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*Love is Real* by Janet Lawler, illustrated by Anna Brown
Love is Real
by Janet Lawler, illustrated by Anna Brown
Grades PreK-2 32 pages HarperCollins December 2013 Hardcover    

Author Janet Lawler (Snowzilla, Tyrannoclaus) and illustrator Anna Brown win the day with this sweet yet profound celebration of real love, a message that far transcends the candy and cards and red and pink of a Hallmark holiday.

First-time children's book illustrator Brown renders her bunnies, foxes and bear families in a simplistic style filled with rounded contours, a quiet forest setting and lots of soft earth tones. Lawler's rhythmic rhyming couplets remind both the adults and children reading Love is Real that the depth of a family's love can be found in the everyday moments that we sometimes take for granted:
Love is in the little things
that fill my heart until it sings.

Love awakes and helps you dress.
Love will clean up any mess.

Love keeps droopy laces tied
and counts to twenty while you hide.
From sunup to sundown, the day is packed with moments to cherish and to imbue with love. The circadian cycle and gentleness of the illustrations and text make this a great way to wind down at bedtime, tucked in and kissed like Mama Bunny and her little one.
 


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