Many of us have a very one dimensional idea of what love is. We take cues from films we see and from songs we listen to. In actual fact love is quite a complicated emotion, and when it is real it is incredibly powerful. In today's picture book readers will meet a little girl who grows to love a little duck that she cares for. We get to see how her love for the little duck comes in many forms and how, ultimately, this love gives her the strength to do something wonderful for someone else.
Love is
Love is
Diane Adams
Illustrated by Claire Keane
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Chronicle, 2017, 978-1-4521-3997-5
One spring day a little duckling in a park pursues a
butterfly and ends up wandering away from its family and its home to chase the
enticing insect. Luckily the duckling is found by a little girl who falls in
love with the fragile baby, with its “tiny wings and downy head.” She takes the
duckling home and becomes its mother, which turns out to be quite challenging.
In spite of
interrupted nights, splashy bath times, messes, and the general upheavals that
taking care of a baby involves, the girl loves the duckling. Somehow even when
it is being annoying love prevails.
Then fall comes
around and there is a change in the air. The little girl and the duck look out
of the window and she knows that the time has come. She is going to love her
duckling harder than ever so that she can do what it right.
This wonderful
picture book explores how love comes in many forms. It gives birth to patience,
flexibility, and a willingness to accept a painful loss. It also gives us hope.
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