I Love You: A Rebus Poem [Hardcover]

Jean Marzollo (Author), Suse MacDonald (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

The parent reads the words and the child "reads" the pictures in this irresistible rhyme, written by the author of the I Spy books and illustrated by a Caldecott Honor winner.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

"Every bird loves a tree,/ Every flower loves a bee,/ Every lock loves a key,/ And I love you." There's nothing like a love poem to curl up in bed with. And in this ode to love, almost-readers can partake as well as already-readers. Written in a rebus format, with pictures or symbols suggesting words, the book is both a challenge and a comfort. Children will have fun deciphering the rhymes comparing the affection waves have for whales, ducks have for lakes, and socks have for shoes. The refrain, of course, is the universal rebus series of symbols: an eyeball, a heart shape, and the letter u--I love you.

Jean Marzollo is the author of the bestselling I Spy books, including I Spy Gold Challenger. Suse Macdonald is the recipient of the prestigious Caldecott honor for Alphabatics. This simple little book, with bold, bright pictures and very few, very big words, will be just right for a naptime read-aloud. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

From Publishers Weekly

For this sweet valentine to youngest children, Marzollo (the I Spy series) and MacDonald (Alphabatics) join forces in a combination concept book and rebus. Word pictures substitute for the verse's nounsAand for the words "I love you," which end each of the four quatrains. Marzollo's natural instinct for preschoolers' view of the world is in evidence: "Every bird loves a tree,/ Every flower loves a bee,/ Every lock loves a key,/ And I love you." The pairings (one per spread) will be immediately recognizable to youngsters, and the closing "I love you" refrain pictures snuggling pigs, a mother and baby koala bear and courting rabbits. MacDonald's images of a wave hugging a whale, and of two ducks in flowered bathing caps racing into a lake, are especially winning. Ages 2-6. (Jan.)
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel / Scholastic (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059037656X
• ISBN-13: 978-0590376563
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars why is this book out of print???, November 10, 2009

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K. Moore (CHICAGO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Love You: A Rebus Poem (Hardcover)

I Love You is the most wonderful book in the world for children ages 1 though 5, and IT IS OUT OF PRINT!!!! I discovered it when I was teaching kindergarten, and in the 5 or 6 years I used it in my classroom before I retired, it was, hands down, the children's favorite book. They used to fight over it! Until recently, it was always in the basket of books I bought for friends' grandchildren, and I got rave reviews from the parents and grandparents about how their children wanted it read every night!

WHY IS IT OUT OF PRINT?????

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Way To Boost a Child's Love of Reading!, July 7, 2007

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Susan Frankenberg "Read Aloud Coach" (Signal Mountain, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Love You: A Rebus Poem (Hardcover)

I have just recently introduced this book to my 3 yr. and 4 yr. old granddaughters. They LOVE to read it to us! It serves as a cute story AND a great tool to promote the love of reading. Even very young children can manage the few repeated words along with the humorous but simple pictures. They also can use the rhyming schemes as great clues.
This is a great book pleaser for any pre-schooler....and grandparent!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for toddlers, too, April 17, 2000

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Jennifer Donovan "5minutesforbooks" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Love You: A Rebus Poem (Hardcover)

This book is great. The colors are bright and are of familiar and fun things (bunnies, sheep, etc). My 1 1/2 year old likes it. She can even identify some of the pictures in the rebus. I don't know if she knows she's helping me "read", but it's a fun, new way to read a book together. I would buy more books like this in a minute.