The 5 Most Popular New Children’s Picture Books

#5: I WISH YOU MORE

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

This book has been on the New York Times Best Sellers’ List for 35 weeks. The tag line on this book is: A bounty of good wishes.

The Book and Story

The content of this book is a list of blessings parents might express as they hope and dream about their children’s futures. Each poetic stanza is build around the concept of “more.” The result is a series of upbeat, rhythmatic wordplays that express hope for a future. The art shows multi-ethnic, smiling, engaged children. And the pictures and the rhymes work well together.

For example, one wish is “I wish you more will than hill,” and the art shows a boy sweating under the work of carrying a to-be-planted tree uphill. Or, “I wish you more umbrella than rain,” and the art shows a child dry in the rain. Or, “I wish you more can than knot,” and the art shows a girl’s dog watching her try to tie her shoes. At the end, the authors write: “I wish all of this for you, because you are everything I could wish for… and more.” By itself, what great reassurance for children.

Reading to children is a great way to build good relationships between you and your child, and many of life’s great lessons can be taught during the reading. Just sayin’

 

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