Sometimes Love

(Hardback)

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A tender, poetic picture book about a military family experiencing happiness, heartache, and learning to grow through change "Changes come and changes go. Love through changes makes love grow." When her mother is deployed overseas, a young girl is temporarily parted from her beloved dog. Told in spare yet lyrical verse, this picture book shares a powerful message about the different ways we show love, from giving, to growing together, to sometimes letting go. But don't worry, this pet story has a happy ending.

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[Sometimes Love] eloquently conveys a wide range of emotions and lessons through its spare prose and expressiveillustrations that seem to shimmer off the page An important lesson for young readers conveyed poetically with lots of heart. Kirkus

[A] wonderful book about love, loss, and reunionTeaching children how to live with loss is an important lesson, and this offering accomplishes this task exceptionally well. Booklist, starred review

Author Bio

Katrina Moore is an author and elementary school teacher. She's made brand new starts in many places. She now lives with her family in New Jersey, where her home is sometimes full of puppy licks, and always, always, always, full of love (and lots of fur). Connect with her at www.katrinamoorebooks.com.