Love Was Inside - Hardcover

Joyner, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593375181 ISBN 13: 9780593375181

Publisher: Random House Studio, 2021

Synopsis

From a #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator comes a picture book to celebrate and remember the days we spent inside—the joys and the hardships, the bravery and the resilience, but most of all the love.

This book, inspired by kids who found ways to stay connected to the people they love during the pandemic, is about what an imaginative, curious and loving little girl did when her world was turned inside out.
 
The girl played inside, she learned inside, she waited inside. She talked on the phone to her Nan inside. Her days and nights were all inside, and she would think about what she missed outside--the running, cheering, splashing, hugging, and of course her Nan.
 
Finally, when the girl could go outside, she was happy to be there--to hug her Nan, see her friends, and even climb a tree. But she had changed inside, and she knew she would always remember the small things and the big things that made that time special.

Here is a picture book that will help young children remember, process, and resolve the feelings they had during the pandemic. Includes prompts to help readers make their own inside story book.

About this title

About the Author

ANDREW JOYNER is the illustrator and author of numerous children's books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Dr. Seuss's The Horse Museum, The Pink Hat, Stand Up! Speak Up!, The Hair Book by Graham Tether, Duck and Hippo in the Rainstorm by Jonathan London, and The Terrible Plop by Ursula Dubosarsky. He also wrote and illustrated the Boris chapter book series about an adventure-seeking warthog. His books are now published in more than twenty-five countries. He lives with his wife and children on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. Visit him on the Web at andrewjoyner.com.au.

Reviews

K-Gr 3-Without mentioning the pandemic, Joyner presents the quintessential book about what we'll all take away from it. A small girl, who is white, lives in an apartment with her parents, and she is inside. Class is inside (on a computer screen), and her grandmother is inside (from her home, on a video call), and all of life is inside. The girl dreams of the day when the streets will be busy again, when she'll go have pizza with Nan, and see the throngs of people in the street, but for now, she is inside, where there is love. It's a simple conceit, and says it all for the many readers who have also been inside; Joyner doesn't bother with explanations of how we came inside or what it takes to be outside again. It simply expresses, in a positive way and ebullient line drawings, what nesting and being home has meant; the book is ripe for families or classrooms to share and discuss. VERDICT The pandemic shelf is still lightly populated; here's a title that presents what's happening in an upbeat, quietly joyful way.-Kimberly Olson Fakihα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Studio
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593375181
• ISBN 13: 9780593375181
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40