The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Buehner, Caralyn

I Want to Say I Love You

32 pp. | Fogelman | December, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-8037-2547-7 $$15.99

(4) PS Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers. A mother lists the times she loves her child, during playtime or a noisy return from school. "When I call you to get up and you clatter down the stairs, / With your eyes still blinking sleep, and your porcupine-ish hair, I love you." The sentimental poem is illustrated with painted torn-paper collages, which often show the mother and child outlined in an eye-drawing bright color. This book will find a greater audience among moms than kids.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth