Love You Forever ♥ A Parents Valentine's Gift to their Children
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A Parent's Greatest Gift to their Children
Here you will find a selection of books for children devoted to the special love between parents and their offspring.
Reading to a baby, then into childhood, leads them into a successful journey to enjoy and master reading and writing in future years and hopefully, their entire life
I've chosen The title of "Love You Forever" based on the book since it was my favorite to read to my girls, That is until they claimed to be too old to be read to.
I've since then given this book to them to read to their own children.
I've wanted to showcase books for children for a while, but I didn't yet have a a solid focus beyond this wonderful story of a mother's enduring love for her child.
While looking at Twitter, I saw this title... "I'll Love You Forever, Valentine".
Oooh, I like that.
I could use something in the same vein for my book lens.
Then...
Oh no. I wonder if it's FOR the book.
To my delight I read the fabulous page, and thought...
YES!!! It's a title for an entirely different topic.
The lens is featured just below.
Read on for more...
* Squidoo's version of a web page
Picture Credit: Guess How Much I love You
Quotes Credit: Quote Garden
Reading to a baby, then into childhood, leads them into a successful journey to enjoy and master reading and writing in future years and hopefully, their entire life
I've chosen The title of "Love You Forever" based on the book since it was my favorite to read to my girls, That is until they claimed to be too old to be read to.
I've since then given this book to them to read to their own children.
I've wanted to showcase books for children for a while, but I didn't yet have a a solid focus beyond this wonderful story of a mother's enduring love for her child.
While looking at Twitter, I saw this title... "I'll Love You Forever, Valentine".
Oooh, I like that.
I could use something in the same vein for my book lens.
Then...
Oh no. I wonder if it's FOR the book.
To my delight I read the fabulous page, and thought...
YES!!! It's a title for an entirely different topic.
The lens is featured just below.
Read on for more...
You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back. ~ William D. Tammeus
* Squidoo's version of a web page
Picture Credit: Guess How Much I love You
Quotes Credit: Quote Garden
My Title Inspiration for this Showcase
Always kiss your children goodnight- even if they're already asleep. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Love You Forever
My rating is 10 stars.
The emotion will get to parents, especially mothers.
Children love the cadence of the story.
Reviews:
A humorous, sentimental page-turner that rarely - let's say never -- leaves a reader with a dry eye. -- Gayle MacDonald, Globe and Mail 12/01/2005
My children and I enjoyed it, night after night, for years... A charmer. The simple story touches the heart. -- Jeith L. Runyon, Louisville Courier-Journal 11/13/2005
The best of Munsch's many storybooks. -- Leanne Dohy, Calgary Herald 09/25/2003
The emotion will get to parents, especially mothers.
Children love the cadence of the story.
Reviews:
A humorous, sentimental page-turner that rarely - let's say never -- leaves a reader with a dry eye. -- Gayle MacDonald, Globe and Mail 12/01/2005
My children and I enjoyed it, night after night, for years... A charmer. The simple story touches the heart. -- Jeith L. Runyon, Louisville Courier-Journal 11/13/2005
The best of Munsch's many storybooks. -- Leanne Dohy, Calgary Herald 09/25/2003
Love You Forever (Gift Edition)
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $19.95
Guess How Much I Love You
This was published a few years after my girls were interested.
Note: Gender is not shared so this can be read by either mother or father.
Product Description: Since GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU was first published in 1995, this tale of two Nutbrown Hares who love each other to the moon and back has enchanted more than 13 million readers around the world. What may be a little-kept secret, however, is that many of those readers aren't so little! With endearing simplicity, Sam McBratney's beguiling text and Anita Jeram's expressive illustrations have struck a universal chord. After all, who doesn't like to be reminded that they're loved, unconditionally and boundlessly?
Note: Gender is not shared so this can be read by either mother or father.
Product Description: Since GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU was first published in 1995, this tale of two Nutbrown Hares who love each other to the moon and back has enchanted more than 13 million readers around the world. What may be a little-kept secret, however, is that many of those readers aren't so little! With endearing simplicity, Sam McBratney's beguiling text and Anita Jeram's expressive illustrations have struck a universal chord. After all, who doesn't like to be reminded that they're loved, unconditionally and boundlessly?
Guess How Much I Love You
Amazon Price: $9.25 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $16.99
Guess How Much I Love You
Sweetheart Edition
This was published a few years after my girls were interested.
Note: Gender is not shared so this can be read by either mother or father.
Product Description: Since GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU was first published in 1995, this tale of two Nutbrown Hares who love each other to the moon and back has enchanted more than 13 million readers around the world. What may be a little-kept secret, however, is that many of those readers aren't so little! With endearing simplicity, Sam McBratney's beguiling text and Anita Jeram's expressive illustrations have struck a universal chord. After all, who doesn't like to be reminded that they're loved, unconditionally and boundlessly?
Note: Gender is not shared so this can be read by either mother or father.
Product Description: Since GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU was first published in 1995, this tale of two Nutbrown Hares who love each other to the moon and back has enchanted more than 13 million readers around the world. What may be a little-kept secret, however, is that many of those readers aren't so little! With endearing simplicity, Sam McBratney's beguiling text and Anita Jeram's expressive illustrations have struck a universal chord. After all, who doesn't like to be reminded that they're loved, unconditionally and boundlessly?
Guess How Much I Love You Sweetheart Edition
Amazon Price: $6.49 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $12.00
I Love You Always And Forever
Another published after my girls were grown.
A charming story of Littltail and her father Longtail. She is anxious to be just as smart and fast as her father. He assures her that her time will come, but he will always love her always and forever.
A charming story of Littltail and her father Longtail. She is anxious to be just as smart and fast as her father. He assures her that her time will come, but he will always love her always and forever.
I Love You Always And Forever
Amazon Price: $8.54 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $14.99
I Love You as Big as the World
Published in 2008.
Little Bear and Big Bear share how much they love each other: as bright as the sun, as blue as the sky.
Little Bear and Big Bear share how much they love each other: as bright as the sun, as blue as the sky.
I Love You as Big as the World
Amazon Price: $10.98 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $16.95
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. ~ Haim Ginott
No Matter What
From Library Journal: PreSchool-Feeling grumpy, Small, a little fox, has a tantrum that turns the living room topsy-turvy, after which he questions Large about the resiliency and endurance of his parental love-"If I were a grumpy grizzly bear,/would you still love me?/Would you still care?" or "...if I turned into a squishy bug,/would you still love me and give me a hug?" Ever patient, Large reassures him that "I'd always love you,/no matter what...we may be close, we may be far,/but our love still surrounds us.../wherever we are." The charming watercolor illustrations show warm golds and browns with candlelight and fireside indoors and the cold, blue-and-gray night outside. The rhyming text and large, often double-page spreads make this book useful for story programs. There are many recognizable similarities in Small's world and that of a young child's-dinner in a high chair, bath time, bedtime stories, and favorite toys. Great for fans of Barbara Joosse's Mama, Do You Love Me? (Chronicle, 1991) or Sam McBratney's Guess How Much I Love You (Candlewick, 1995).
No Matter What
Amazon Price: $7.88 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $16.00
I Love You the Purplest
From Publishers Weekly: Further probing the theme of her Mama, Do You Love Me?, Joosse's resonant tale spotlights two young sons on a fishing expedition with their mother; each boy is angling to be tops with Mom. Clearly an experienced peacemaker, Mama offers just the right answers when the boys inquire which of them, for example, is the best rower: "Why, Julian, you took the deepest strokes. And Max, your strokes were fastest." As she tucks them into bed that night, they each pose the ultimate question: "Who do you love best?" She loves one the "bluest," the other the "reddest"; it is up to presiding adults to explain how these add up to the "purplest." Though it hovers on the cloying, Joosse's image-laden narrative makes for a soothing bedtime read-aloud. Gracefully moving from naturalistic panoramas to close-ups of the cherubic-looking brothers, Whyte's (Boomer's Big Day) watercolors amplify the story's considerable emotional pitch. Combining lifelike images of the characters with abstract impressions of twilit skies or lakeside woods, the art encapsulates the lyricism of the text. Ages 3-8.
I Love You the Purplest
Amazon Price: $6.34 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $16.99
Mama, Do You Love Me?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: "Yes I do, Dear One," answers the mother whose daughter asks her the question posed in the book's title. And how long will she love her child? "I will love you until the umiak flies into the darkness, till the stars turn to fish in the sky, and the puffin howls at the moon," responds the mother soothingly, employing images familiar to the Inuit people of Northern Alaska where this Iyrical story is set. Echoing the simplicity of Joosee's verse are Lavallee's stylized illustrations, which convey the austerity of the arctic landscape while depicting the bright, intricate patterns and textures of Inuit garb. A glossary of terms used in the text is included at the end of this striking volume, which uses a timeless culture to convey a timeless message.
Mama, Do You Love Me?
Amazon Price: $6.26 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $15.99
Papa, Do You Love Me?
From School Library Journal: PreSchool-Grade 2-This title follows the format of Joosse's Mama, Do You Love Me? (Chronicle, 1991). In Papa, a Maasai father reassures his young son that his love is unconditional and endless. In answer to his son's questions, he explains that he will always protect the boy from the dangers of the Serengeti Plain and teaches him how to find water in their harsh environment. A glossary elaborates on the concepts introduced, such as the importance of cattle in Maasai life, medicinal uses of the Greenheart tree, and the role of the herd boy. The bright, stylized watercolors reflect the warm hues of the Serengeti. Details are clearly rendered, allowing children to visualize life in a culture different from their own. The father's red robe sweeps across much of the book, wrapping his small son in its protective embrace. Parents will snatch up this tender, reassuring book for bedtime read-alouds. Teachers of early elementary students may wish to use it as an introduction to the life of the Maasai.
Papa, Do You Love Me?
Amazon Price: $6.95 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $15.99
I Love You Out Loud Mommy
Product Description: "I Love You Out Loud" will give children a warm and fuzzy feeling all over! I Love You Out Loud Children's Book Collection will help to nurture children into loving and compassionate people by encouraging them at a young age to say three simple words to their loved ones out loud, "I Love You"
I Love You Out Loud Mommy: I Love You Out Loud Children's Book Collection-Book #1
Amazon Price: $14.32 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $21.32
I Love You Out Loud Daddy
Product Description: "I Love You Out Loud" will give children a warm and fuzzy feeling all over! I Love You Out Loud Children's Book Collection will help to nurture children into loving and compassionate people by encouraging them at a young age to say three simple words to their loved ones out loud, "I Love You"
I Love You Out Loud Daddy: I Love You Out Loud Children's Book Collection-Book #2
Amazon Price: $15.56 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $21.32
I Love You with All My Hearts
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If I had my child to raise all over again,
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging and less tugging.
~Diane Loomans, from "If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again"
Small Acts of Kindness
Product Description: This charming, beautifully illustrated story for children and adults demonstrates how small acts of kindness, in this case a boy hugging his mother, can lead to great acts of love. Ages 3-8.
Small Acts of Kindness
Amazon Price: $2.17 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $5.95
Once There Were Giants
Product Description: As a baby girl grows up and becomes an adult, the "giants" in her family seem to grow smaller.
Once There Were Giants
Amazon Price: $20.11 (as of 02/15/2012)
List Price: $5.99
Love Is All You Need
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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out. ~Erma Bombeck
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Ruthi
Jun 9, 2011 @ 5:52 am | delete
- An awesome Valentine's Day and Love lens! I'd like to read and re-read each of the book selections you've shared.
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lemonsqueezy
Feb 14, 2011 @ 12:47 pm | delete
- Oh gee. These are all so good. It is hard to pick a favorite. "Guess How Much I Love You" is such a lovely book. *blessed*
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OhMe
Feb 6, 2011 @ 10:05 pm | delete
- Wonderful. I have given the book, Love You Forever, as a gift so many times. It is one of my favorites. I am not as familiar with some of the others so will have to check them out, too.
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TapIn2U Jan 30, 2011 @ 9:21 am | delete
- Great lens! These different products will help families appreciate and love even more their children. These may give parents some strategies in order to build a healthy and happy family.
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haikuwedding
Jan 23, 2011 @ 9:58 pm | delete
- The love between parents and children is among the strongest of all. Thumbs up for this empowering lens -
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Philippians468
Jan 12, 2011 @ 2:31 am | delete
- there is no greater love than to give of oneself to another. wonderful lens! cheers
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raphaelo
Dec 27, 2010 @ 9:43 am | delete
- Lovely and great gift guide lense to let's us remind how much important for giving love to our child on valentine's day. Thank you so much for your creating. Love to be here and also give you 5 family-love stars from me .. dear, SoyCandleLover-Maker :)
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Senora_M
Nov 16, 2010 @ 9:07 pm | delete
- Oh, these are sweet! Thanks for the lens. I'll have to remember it for my boys when V Day comes around this next year.
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d-artist
Apr 22, 2010 @ 7:53 pm | delete
- sweet lens with lovely endearing books...5*
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lakern26
Feb 23, 2010 @ 6:30 pm | delete
- I'm amazed (and a bit saddened) that we don't own any of these! We have shelves upon shelves of books, but none of these are among them. What a wonderful selection of loving stories to share with little ones! This lens makes me want to run right out and buy a few to slip in between the Dr. Seuss and Star Wars stories at bedtime. I also love the quotes! They are just perfect. Terrific job! 5*, favorited, and lensrolled to my Lullaby lens :-)
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hlkljgk Feb 21, 2010 @ 2:35 pm | delete
- so so sweet :)
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skiesgreen
Jan 30, 2010 @ 3:04 pm | delete
- What a great lens and so inspirational. 5*, fave and lensrolled to my lens 'parenting young children, where I will also feature it.
Norma
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ArtByLinda Jan 28, 2010 @ 9:50 am | delete
- These books are so sweet, the covers alone are enough to melt the heart of parent and child. Beautifully created lens!
Linda
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Heather426
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- Totally love this, brought a tear to my eye! 5*****
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