How Far Do You Love Me?

By Lulu Delacre

This unique bedtime book by award-winning author-illustrator Lulu Delacre features a game that highlights the universal love between caregivers and children while taking readers on a journey across the seven continents of Earth.

Front cover for ¿Hasta dónde me amas? by Lulu Delacre and Lulu Delacre
This book is also available in Spanish
¿Hasta dónde me amas?
By Lulu Delacre

Description

How far do you love me?
I love you to the top of the peaks
lit by the morning sun …
To the crests of the desert
where the wind sweeps sand from the dunes …

Based on a bedtime game that author-illustrator Lulu Delacre played with her young daughters, How Far Do You Love Me? is an “I love you” book with a twist. With every expression of love, readers visit a different location around the world, each a beautifully illustrated scene of caregivers and children in a place of natural beauty.

The intimate size of the book is just right for sharing and snuggling up close with a child. As bedtime–or any quiet time–approaches, gather close with a special person in your life and get ready to let your imagination soar to place after place as you embark on a game of “How far do you love me?” The possibilities are endless!

About the Creators

Lulu Delacre

Lulu Delacre, three-time Pura Belpré Award honoree and winner of an Orbis Pictus Honor, is the illustrator of numerous award-winning books, several of which she also wrote or compiled. Her books include fiction and nonfiction and range from picture books to young adult titles. Delacre was born and grew up in Puerto Rico, where she loved to draw pictures, enjoy nature, and partake of the culture and traditions of her native island. Her experiences there are the inspiration for many of her works. Delacre and her husband live in Washington, DC. luludelacre.com.

Awards

  • Best Children's Books of the Year

    Bank Street College of Education

Reviews

  • "What a beautiful book! ... a volume that will be treasured by all."

    - Great Britain Association of School Librarians
  • "... a seven continent nod to spectacular geographic places that are as majestic as love itself."

    - The Horn Book
  • "the illustrations are absolutely breathtaking!... a new family classic..."

    - Writer Mom's Blog
  • "This topic is similarly explored in many classic picture books such as Sam McBratney's Guess How Much I Love You and Margaret Wise Brown's Runaway Bunny, but the multicultural worldview is unique."

    - School Library Journal

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781643795195
  • Price $10.95
  • Publication Date Mar 20, 2013
  • Trim Size 8.5 × 7.5 in
  • Weight 0.25 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Hardcover

  • ISBN 9781600608827
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date Mar 20, 2013
  • Trim Size 8.5 × 7.5 in
  • Weight 0.625 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 208
  • Interests

  • Imprint Lee & Low Books
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JNF / Poetry / General
  • BISAC Category 2 JNF / Travel
  • BISAC Category 3 JNF / Social Topics / Emotions & Feelings
  • Themes Biography / Memoir, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Colors, Cultural Diversity, Empathy / Compassion, Environment / Nature, Gratitude, Multiple Ethnicities Represented, Nature / Science, Nonfiction, Optimism / Enthusiasm, Realistic Fiction, Water
  • Languages English
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 4 - 8
  • Grade Range Grades PreK - 3
  • Guided Reading K
  • DRA 20
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 650
  • Lexile Measurement AD650L
  • Intervention 16
  • Reading Level Grades 2 - 3
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
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