You Are Loved

by Sujean Rim (Author) Sujean Rim (Illustrator)

You Are Loved
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

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.

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Kirkus

Brimming with pure love and appreciation for the natural world and the children who will become its stewards.

Publishers Weekly

Connecting a child with the natural world, Rim's simple but evocative work generates a grounding feeling of abiding love. In each spread, loopy cursive lettering links the book's refrain with an element from nature, while facing pages offer brief experiential elaborations: "You are loved by grass.../ as it softens your path." Throughout, a youth, portrayed with bunny ears, scribbly black hair, and skin that reflects the white of the page, relishes various encounters. In one watercolor, pencil, and digital scene, the figure climbs a tree washed in vibrant purple blooms ("You are loved by the trees...// as they lift you up high"). In another, cloud animals and shapes emerge from smudges of aqua sky while the child looks on ("You are loved by the clouds...// they bring you new friends"). As examples proceed, night falls, resulting in, via a human dimension, a comforting homey effect. Ages 4-8. (May)

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Sujean Rim
Sujean Rim is the author and illustrator of 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.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781665949163
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Atheneum Books
Publication date
May 07, 2024
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV009050 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Senses & Sensation
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Love

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