There is a new book out titled Love. It is written by award winning author, Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Loren Long. It is simple and beautiful. It celebrates moments. It tries to explain what love looks like. But love can be complicated and de la Pena and Long acknowledge that in their book. And because they took that leap questions arose.
Instead of me explaining, I offer you the experts. Here are two links. The first one is a column written by de la Pena for Time Magazine titled “Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children from Darkness.” The second one, "Why Children's Books Should Be a Little Sad" and also in Time, is by Kate DiCamillo, written in response to a question de la Pena posed in his column.
Read the columns. Buy the book. We might not be authors but I believe Kate is correct when she says, “I think it’s our job to love the world.”
The name Kate DiCamillo might sound familiar as I wrote about her over the summer. You can read that entry here.
LIFE IS RANDOM LOVE IS NOTTM
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