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I Love You Trade Book (Hardcover)

Written By Shige Chen
Illustrated by Pia Valentinis, Mario Onnis
Critically Reviewed
  1. Hardcover
    Price $16.95
  2. PaperBack
    Price $8.95
Written By Shige Chen
Illustrated by Pia Valentinis, Mario Onnis
Critically Reviewed
A young girl’s three words escape and voyage around the globe, mending hearts and raising spirits. This imaginative tale of flight shows just how far a little love can go.

A young girl’s three words escape and voyage around the globe, mending hearts and raising spirits. This imaginative tale of flight shows just how far a little love can go.

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I Love You Trade Book (Hardcover)

Written By Shige Chen
Illustrated by Pia Valentinis, Mario Onnis
Written By Shige Chen
Illustrated by Pia Valentinis, Mario Onnis
Critically Reviewed
Critically Reviewed
A young girl’s three words escape and voyage around the globe, mending hearts and raising spirits. This imaginative tale of flight shows just how far a little love can go.

A young girl’s three words escape and voyage around the globe, mending hearts and raising spirits. This imaginative tale of flight shows just how far a little love can go.

Read Less Description

A young girl’s three words escape and voyage around the globe, mending hearts and raising spirits. This imaginative tale of flight shows just how far a little love can go.

  1. Hardcover
    Price $16.95
  2. PaperBack
    Price $8.95
SKU WW-NL6114
ISBN 9781478875659
Series Reycraft Books
Number Level 34
SKU WW-NL6114
ISBN 9781478875659
Series Reycraft Books
Number Level 34
Lexile level 570L
Letter Level O
Genre Fiction
Language English
Theme Earth and Sky, Fairy Tales All Around, Words Shape Our World
BISAC Subject Headings Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Birds
Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance
Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Birds
Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance
Price $16.95
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Author & Illustrator

Shige Chen

Shige Chen a children’s book author and member of the Children’s Literature Committee of the China Writers Association. Chen’s work has won the National Outstanding Children’s Literature Award, the Bing Xin Children’s Literature Award, and many others.

Pia Valentinis & Mario Onnis

Pia Valentinis was born in Italy and has published books all over the world. Her works have won the Andersen Best Illustrator Award, the most important children’s book award in Italy. Pia creates her art with a black pen and white paper, then adds color. But she still thinks in black and white.

Mario Onnis was born in Italy, loves reading, making music, and enjoying nature. He graduated from the Fabra Art Workshop.

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Reviews

★ The glorious story of two young friends, a boy who barely speaks but listens closely, and a girl who overcompensates for his silence by describing everything in their environment. The girl tells the boy she loves him, but her words are whisked away in the wind. Those words take a journey that kicks off this tale, told in clear and simple prose, as the girl searches for her missing “I love you” and asks strangers she meets along the way for directions. During her search, her missing words comfort a crying baby, bring courage to a weary mountain climber, and provide company to a lonely old man. After much adventure and global travel, the words return to their speaker. The girl and her words are now strengthened and made richer by a year of experiences. A tight repetitive structure lends the text the timeless quality of a classic fairy tale. Colored pen-and-ink illustrations depicting the natural world are delicate and rich. Each bird feather and leaf vein is carefully portrayed, with great attention given to the color. The human characters are on a smaller scale in the midst of oversized plants and animals, giving the artwork a Thumbelina-like quality. A show-stopping spread midway depicts more than two dozen birds teaching the girl how to say “I love you” in different languages. Both the girl and the boy are slightly tanned, perhaps olive-skinned, and the people the girl encounters tend to be white. VERDICT Highly recommended for fiction collections. This one-of-a-kind tale is a must-read.

—School Library Journal Starred Review

A young girl’s three words escape and voyage around the globe, mending hearts and raising spirits. This imaginative tale of flight shows just how far a little love can go.
Details:
SKU WW-NL6114
ISBN 9781478875659
Series Reycraft Books
Number Level 34
Lexile level 570L
Letter Level O
Genre Fiction
Language English
Theme Earth and Sky, Fairy Earth and Sky, Fairy Tales All Around, Words Shape Our World
Juvenile Fiction / A Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Birds
Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance
Full Description

A young girl’s three words escape and voyage around the globe, mending hearts and raising spirits. This imaginative tale of flight shows just how far a little love can go.

Author & Illustrator

Shige Chen

Shige Chen a children’s book author and member of the Children’s Literature Committee of the China Writers Association. Chen’s work has won the National Outstanding Children’s Literature Award, the Bing Xin Children’s Literature Award, and many others.

Pia Valentinis & Mario Onnis

Pia Valentinis was born in Italy and has published books all over the world. Her works have won the Andersen Best Illustrator Award, the most important children’s book award in Italy. Pia creates her art with a black pen and white paper, then adds color. But she still thinks in black and white.

Mario Onnis was born in Italy, loves reading, making music, and enjoying nature. He graduated from the Fabra Art Workshop.

Reviews

★ The glorious story of two young friends, a boy who barely speaks but listens closely, and a girl who overcompensates for his silence by describing everything in their environment. The girl tells the boy she loves him, but her words are whisked away in the wind. Those words take a journey that kicks off this tale, told in clear and simple prose, as the girl searches for her missing “I love you” and asks strangers she meets along the way for directions. During her search, her missing words comfort a crying baby, bring courage to a weary mountain climber, and provide company to a lonely old man. After much adventure and global travel, the words return to their speaker. The girl and her words are now strengthened and made richer by a year of experiences. A tight repetitive structure lends the text the timeless quality of a classic fairy tale. Colored pen-and-ink illustrations depicting the natural world are delicate and rich. Each bird feather and leaf vein is carefully portrayed, with great attention given to the color. The human characters are on a smaller scale in the midst of oversized plants and animals, giving the artwork a Thumbelina-like quality. A show-stopping spread midway depicts more than two dozen birds teaching the girl how to say “I love you” in different languages. Both the girl and the boy are slightly tanned, perhaps olive-skinned, and the people the girl encounters tend to be white. VERDICT Highly recommended for fiction collections. This one-of-a-kind tale is a must-read.

—School Library Journal Starred Review

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