Title: Love Can Come in Many Ways
Author: Terry Pierce
Illustrator: Suzy Ultman
Publisher: Chronicle Books., 2020
Ages: 0-3
Themes: love, animals love, human love
Genre: novelty board book
Synopsis:
Love Can Come in Many Ways celebrates the many diverse ways animals, and humans, show their love. It’s a novelty book with adorable lift-the-flap interactive spreads features 10 felt flaps total in nine different, catchy colors. The expressions of love range from the songs that mama frog sings to a warm hug from a papa elephant’s trunk.
Opening:
Nose to nose or gaze to gaze,
Love can come in many ways.
Why I like this book:
This is an adorable novelty book just full of heart and kindness, which let’s face it we are sorely in need of during these days. The rhyming couplets are strong and textually rich with great vocab and concepts of animal parental affection from papa penguins offering sturdy infant care to mama swans embracing cygnets under their wings. Littlies will adore uncovering sweet surprises the bright felt flaps. Adorable critters from around the world affirm their love for thei offspring in creative ways.
This would be a great gift.
Resources/Activities:
Maybe create some fun loving scenarios with all the child’s stuffed animals.
Tara Lazar did a great interview with the author, here.
In my 20's, with only my guitar and a rucksack, I wandered the continents, immersing myself in the lives of some wonderful people, projects and stories, which changed the way I view my responsibility to others and this earth. Right now I'm a European transplant in the US who writes books for children and young adults. Stories can help us not only navigate our world but can connect us to others, and allow us to inspire and help each other. I believe that equity and empathy should be at the core of our all actions, words, and stories.
I am also a school librarian and I get a kick out of book-matchmaking! And I use the pronouns she/her.
Love the die cut felt heart and the color palette! Chronicle always makes such beautiful books. And I love the theme!
I was so excited to receive a Chronicle book to review now that I live in San Francisco.
Thank you for the lovely review, Joanna! It’s always a pleasure to see my books on your site.