My Little Gifts: A Book of Sharing

by Jo Witek, Christine Roussey (Illustrator)

Overview

A charming and thoughtful picture book about generosity, from the bestselling creators of In My Heart

Part of the Growing Hearts series!

There are many types of gifts. You can give a big, shiny, wrapped gift on Christmas morning, but you can also give the gifts of your help or your time. You can bake a cake for your parents or share what you learned in school with your little sister. You can help a friend unravel a knotty bracelet or smile at a stranger who looks sad. With a spirit of generosity, you’ll find you have many gifts to give to the world—and that giving can be even more fulfilling than receiving.

Featuring a die-cut cover and flaps to lift and explore throughout, My Little Gifts encourages young readers to celebrate gifts of sharing and kindness.

The Growing Hearts series celebrates the milestones of a toddler’s emotional development, from conquering fears and expressing feelings to welcoming a new sibling. Read them all!

Hello in There: A Big Sister’s Book of Waiting
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings
Brave As Can Be: A Book of Courage
All My Treasures: A Book of Joy
In My Room: A Book of Creativity and Imagination
With My Daddy: A Book of Love and Family
My Little Gifts: A Book of Sharing
My Tree and Me: A Book of Seasons

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419733208
Publisher:	Abrams Appleseed
Publication date:	09/11/2018
Series:	Growing Hearts
Pages:	30
Sales rank:	698,099
Product dimensions:	9.90(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Jo Witek and Christine Roussey are the author/illustrator team behind the Growing Hearts series, including In My Heart, Hello in There!, Brave as Can Be, All My Treasures, In My Room, With My Daddy, My Little Gifts, and My Tree and Me. They both live in France.


Christine Roussey is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including the Growing Hearts series, My Lazy Cat, My Stinky Dog, and My Funny Bunny. She lives in Paris.

Editorial Reviews

2018-08-20

A little girl learns the value of giving and receiving gifts.

In a lift-the-flap book that begins with an unspecified holiday, the unnamed little girl is encouraged by her parents and grandparents to see beyond the gifts that come in shiny packages to gifts of the heart. First she shares her brand-new suitcase with her little sister, Lili, at her father's insistence. She discovers that sharing can involve baking a cake for their parents, giving the gift of knowledge to Lili about something learned in school, and making friendship bracelets that comes with the gift of help from her best friend. Along the way are somewhat syrupy lessons: "Her kind words are a gift / I can treasure in my heart"; "Bits of love are better / than bits of cherry, / especially on toast." Even with the didactic tone of the story, the crayon illustrations on large pages will appeal to children. Several of the flaps have multiple folds, ensuring a surprise on nearly every spread. The square, sturdy, easy-to-turn pages have lots of white space, and the illustrations are of happy children (with paper-white skin) and familiar objects of childhood.

A nice-enough entry in the Growing Hearts series. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews