And I Think About You

And I Think About YouAnd I Think About You by Rosanne L. Kurstedt, Ya-Ling Huang
Published by Kids Can Press on September 20, 2022
ISBN: 1525304593
Pages: 32
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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four-stars

A mother bear (per the book description, the character is a mother but the character is non-descript enough to be a parent in general) tells her child about her workday. She describes one activity after another and follows each description with “And I think about you.” Illustrations show her at her tasks with a corresponding activity she imagines doing with her child. Turn the page, and the child is shown participating in a parallel activity at school. Reassuring book for both working parents and their offspring. Ya-Ling Huang uses watercolor and colored pencils to create soft, descriptive illustrations that beg to be discussed. The repeated refrain — “And I think about you” — is comforting and relays that even when a child is out of sight, they are never out of their parents’ thoughts. Give to parents whose children are attending preschool or school for the first time to read together.

Reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library

four-stars