Amor

(Hardback)

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(Spanish) En el comienzo hay luz, y dos siluetas de grandes ojos al pie de tu cuna, y el sonido de sus voces es amor. (English) In the beginning there is light, and two silhouettes of big eyes at the foot of your crib, and the sound of their voices is love. A 2019 Bank Street Best Children's Picture Book of the Year in Spanish En el comienzo hay luz, y dos siluetas de grandes ojos al pie de tu cuna, y el sonido de sus voces es amor. Amor es la melodia que nos acompana todos y cada uno de los dias de nuestra vida. Ya sea el suave arrullo de nuestros padres a la hora de dormir, la risa divertida que provoca un cuento inventado por nuestro tio o el abrazo calido de un ser querido que nos tranquiliza, es un sentimiento que toma diferentes formas y un lazo que nos une a todos. En esta emotiva celebraci n del amor, Matt de la Pena, autor ganador de la Medalla Newbery, y Loren Long, renombrado ilustrador y de gran exito en ventas, describen las diferentes maneras en que experimentamos este vinculo universal. Con emotivas ilustraciones y un susurrante texto lirico, esta tierna historia nos brinda tranquilidad y tambien un nuevo clasico que calara hondo en los lectores de todas las edades.

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Praise for Amor:
A 2019 Bank Street Best Childrens Picture Book of the Year in Spanish

Praise forLove:
#1New York TimesBestseller
#1 Indie Bestseller
A Winter 2017-2018 Kids Indie Next Top Pick
Five Starred Reviews
An Amazon Best of the Year Pick 2018 Ages 3-5
ATimeMagazine Best Childrens Book of 2018
An NPR Best Book of 2018


"Accompanied by Loren Longscharming illustrations, this book, also available in Spanish,celebrates how love exists in the ordinaryand whywe should treasure moments, big and small, with the people in our lives."TimeMagazine

"[A]poetic reckoningof the importance of love in a child's life . . .eloquent and moving."PeopleMagazine

"Everything that can be called love from shared joy to comfort in the darkness is gathered in the pages of this reassuring, refreshingly honest picture book."The New York Times Book Review,Editors Choice / Staff Picks From the Book Review

Lyrical and sensitive, Love is the sort of book likely to leave readers of all agesa little tremulous, and brimming with feeling.The Wall Street Journal

"De la Peas prose poemspeaks right to young children. . . . People often talk to children about love; in these pages, they can see and feel what its like. Andtheres plenty for everybody."Publishers Weekly,starred review

This booklooks into the darkness and still finds stars twinkling overhead.The New York Times Book Review

From the moment prose and art appear in the opening spread, de la Pea and Long usher readers into a patient, pensive meditation on love. . . .Timely, timeless, and utterly necessary.Kirkus Reviews,starred review

Newbery Awardwinning De la Pea offersa lyrical ode to lovein thisstirring picture book. . . . In De la Peas lines, love becomes not just an emotion between people but a feeling suffusing the world.Booklist

Long and Matt de la Pea . . .hit the mark withLove. . .a gentle, poetic picture book about lovein all circumstances, even the tough ones.Shelf Awareness

"Thisheartfelt and sensitively renderedpicture book meditationbegs to be sharedand discussedwith children . . . Spread the love."School Library Journal,starred review

An exquisitely written and illustrated picture bookthat speaks of how love, even when its difficult to recognize, can percolate up through the most common of daily circumstances.The Horn Book,starred review

"Love it's an abstract emotion, right Not even close.These pictures and words describe a zillion ways to think of love . . .For readers, this book is a lifelong challenge to ask:What is loveAnd how can we create more of it in what we think and do and say"Justine Kenin, producer,All Things Considered, in NPR'sBook Concierge Guide to 2018s Great Reads

Author Bio

Matt de la Pena es el autor de eltima parada de la calle Market, que gan la Medalla Newbery por la edici n en ingles. Es tambien el autor de Los deseos de Carmela; A Nation's Hope- The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis, y de seis aclamadas novelas para j venes adultos. Matt ensena Escritura Creativa y visita colegios y universidades por todo el pais para hablar con los estudiantes. Matt vive en Brooklyn, Nueva York. Loren Long es el autor e ilustrador de la serie Otis, de gran exito en ventas segon el New York Times. Es tambien el ilustrador de Of Thee I Sing de Barack Obama, que fue nomero uno en ventas segon las listas del New York Times, y del clasico The Little Engine That Could, de Watty Piper, reilustrado con su arte. Vive cerca de Cincinnati con su esposa, dos hijos y dos bracos de Weimar.