With Love, From Me to You - Hardcover

Simon, Mary Manz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0310758157 ISBN 13: 9780310758150

Publisher: Zonderkidz, 2017

Synopsis

A rhyming Valentine’s Day book for little ones with the message that love is about doing for others all around you!

With adorable illustrations and sweet, rhyming text by bestselling author Dr. Mary Manz Simon, With Love, From Me to You is a board book for little ones that will remind them how important it is to love and be loved. Parents will especially enjoy reading this book on Valentine’s Day or every day, as a wonderful reminder that any day of the year we must encourage children to remember that love is more than gifts and candy; it’s about doing for others and sending love to everyone who’s near.

With Love, From Me to You:

• Is filled with gentle, rhyming text great for read-alouds
• Is a board book perfect for little hands and hearts
• Is written by bestselling author Dr. Mary Manz Simon
• Features unique and colorful artwork

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Manz Simon earned a bachelor's degree from Illinois State University, a master's degree from Erikson Institute of Loyola University, Chicago, and a doctorate from St. Louis University. Mary has taught preschool and kindergarten and at the junior college, undergraduate and graduate levels. She is a columnist for Parent Life and Christian Parenting Today magazines, a contributing editor for Christian Retailing, and a member of the advisory board for the Christian Family Book Club. Since her first book released in mid-1987, her books have sold more than 1.5 million copies and are available in nine languages, her nationally syndicated radio program airs daily on more than 200 stations and her magazine articles and national convention presentations reach thousands more each year.

Corinna Ice is a renowned children's book illustrator. Her purpose is to make illustrations full of love. She says, "I use my heart and brush to paint the world."

Review:

Valentine's Day cards and other gifts can communicate one's affection, but Simon reminds readers that actions speak louder than words: 'For love is more than flowers,/ although they smell so sweet./ And love is more than candy,/ although that is a treat.' Delivered in singsong verse, her suggestions of how to show love include extending kindness to the shy or sad, as well as reminding others that, 'God loves you.' Though this board book's title may call to mind the Beatles, Simon's message and Ice's cheerful illustrations, in which a locomotive picks up animal passengers as it speeds through a forest, suggest another famous lyric: 'Join the love train.' (Publishers Weekly)

About this edition

• Publisher: Zonderkidz
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0310758157
• ISBN 13: 9780310758150
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 18
• Illustrator: Ice Corinna