Hug You, Kiss You, Love You

by Joyce Wan, Joyce Wan (Illustrator)

Overview

From the creator of the deliciously adorable YOU ARE MY CUPCAKE comes a new ode to the best emotion in the world—LOVE!

With a glittery cover and bold illustrations throughout, Joyce Wan celebrates the small joys and big wonders of parental love with a cast of endearing mommy and baby animals. I hug you, tickle you, sing to you softly, carry you, bathe you, kiss you always. Baby, this sweet board book is the perfect way to say I LOVE YOU!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545540452
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	11/26/2013
Pages:	14
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	BR (what's this?)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Joyce Wan runs her own stationery and gift business, Wanart, which sells products in thousands of boutiques, museum shops, and gift stores worldwide. She is also the author and illustrator of many children's books, including You Are My Cupcake, We Belong Together, Are You My Mommy?, You Are My Magical Unicorn, and Peek-a-Boo Farm. Joyce lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey, but you can visit her at wanart.com.

Editorial Reviews

10/07/2013
Wan follows her food-themed odes to love, You Are My Cupcake and We Belong Together, with a delightful board book built around seven adult-child animal pairs. “I love to hug you/ tickle you/ sing to you softly,” writes Wan as a bear, dog, and whale cuddle and play with their young. The book maintains the chunky digital graphics of Wan’s previous titles, and clever visual details are everywhere, from thematically patterned backgrounds of bones, waves, and leaves to the recurring heart elements incorporated into the animals. Up to age 3. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for WE BELONG TOGETHER"Manga-like characterizations and a chunky, hip design deliver the cuddly sentiment with panache." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

From the Publisher

2013-11-13
Round and friendly cartoon animal parents demonstrate how they take care of and show affection for their babies. A bear, dog, elephant and more hug, tickle and bathe, respectively, a cub, puppy and calf. The loving critters are drawn with bold, brown lines, and muted swaths of blue, brown, aqua and cream fill them out. Many of the details on the animals, such as the interiors of the cats' ears and the seals' and whales' tails, are heart-shaped. Hearts also appear in the background patterns that subtly emulate the creatures' environs, such as heart-shaped leaves that appear behind the koala duo. The disjointed text, written in a variety of bubbly fonts, is made up of short, two- to five-word phrases on each spread describing the action: "I love to HUG you / tickle you / sing to you softly / carry you / bathe you / kiss you always / Baby, I LOVE you!" This gooey sentiment almost gets out of hand with the pink, sparkly cover, but the friendly art makes it worth a look-see. (Board book. 3 mos.-1)

Kirkus Reviews