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You Know How to Love
It starts at the start
when you can't even talk.
Before you stand up
and learn how to walk.
Deep in your heart
the knowing is there.
You know how to love
and you know how to care.
With rhymes and art, this book celebrates the power we all have to love, and to use that love to make the whole world a better, kinder, more welcoming place.
when you can't even talk.
Before you stand up
and learn how to walk.
Deep in your heart
the knowing is there.
You know how to love
and you know how to care.
With rhymes and art, this book celebrates the power we all have to love, and to use that love to make the whole world a better, kinder, more welcoming place.
32 pages, Hardcover
Published November 3, 2020
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November 20, 2020
This is a really sweet and adorable picture book told in rhyme about embracing love and kindness. The watercolor illustrations just add to the soft and sweetness of this book, depicting children in paper hats sharing joy through their communities. This would be a great gift for a pre or early reader to make them smile! You can get an autographed copy at Parnassus books, even ordering online. Just request a signed copy in the comments and support a small bookstore!
December 16, 2020
I know how to love THIS BOOK! Beautiful, sweet, & important message.
April 26, 2023
This book is absolutely beautiful, encouraging, loving, and I wish every kiddo could have this as their bedtime story. To finish the day with these words. Honestly, it feels like sunshine ☀️ beaming in.
This book will remind your child that they know how to love. They know how to care. They know how to help someone. They know how to share. How to give someone a chance.
It's done in a way that will empower your child. Give them that little boost of confidence. Help them see that they already know how to be kind 🤩 Maybe, even open up an awesome conversation between you guys! At the end of a long day, after hearing "don't do that," "no," "please stop," and other words we use to redirect our kiddos, this just....I don't know...encourages and supports and reminds our kiddos how beautiful they are.
As we approach the end of the school year, some parents have books that they'll ask the teacher to write in. To leave a little note for the child. We've used Oh the Places You'll Go for this. You Know How to Love reminds me of an end of year, teacher leave a note, kind of book.
I highly recommend this book. Get it for your kiddo or grandkids. Use it as that keepsake, teacher written inside of, book. Or just read at bedtime. Or whatever. Just....get it into the hands of your kids 🤗
This book will remind your child that they know how to love. They know how to care. They know how to help someone. They know how to share. How to give someone a chance.
It's done in a way that will empower your child. Give them that little boost of confidence. Help them see that they already know how to be kind 🤩 Maybe, even open up an awesome conversation between you guys! At the end of a long day, after hearing "don't do that," "no," "please stop," and other words we use to redirect our kiddos, this just....I don't know...encourages and supports and reminds our kiddos how beautiful they are.
As we approach the end of the school year, some parents have books that they'll ask the teacher to write in. To leave a little note for the child. We've used Oh the Places You'll Go for this. You Know How to Love reminds me of an end of year, teacher leave a note, kind of book.
I highly recommend this book. Get it for your kiddo or grandkids. Use it as that keepsake, teacher written inside of, book. Or just read at bedtime. Or whatever. Just....get it into the hands of your kids 🤗
October 11, 2021
In rhyming text, this precious picture book starts out with, presumably, a father holding his newborn baby. “It starts at the start when you can’t even talk. Before you stand up and learn how to walk.” As the child grows older and begins to make friendships and explore the world, they learn to listen, be kind, share, play fair, comfort, etc. In the end, we truly know how to love and should spread that kindness around. The artwork for this book was made with pencil, watercolor, and gouache on watercolor paper.
For more children's literature, middle grade literature, and YA literature reviews, feel free to visit my personal blog at The Miller Memo!
For more children's literature, middle grade literature, and YA literature reviews, feel free to visit my personal blog at The Miller Memo!
February 9, 2023
Don’t mind me, I’ll just be tearing up over here in the corner of the library bc I decided to read this on a whim.
April 22, 2020
*Thanks to Edelweiss for the DRC of this book.
This is a beautiful picture book with lovely rhyme that leads you through gorgeous images that will create a lot to talk about with the children reading it. It will be a wonderful addition to not only home libraries, but school ones as well. This book will be a great discussion piece for kids on kindness and how even though people are different, we have to be open to learning from them as we're not really all that different. Lovely images!
This is a beautiful picture book with lovely rhyme that leads you through gorgeous images that will create a lot to talk about with the children reading it. It will be a wonderful addition to not only home libraries, but school ones as well. This book will be a great discussion piece for kids on kindness and how even though people are different, we have to be open to learning from them as we're not really all that different. Lovely images!
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March 30, 2020Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
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April 21, 2020Digital copy accessed through Edelweiss
August 15, 2020
It's a beautiful message with clever rhyme and adorable illustrations. A quick pace and a makes you feel a little bit better about people, A must have for your kids.
June 9, 2021
Maybe it's naive to say that all we need is love to make the world a better place, but there is a lot of truth to that notion. This picture book proclaims the power of love and reminds young readers that they have had a lot of love in their heart even from their earliest moments. Relying on sweetly supportive rhyming text and illustrations, created with pencil, watercolor, and gouache, that highlight gentle moments in a child's life, this picture book depicts a growing worldview and awareness of others who may be just like the child but also might be quite different. There are scenes and text highlighting learning to share and include those who feel left out as well as gentle reminders that love for others has been growing ever since birth. I especially appreciated the pages discussing tough days and times and moments of uncertainty and the suggestion that these periods will pass and that the child can build on those experiences and rely on his/her/their ability to love to get through them. This picture book is affirming and empowering and might encourage reluctant youngsters to dare to spread their love throughout the world. And that, my friend, is a very good thing.
November 9, 2020
I just read YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE, and, wow, I was completely blown away. It is a truly exceptional book. In fact, it's one of the best picture books I've ever read in my life. As I was reading, I was brought to tears more than once. Simply put, I love this book. I really really do. I hope it's read by children all over the world for years and years to come. What an absolutely amazing accomplishment. This is a must-read for EVERYONE.
December 19, 2020
A gentle affirmation for the soul. This picture book is a reminder to us all that from birth throughout our lives we all know how to love, how to care for others. Its calming cadence explores the way children grow in their knowledge and ability to help others and to show kindness. Kenyon reminds us all to trust the good that’s been inside our hearts all along.
September 25, 2021
I really loved the message of this book and how it was talking about kindness and how its something you have inside of you since birth. its such a cute book and perfect to read to kids in a classroom. It talks about how to be kind to everyone no matter what they look like or how different they are from you. very good book!
April 2, 2022
I like that there is a lot of racial diversity and that the illustrations have an older person in a wheelchair, a child with hearing aids, and another who uses canes.
I have mixed feelings about a group of people releasing paper boats into a lake (or ocean). At least paper is biodegradable and it is far better than releasing balloons.
I have mixed feelings about a group of people releasing paper boats into a lake (or ocean). At least paper is biodegradable and it is far better than releasing balloons.
June 7, 2023
This book explains what love looks like from moment to moment. It is a sweet book illustrated with colorful pastels and detailed pictures. The book gives explains of how to love others and how everyone is unique and worth loving. This book is a beautiful reminder of what love looks like and how it affects us and others.
December 29, 2020
I'm the pessimistic nay-sayer here but this was just a smidge too precious for me. Obvious effort was made at inclusivity in the illustrations, though, and it seems likely to be popular among newborn baby gifts.
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November 22, 2020We all have the power to love and be kind, even if we sometimes make mistakes or don't know what to do.
January 4, 2021
“Deep in your heart, the knowing is there. You know how to love and you know how to care.” A reminder of the ways love can make us feel included and special.
May 11, 2021
A very sweet picture book that will give you all the feels! Poetic and insightful.
March 28, 2022
perfection.
January 22, 2023
A rhyming validation that you know how to love from the minute you're born and that the ways to express it mature as you grow.
March 22, 2023
My, O my! Such a beautifully written picture book. I wish the pictures were larger in scale. Regardless, it is a book worth collecting.
November 18, 2024
Rhymes and is so nice- Khi 4
January 6, 2021
I know I'm not alone when I say that as a child, I was told I didn't understand often. This book reminded me that children understand more than they are given credit for.
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