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Synopsis
Who Do You Love?
Love is in the air! The bees love their queen and the flamingoes love each other. But who does the owl love?
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Children's Literature
This is another in the series of charming board books that includes, What Do You Say, Baby?, What Do You Do? and How Do You Feel? Stanley captures young readers with bright colors, simple but expressive faces, and straightforward text. We begin with Who do you love, bees? and the accompanying response: We love Her Majesty, the Queen! The illustration shows a queen bee perched on a honeycomb being admired lovingly by a bunch of buzzing subjects. This is a teachable moment, right on the first page. Next we see two flamingoes. They respond to the questioning refrain with We love each other. Mrs. Rabbit loves all of her babies, the goldfish loves the boy who feeds him, and the parakeet loves the bird in the mirror. My favorite page has the ants answering the familiar question with We love the team! Go, ants, go! On this double-page spread, we see a long line of ants hauling away the leftover fruit from a picnic. The joey names both of his kangaroo parents. Then, we come to the owl. What about you, owl? Who do YOU love? Who? Who? Who? Turning the page, we see two owls hugging and making eyes at each other, answering I love you-hoo-hoo! The frog on the last page turns the question back on the reader. This simple book will engender lots of discussion about the various creatures and, of course, those that we love. Reviewer: Sheilah Egan