Toby: Do You Love Me?

Toby!

by Cyndy Szekeres

In a rhyming board book just right for preschoolers, Toby learns that his mama will always love him--even when he is sad, mad, messy, and grouchy. 40,000 first printing.

Board Book

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

Cyndy Szekeres (pronounced "zeck-er-es") is the daughter of a toolmaker, Stephen Szekeres, and his wife Anna Ceplousky Szekeres. In 1954, Szekeres earned a certificate from the Pratt Institute in New York. Szekeres has illustrated over 40 children's books, and is best known for her animal characters. She has also written or compiled and self-illustrated 67 titles. Szekeres won the AIGA Award for her work on Moon Mouse (1969). Szekeres currently lives on a farm in Vermont.

Reviews

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A child asks a parent if she loves him when hes bad or sad and all kinds of differnt emotions. toddler and up

[Little Miss and the Legomeister · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this one. It's short and cute with a sweet message. It's got rhyming text with good rhythm. My kids liked it a lot when they were two to four. They especially liked the pictures where Toby was naughty or messy.

[Makalah Crawford]

The theme in this book is a very popular one but teaches little growing children an important lesson. Throughout the book Toby the mouse asks his mom if he does a bunch of different things will she love him. She tells him of course and this shows kids that they are always loved even when they are being scolded. I like this book and it would be good to read to a kindergarten class.