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32 pp.
| Little |
April, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-316-61410-6$$15.95
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Illustrated by
Maribel Suárez.
A mother describes her infant's growth, regularly returning to a refrain beginning "I love you once. I love you twice. / I love you more than beans and rice." The snippet of Spanish and the Mexican motifs (mariachi players, a birthday piñata) elevate the book above the usual ode to Baby, and Suárez's watercolors have a cartoonlike rather than sentimental quality.