Love Comes First

by Jenna Bush Hager

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

An ode to families of all kinds, Love Comes First is a heartfelt picture book about sisterhood and the adventures that come with. If you love the work of Savannah Guthrie and Joanna Gaines, you’ll find similar here.

A joyful celebration of growing families by former first daughters and #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush.
 
As two sisters watch their friends’ families grow, they wish on a star for a sibling of their own…and a younger brother and a baby cousin arrive! The new family members aren’t exactly what the sisters expected, but with time and patience, the group soon becomes fabulously four—and lets their imaginations soar! Together they can be anything, and no matter what, they will always remember that love comes first.
 
Inspired by Jenna and Barbara’s own families, this companion title to the #1 New York Times bestseller Sisters First is a tender story about the way our hearts can always make room for more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316574532
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	11/24/2023
Edition description:	Signed Edition
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	87,886
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jenna Bush Hager is a host of NBC’s TODAY with Hoda & Jenna and the founder of TODAY’s Read with Jenna book club. She is the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Sisters First, The Superpower Sisterhood, and Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life with her twin sister, as well as Our Great Big Backyard and Read All About It! with her mother, former First Lady Laura Bush. She is also the author of an essay collection, Everything Beautiful in Its Time.
 
Barbara Pierce Bush is a board member and cofounder of Global Health Corps, an organization that has mobilized more than one thousand young leaders to solve some of the world’s biggest global health challenges. She is also Vice President, Social Impact for the NBA. She is the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Sisters First, The Superpower Sisterhood, and Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life.
 
Ramona Kaulitzki is the illustrator of the New York Times bestsellers Sisters First and The Christmas Owl, among numerous others. She invites you to visit her online at ramonakaulitzkiart.com and on Instagram @ramonakaulitzki.

Editorial Reviews

A New York Times Bestseller
An Amazon Best Book of the Month

"An inspiring message for all; this will also be appreciated as a new-baby gift."—Kirkus

Praise for Sisters First:

2019 ABC Best Books for Young Readers

"[A] heartfelt picture book tribute to sisterhood—both literal and figurative."—Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2023-08-26
In this picture book from the former first daughters, two sisters pledge always to remember what’s most important.

This pair of “world conquerors” are tightly bonded “partners” surrounded by a close circle of friends. They observe other families getting larger, and they long for their family to expand, too. They yearn for a new addition; it doesn’t matter if that someone doesn’t look like them. That child will be treasured and loved unconditionally because “love comes first.” They’re overjoyed when a new brother and new cousin arrive. Of course, those kids are smaller, more mischievous, and move at a much slower pace, so, while the sisters have gotten what they hoped for, the reality isn’t quite the fantasy they imagined. Still, they recall that “love comes first.” And so it proceeds through the rest of this generic, pleasant book, which presents an uplifting, though unoriginal, message and illustrated exemplars about how to be with new family members: present, playful, patient, accepting—and, most of all, loving. The verse mostly scans well; its central mantra—about differences being OK, the importance of caring for family and being trustworthy, and love coming first—is set off several times throughout in an italicized paragraph. The lively illustrations were created using hand-painted textures colored digitally. The wide-eyed sisters are white; background characters are racially diverse.

An inspiring message for all; this will also be appreciated as a new-baby gift. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews