With All My Heart

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Product Details
Price
$15.99  $14.87
Publisher
Silver Dolphin Books
Publish Date
Pages
32
Dimensions
9.7 X 11.2 X 0.4 inches | 0.95 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781684129102

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About the Author
Stephanie Stansbie has been a children's books editor for more years than she'd care to mention. She has written a number of picture books along the way, as well as a non-fiction gift book called Dinosaur.
Richard Smythe is making a splash in the book world with Beep Beep Beep Time for Sleep, Watersong, Dozy Bear and the Secret of Sleep, and Dinosong. He's been drawing since he was little, when he would deface his sister's homework. Since then he has received an MFA in illustration from the University of Hertfordshire. Richard lives in the United Kingdom. Visit him online at Richard-Smythe.co.uk.
Reviews
A caregiving bear shares with its cub how love has defined their relationship from the first moment and through the years as the cub has grown. With rhymes and a steady rhythm that are less singsong-y than similar books, Stansbie seems to have hit a sweet spot for this offering on the I-love-you-always shelf. Readers follow the adult and child as they share special moments together--a sunset, a splash in a pond, climbing a tree, a snuggle--and the adult tells the child that the love it feels has only grown. Stansbie also takes care not to put promises in the adult bear's mouth that can't be delivered, acknowledging that physical proximity is not always possible: "Wherever you are, / even when we're apart... // I'll love you forever / with all of my heart." The large trim size helps the sweet illustrations shine; their emphasis is on the close relationship between parent and child. Shaped peekaboo windows offer glimpses of preceding and succeeding pages, images and text carefully placed to work whatever the context. While the die cuts on the interior pages will not hold up to rough handling, they do add whimsy and delight to the book as a whole: "And now that you're bigger, / you make my heart sing. / My / beautiful / wonderful / magical / thing." Those last three adjectives are positioned in leaf-shaped cutouts, the turn of the page revealing the roly-poly cub in a pile of leaves, three formed by the die-cuts. Opposite, three vignettes show the cub appreciating the "beautiful," the "wonderful," and the "magical." Sweet. (Picture book. 3-5)-- "Kirkus Reviews"