I Love You to the Moon and Back All Year Long

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In this follow-up to the best-selling I Love You to the Moon and Back, a bear and cub experience the seasons and celebrate their love that stays strong all year long.

This sweet story that follows on the best-selling I Love You to the Moon and Back is a warm celebration of the love between parent and child. In spring, the cub marvels at the way the new plants grow; summer brings hot days of playing under the sun; in fall, the two crunch in leaves that have fallen from the trees; and when winter comes around again, the snowflakes cheer the winter skies as they fall asleep beneath the Moon’s light. This is the perfect book to share with a little one at bedtime.
 A parent bear enumerates the many wonderful things about sharing the world with a beloved small cub through the four seasons.

While this is yet another sweet I-love-you book, it’s a cut above many of the rest with its adorable artwork and text that combines rhymes and rhythms with a message that will largely be understandable to even the smallest tots: “I love to chase and play with you / on hot midsummer days, // and swim in sparkling waters / underneath the sun’s bright rays.” The parent loves the rising sun, the crisp fall leaves, the small cub’s wonder at new spring shoots, as well as holding the cub’s paw as they walk together, friends and family, and, most of all, the cub’s presence. “You fill my life with magic, / each day a new surprise, / a softly swirling snowflake that / cheers up winter skies. // And as you drift to sleep / beneath a sky of inky blue, // I’m grateful for the love we share / that shines the whole year through.” In Warnes’ soft illustrations, the duo appear soft and cuddly, their facial expressions and activities anthropomorphized and their love for each other very clear. The backgrounds of forest, river, and mountains show the changing seasons with bright colors.

Sure, the I-love-you-this-much shelf has room for this one. (Picture book. 3-6) —Kirkus ReviewsAmelia Hepworth lives in London with her family and her elderly sausage dog, Katie. When she is not writing stories, she enjoys spending time with her little boy and daydreaming outside. Usually not at the same time. Amelia is the author of the best-selling I Love You to the Moon and Back.

Storyteller Tim Warnes has been writing and illustrating kids’ books for 25 years. He’s passionate about helping parents and caregivers nurture their children through stories worth sharing. Tim also enjoys playing the banjo, birdwatching, and wearing fancy hats. Learn more about Tim’s work and the world of picture books on his blog, My Life in Books: www.TimWarnes.com.CN

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