You Are Loved

by Sujean Rim, Sujean Rim (Illustrator)

Overview

A young child learns all the ways they are loved by nature and, most of all, by the person reading to them in this gentle and lyrical picture book reminiscent of Love from the Crayons and Alison McGee’s Someday.

You are loved…by the grass...
As it softens your path...
You are loved…by the wind...
How it plays with your hair.

A little tyke wanders through a welcoming world of sun, grass, and flowers, dancing to bird chirps, spying new friends in the clouds, and waving to waves. After hello-ing stars and giving a hello-there to the moon, the explorer finally returns to someone who loves them as deeply as all the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781665949170
Publisher:	Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Publication date:	05/07/2024
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	44 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Sujean Rim is the author and illustrator of My Dog Smudge, You Are Loved, Take a Breath, Take a Chance, Birdie’s Big-Girl Shoes, Birdie’s Big-Girl Dress, Birdie’s Big-Girl Hair, Zoogie Boogie Fever!, Chee-Kee: A Panda in Bearland, and more. She has illustrated for clients including Tiffany & Co., Target, and the website DailyCandy. Sujean lives in New York with her favorite artist and husband Bob, and their son, Charlie. Find her online at SujeanRim.com.

Editorial Reviews

How does nature love you? Let us count the ways.

The comforting refrain at the top of each page turn reads, “You are loved”—by the sun, by the grass, by the wind, by the ocean, and by the stars—each providing a gift to the book’s protagonist. Brimming with pure love and appreciation for the natural world and the children who will become its stewards.

3/15/2024 - Kirkus Reviews

Connecting a child with the natural world, Rim’s simple but evocative work generates a grounding feeling of abiding love. As examples proceed, night falls, resulting in, via a human dimension, a comforting homey effect.

3/4/2024 - Publishers Weekly

2024-02-17
How does nature love you? Let us count the ways.

The comforting refrain at the top of each page turn reads, “You are loved”—by the sun, by the grass, by the wind, by the ocean, and by the stars—each providing a gift to the book’s protagonist. The flowers bring a “bouquet of color,” while the birds invite the child to dance. Through just a simple, single sentence per page, Rim conveys a child’s joy at experiencing nature’s bounty. The thickly outlined protagonist (a child wearing bunny ears? Or a childlike bunny?) has paper-white skin and wears a striped blue-and-black shirt. The little one smells bright and colorful wildflowers and splashes in the rain. One captivating image depicts the child staring up at clouds shaped like dragons and other creatures, while another shows the little one gazing at a huge moon, the night sky awash in blurred blacks, purples, and blues. Caregivers will be especially delighted to read the final two pages aloud: “But most of all, you are loved…by me.” The concise text, repetitive format, and appealing illustrations make this a fitting book for growing families with young toddlers.

Brimming with pure love and appreciation for the natural world and the children who will become its stewards. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews