing with the love and the joy the two bring to each other's lives. The pages are a riot of color, with vibrantly patterned borders surrounding the adorable duo. The illustrations and text suit either gender of both parent and child, making this suitable for any combination. (Picture book. 3-6) (Kirkus Reviews)

Author Information

Leslie Kimmelman is the author of Dance, Sing, Remember; Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights; and Hooray! It's Passover! She lives with her family outside of New York City, and until recently she was an editor at Sesame Workshop, which is where she learned to count so well. Lisa McCue is the acclaimed illustrator of more than one hundred books for children, including Part-time Dog and The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy, by Jane Thayer, and Irving Berlin's easter parade. She is also the designer and creator of Fuzzytail Greetings, her own line of greeting cards. Ms. McCue lives with her family in Annapolis, Maryland.

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