The important boy
The important thing about you is you.
It is true that you are two.
You explain the world,
you look at me to see if you can eat another cracker.
I hold you and know peace, snuggling down to kiss the top of your ear (which is perfect).
You are energy, joy, love, the future, our everything.
But the important thing about you is that you are you.
The Important Book is one of my favorite books to read to young kids. Occasionally that Margaret Wise Brown just nailed it. We unearthed our Valentine books and the second half of our winter books yesterday, and discovered The Important Book again. The boy nodded with every truism. It was in the February tub from school because I'd have the kids write about someone for Valentine's Day.
Some other "Love" favorites:
Mama, Do You Love Me? (Joosse, illustrated by Lavallee)
The Kissing Hand (Penn, illustrated by Harper & Leak)
I Love You the Purplest (Joose, illustrated by Whyte)
Happy Valentine's Day! (Scull, illustrated by Lennicx & Kahata- Gets the idea of Valentine's Day across for toddlers in a nice way)
Winter (have I shared these here already?):
The Snowman (Briggs)
Owl Moon (Yolen, illustrated by Schoenherr)
The Mitten Tree (Christiansen, illustrated by Greenstein)
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening (Frost, illustrated by Jeffers)
When Winter Comes (Van Laan & Gaber)
The Mitten (Tresselt & Yaroslava)
All You Need for a Snowman (Schertle & Lavallee)
I hadn't heard the Important Thing before...it's lovely - thank you!
Posted by:Florence | February 07, 2008 at 09:12 AM
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch is a great book about unconditional love from baby to adulthood and beyond.
Posted by:Alison | February 11, 2008 at 09:17 AM