My Love for You Is Like the Night Sky
Laura Smetana
(Author)
Description
With vivid watercolor collages, My Love for You Is Like the Night Sky, is the stunning companion to the award-winning book, My Love for You Is Like a Garden, named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2023.
Say "I love you" at bedtime or anytime with this lyrical story that celebrates love with bold, colorful illustrations of stars, planets, and galaxies. As they look up at the stars, a child's mother explains that her love is like the night sky. It glows with pride like the full moon, is as radiant as a meteor shower, and as vast as our solar system.
Readers of all ages will be inspired to step outside to marvel at the wonders of the night sky together-and maybe even spot a shooting star. Children will delight in learning the names of the planets in our solar system, the phases of the moon, and more in the glossary. A beautiful book to share with anyone you love!
"Again, the real star of this book (no pun intended) is Smetana's imagery, which combines watercolor and collage... they are beautiful, with intricate compositions reminiscent of Eric Carle's work." -Kirkus Reviews
Perfect for so many occasions:
- Bedtime read-alouds
- Gift for young stargazers
- Teachers and librarians looking for a night sky-themed book
- Valentine's Day, Easter basket or holiday stocking stuffer
- Birthdays and more!
Product Details
| Publisher | Flying Cardinal Press |
| Publish Date | May 12, 2025 |
| Pages | 34 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Hardback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781737140993 |
| Dimensions | 11.0 X 8.5 X 0.3 inches | 0.9 pounds |
About the Author
Reviews
"This book opens in a similar manner to the author/illustrator's Kirkus-starred earlier work, My Love for You Is Like a Garden (2023), with its titular sentence, followed by nonrhyming text-this time, inviting readers to imagine affection on a scale of the vastness of space... The last book featured a lot of real-world sensory description, and there's understandably less of that this time-one can't touch stars or smell planets-but it still manages to be engaging by using star-watching similes, including "as radiant as a meteor shower" and "as dependable as the phases of the moon." An illustrated glossary encourages readers to go back and find various objects, and a solar system diagram and moon-phase chart add helpful information. Again, the real star of this book (no pun intended) is Smetana's imagery, which combines watercolor and collage... they are beautiful, with intricate compositions reminiscent of Eric Carle's work. A different but worthy successor to My Love for You Is Like a Garden." -Kirkus Reviews
Earn by promoting books
