I Love Your Face!

by Karma Wilson, AG Ford (Illustrator)

Overview

From New York Times bestselling duo Karma Wilson and AG Ford comes this sweet, read-aloud picture book that celebrates how utterly irresistible our litte ones are and how much we adore those beautiful faces!

I love your face, I really do!

Nobody has a face like you.

Your eyes, your ears, your button nose,

your chubby cheeks, I just love those.

You take me to my happy place.

Little one, I love your face.

From the top of their heads to the tip of their chins, there's no better way to let your little one know how much you love everything about them — especially those beautiful faces! I Love Your Face combines a warm and playful message of love from bestelling author Karma Wilson with beautifully illustrated, multicultural babies by AG Ford, that all families will love to read and share together. Full of joy, heart, and adoration, this is the perfect gift for baby showers, new parents, or any occasion, and will beg to be read again and again alongside favorites like Guess How Much I Love You and I Love You, Stinky Face!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338722741
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	11/07/2023
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Karma Wilson is the bestselling author of several picture books, including the Bear Books series, Where Is Home, Little Pip?, and A Dog Named Doug. Karma lives in Montana.
AG Ford is a New York Times bestselling children's book illustrator and recipient of two NAACP Image Awards. He has illustrated many award-winning books for children, including Under the Same Sun by Sharon Robinson, Goal by Mina Javaherbin, and the New York Times bestseller Barack by Jonah Winter. He lives in Frisco, Texas.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson:

"Wilson demonstrates how well she knows her audience: the bear only bemoans the fact that he slept through all the fun; the unwitting host proves that he may be the biggest party animal of all." — Publishers Weekly

"[P]erfect for reading aloud as well as for one-on-one sharing. Kids will ask for this book again and again." — School Library Journal

"The comfy look of Bear's cave and the snappy rhythm of the text beckon youngsters into the story, and the expressively drawn, amusingly posed animal characters ensure repeated readings." — Booklist

Praise for the Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series, illustrated by AG Ford:

"Created using wax oil crayons, the illustrations feature clearly delineated views of cheerful, determined-looking vehicles at work within appealing, vibrantly colorful scenes. A picture book that’s sure to attract young truck fans.” — Booklist

"[Construction Site: Road Crew, Coming Through!] is one road kids will be happy to travel again." — Kirkus Reviews

“Writer Sherri Duskey Rinker and illustrator AG Ford have combined their energies once again for a machine-oriented picture book full of sound effects and glowing colors in Construction Site: Road Crew, Coming Through! — The Wall Street Journal

From the Publisher

12/01/2023

Toddler-PreS—A blondish newborn, then a toddler with black curls and deep brown skin, are but two of the children that listen to a narrator celebrate their looks: "I love your face, I really do! Nobody has a face like you!" Tan-skinned siblings with brown hair play in an inflatable pool while the text cheers them on: "Messy? Muddy? Just scrubbed clean? You've got the cutest face I've seen." An Asian mother and child are next, getting ready for bedtime, and so in one day, and one book, an anthem of praise for all things baby is born. Ford's plump-cheeked children will have young onlookers cooing, while this read-aloud will help caregivers understand the notion of positive feedback and framing. These children can do no wrong. VERDICT One step up from a board book, this celebration of great moments in babyland will work for very young SEL lessons and a generous, uplifting story hour.—Kimberly Olson Fakih

School Library Journal

2023-10-21
Lively, bouncy rhymes celebrate all the faces babies make.

Babies display a variety of expressions as they interact with grown-ups, pets, and other children. A baby with pale skin and blond hair smiles exuberantly, while a child with brown skin and soft, puffy dark-brown hair looks out from behind a curtain. But “even when you pout and frown, / you’ve got the cutest face in town,” reassures the unseen narrator. Love shines through, too, as the babies gaze into their grown-ups’ eyes. Ford’s illustrations of babies—brought to life with a vivid palette—convey a range of emotions through hyperbolic expressions, punctuated by cartoonish, sidewise mouths that at times seem artificial. The babies’ races are cued through skin tone, eye color, and hair color and texture; the Asian-presenting child is primarily distinguished through a shift in artistic style from exaggeratedly round, wide-open eyes for the others to smaller ones, an artistic choice that’s reinforced by the fact that the Asian-presenting child is exclusively shown looking downward or sleeping, further making the baby’s eyes seem smaller than those of the others. Wilson’s ebullient text celebrates the narrator’s love for the babies’ many faces throughout the day, amid a jaunty octosyllabic meter that skips a beat here and there (“Dream, my dear, of your happy place”).

Uneven but may win out readers just the same. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews