I'll Always Love You

by Paeony Lewis, Penny Ives (Illustrator)

Overview

When Alex breaks his mother's favorite bowl, will she still love him? A sweet, gentle story about the unconditional love between a parent and child.

Alex decides to make breakfast for his mother, but he accidentally breaks her favorite bowl. He asks her if she will love him, no matter what. She promises him that she will always love him, but Alex isn’t so sure. Will she love him even if he has pillow fights with his brother? Or if he paints his baby sister green, red, and blue? And what will she think when she finds out about the broken bowl? A sweet, gentle story about the unconditional love between a parent and child.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781664351462
Publisher:	Tiger Tales.
Publication date:	01/07/2025
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Paeony Lewis studied Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. Since then she's had many jobs in Norwich and spent years writing advertising for magazines and newspapers as well as producing catalogs and press releases for books. Yes, she finally began writing for a living. That was thanks to the invention of computers and spell check! Some people find they write best with pen and paper. Paeony found she writes best at a keyboard.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-After Alex Bear breaks his mother's favorite honey bowl while preparing breakfast for her, he fears that she will no longer love him. She reassures her cub that she will always love him, even if he has a raucous pillow fight, spills paint on the baby, forgets to close the refrigerator door, and dumps oatmeal on his head. The mother bear tells Alex that she will always love him, but that he must pick up the feathers, bathe the baby, etc. When she discovers the broken bowl, she is disappointed, but she hugs her son, and he runs to his bedroom and makes a new bowl out of paper and paint. This picture book subtly examines behavior, remorse, forgiveness, and accountability. Alex is truly sad and sorry for breaking his mother's bowl; the mother portrays real emotions when she sees it, but she does not dwell on her disappointment. Many children and adults will relate to the situation portrayed in Lewis's breezy text. Ives's colored-pencil illustrations reveal a cheery home, one in which a tea kettle bubbles on the stove and dishes dry in a rack on a tidy countertop. Alex is a lucky bear, for in addition to his parents and baby sister, his grandmother lives with his family, and she is the one who cleans up the broken bowl.-Shawn Brommer, South Central Library System, Madison, WI Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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