How Do I Love You?

By Marion Dane Bauer

Book Overview

A rhyming story about a parent's unlimited love for a child--in the same format as the bestselling book I Love You Through and Through, and with pictures by the same illustrator.

"How do I love you? Let me count the ways.I love you as the sun loves the bright blue days . . ."In this board book with padded covers, a parent declares her love...as the bees love a flower, a duck loves a shower, a bird loves to sing, a bear loves the spring. Written by Newbery-award-winning author Marion Dane Bauer, inspired by the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and with pictures by Caroline Jayne Church, illustrator of the bestselling I Love You Through and Through.

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545072700
• ISBN13: 9780545072700
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cartwheel Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

Why do we love it? Let me tell you how...

This has been a staple daytime and goodnight book in our house for a couple months now. The phrases and illustrations are very accessible to my 17-month old and she loves identifying the familiar objects on each page. The messages are so sweet and simple- I never tire of saying them ("...I love you like the moon loves each shining star... I love all that you will be, and everything you are"). A worthy addition to your child's young literary collection!

A beautiful children's book.

As a parent, there are going to be times that you will read the same book to your baby over and over again. This is the type of book where you don't exactly mind. It works for older babies because the rhyme is very bouncy and entertaining, and the pictures are basic, but very colorful. I loved pointing out things to my nine month old daughter, and she seemed very engaged. Helps that the story is a very sweet one.

Sweet book for all ages

I love the unique premise of this book (inspired by a famous poem) and the illustrations are so precious. My 15 month old loves to point out all the cool things like dinosaurs and flowers. It's not a true board book - the pages are pretty thin cardboard, but definitely a good book for him to use (instead of paper pages). It is a little longer than most he reads, but I can usually keep him still all the way through! And I love the sweet story and illustrations, so I enjoy reading it to him. One of our new favorites.

books as gifts

I love giving books as gifts especially to children. This particular book was requested by the mother of the "birthday girl" who is an early education teacher. It is a very good book geared toward toddlers & pre school children.