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Saturday Morning: Henry in Love

Henry in Love by Peter McCarty is the beautifully illustrated book about young love.  Henry the cat is in love. He's in love with Chloe the bunny at school. And this book is about how he demonstrates his love on one day.  There are so many things about this book that I just love. It doesn't make Henry's love for Chloe seem unimportant. Even though adults will probably read it as a super cute juvenile infatuation, McCarty never makes their love seem less than real. Also the pure, innocence of his love is something that we can all learn from. I also just love McCarty's art style. He won a Caldecott honor for Hondo & Fabian, but I think I like this book's art just a tiny bit more.  So, in honor of Valentine's Day, consider reading this little love story to your little loved one!

Welcome to Saturday Morning!

Hello Lovelies!! I'm working on a new feature for Saturdays that will focus on Children's Picture Books. (I have two classes devoted solely to picture books this semester, and I need a place to put my love for books we don't read for class!!) So today's Saturday Morning choice is... Hug Machine by Scott Campbell is the delightfully illustrated tale of a little person who loves to hug.  The Hug Machine will hug everything and everyone. There are no limits to his love of hugs!  I think this book is super darling. In some ways, it's about hugging (and also loving) people who don't get hugged a lot (a whale and a porcupine both ask for hugs). It would be a great book to talk about showing affection for love.  However, I do think that this book also asks for a conversation about getting permission before touching. Most of the people (and inanimate objects, of course) aren't asked for permission before being hugged. And the expressions on...