Love is

Picture book, 32 pages. Story of a little girl and her duck. Published by Chronicle Books in 2017.

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Recap & Review

This is a delightful story of a little girl raising a duckling and the "hard work" of loving. It's a perfect book for little ones during the Valentine season. It's easy to fall in love with a new pet, but continuing to love is a bit more challenging.  Love is shows kiddos the rewards of sticking with the work part of loving!

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Diane Adams

Adams is a Professor of Children's Literature at the University of Southern California, as well as the author of numerous children's books. Love is has been translated into six languages and is the story of her own childhood pet ducklings.

Claire Keane

Keane is the visual development artist for Tangled, Frozen, and Enchanted. She directed the film Allies in War Partners in Peace is an installation at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

Learning Suggestions

Family Read Aloud Time
February is a wonderful opportunity to read and re-read Love is with the young and older members of your family. It's a sweet story which may start all sorts of conversations about what love looks like.

Learning at Home
Caring for family pets is a wonderful way to frame conversations about love with our younger children. The Pope Memorial Humane Society offers some great, but simple to execute, ideas on how to celebrate Valentine's Day with pets. PETA offers cute printable activity sheets at Valentine's Day Activity: What do Animals Love?

Classroom Options
Teaching Books offers some wonderful classroom resources for using Love is to teach poetry at the primary grades. Also, Scholastic offers a complete lesson unit for Teaching Kindness for Valentine's Day which can be adapted for use with Love is.

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