Sam McBratney
Ages 0–3
Welcome the family classic with an elegant, refreshed cover — the quintessential picture book, just waiting to be shared. Sometimes, when you love someone very, very much, you want to find a way of describing how much you treasure them. But, as Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare discover, love is not an easy thing to measure! For two decades, Sam McBratney’s timelessly endearing story, beautifully rendered in Anita Jeram’s exquisite watercolors, has captured the deep and tender bond between parent and child. Guess How Much I Love You is one of the world’s best-loved picture books.
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Hand this over before the hallway questions start. Let the book do the introducing.
Ages 0-3. Classrooms done with the special-guest talk. Families who want this conversation at home first.
What helped someone in this book feel included? What got in the way?
Twice. You read the words. Then they tell you the pictures.
Two titles that deepen the same conversation.
Ages 0–3
The Night Before ChristmasClement Clarke Moore
Ce poème de Clarke Moore, dédié à ses enfants le soir de Noël 1822, est à l'origine de la création d'un personnage célèbre qui a marqué et marquera encore des générations d'enfants : le père Noël. Les illustrations s'appliquent à recréer fidèlement l'atmosphère et l'esprit du texte.
Ages 0–3
Cradle MeDebby Slier
Photographs of Native babies in cradleboards, with a few words per page. Star Bright Books.
Ages 0–3
Dora and the rainy dayJessica Echeverria
A rainy day won't stop Dora and Boots from having fun! This super chubby has a padded cover and is perfect for little hands and Dora fans!
Ages 0–3
Little YouRichard Van Camp
A board-book love song to a new baby, with Julie Flett’s art. Short lines meant to be read in a lap.
Ages 0–3
We Sang You HomeRichard Van Camp
Parents tell a baby how they sang that child into the family. Van Camp and Flett again, this time about arrival and belonging.
Ages 0–3
Welcome Song for BabyRichard Van Camp
A blessing for a newborn — community, land, and the child who just arrived. Orca board book.
Ages 3–8
A Different PondBao Phi
"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation.
Ages 8–12
As Brave As YouJason Reynolds
Genie's summer is full of surprises. The first is that he and his big brother, Ernie, are leaving Brooklyn for the very first time to spend the summer with their grandparents all the way in Virginia. The second surprise comes when Genie figures out that their grandfather is blind. Genie thinks Grandpop must be the bravest guy he's ever known, but he starts to notice that his grandfather never leaves the house. And when he finds the secret room that Grandpop is always disappearing into, he begins to wonder if his grandfather is really so brave after all.
