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LOVE Hardcover – Picture Book, January 19, 2021
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Funny, emotional, and uplifting picture book about separation and love, to help children understand their emotions.
Everyone loves everyone in Tess’s house, but when Tess has to leave for school for the very first time, she is worried that her family’s love might not stretch that far. Mom explains that love is like a string, it connects people together even when they are far away. At school Tess notices that all the children have strings! Some are new, some are old, some stretch a long way, and some even stretch right up into the sky. But what happens when a string breaks?
Love is the third in a trio of feel-good picture books from author Corrinne Averiss (Joy (2018), Hope (2019)) - a pure delight from start to finish. A wonderful story that subtly tackles difficult topics of death, grief, separation, and overcoming anxiety.
- Print length32 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelPreschool - 1
- Dimensions9.5 x 0.45 x 11.65 inches
- Publisherwords & pictures
- Publication dateJanuary 19, 2021
- ISBN-100711255474
- ISBN-13978-0711255470
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LOVE by Corrinne Averiss
Funny, emotional, and uplifting picture book about separation and love, to help children understand their emotions.
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Everyone loved everyone in Tess’s house. Daddy loved Mommy, Mommy loved Daddy. Tess loved Mommy and Daddy and Tom. |
Tess’s tummy fluttered and her heart beat fast. Her sadness turned to worry. And she tugged the string again and again to see if anyone was there. |
Everything felt right again. “I promise you Tess, our string may stretch or tangle, but it will never truly break,” said Mommy. |
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“A reassuring read for those with separation anxiety.”―Publishers Weekly
"This will help children name their separation issues, and give parents a loving metaphor for reassuring them."―Debbie Tanner, S D Spady Montessori Elem., FL, School Library Journal
About the Author
Corrinne Averiss is the author of My Pet Star, winner of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year, the Stockport Children’s Book Awards and in over 450,000 homes as part of Booktrust’s Pyjamarama campaign. Her first book, A Dot in the Snow, illustrated by Fiona Woodcock, was shortlisted for the CILIP Greenaway award, featured on CBeebies’ Bedtime Stories and in The Sunday Times’ Books of the Year. She is the author of Joy, Hope, Sorrel and the Sleepover, The Boy on the Bench, and Floss the Playground Boss. She is drawn to themes of identity and belonging in her books and aims to deliver big feelings with humour and tenderness.
Kirsti Beautyman works from her studio in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, using a range of mediums to build layers of texture and detail which are combined digitally to create her illustrations. She finds inspiration within mundane observations and is often staring vacantly into the distance thinking up narratives and ideas. Kirsti won Picture Hooks Illustrator of the Year Award in 2017.
Product details
- Publisher : words & pictures; Illustrated edition (January 19, 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 32 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0711255474
- ISBN-13 : 978-0711255470
- Reading age : 3 - 6 years, from customers
- Grade level : Preschool - 1
- Item Weight : 1.06 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.5 x 0.45 x 11.65 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #643,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4,907 in Children's Books on Emotions & Feelings (Books)
- #14,496 in Children's Family Life Books (Books)
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About the authors

Corrinne is the author of My Pet Star, winner of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year, shortlisted for Stockport and Dundee Children’s Book Awards and in over 450,000 homes as part of Booktrust’s Pyjamarama campaign.
She is drawn to themes of identity and belonging in her books and aims to deliver big feelings with humour and tenderness
Her first book, A Dot in the Snow, illustrated by Fiona Woodcock, was shortlisted for the CILIP Greenaway award, featured on CBeebies’ Bedtime Stories and in The Sunday Times’ Books of the Year.
She is the author of Joy, Hope, Sorrel and the Sleepover, The Boy on the Bench and Floss the Playground Boss, with a further three titles publishing in 2021.
Corrinne has spent much of her life being a professional silly person in children’s television; she created the four-time Children’s BAFTA-winning Share a Story competition and has an animated preschool series under commission from CBeebies.

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The worst for a mom - if you are buying this book to reassure your kid about separation anxiety or starting school - then DON'T BUY. Mom doesn't show up to pick up the girl, who is left alone at school (very reassuring, right?). When the girl tugs at the string that mom said would always connect them, only to find there is nothing at the other end. Hurt and confused, she let's go of her own string/love for mom. I made the mistake of reading this to my 4 y.o. on the day before 1st day of school, and she was in tears. Great :(
This is slightly remnant of the oh so popular book The Kissing Hand. The fact that it's real people and a real setting with the school makes it more relatable to younger Elementary children. I think it handles the subject matter fantastically and immediately the first time we read this book, my daughter wanted to read it again and again. It's actually been on our coffee table for the last month and she's read it with both grandparents and parents.
This is a lovely picture book and an easy read for young children. The message is beautiful and perfect to share with children who will be experiencing time away from their parents whether for school or perhaps for deployment or medical reasons. The illustrations are clear and charming. I highly recommend this, and I would like to see Ms. Averiss’ previous books too.
Source: 2020 NetGalley.
It’s about a little girl you is scared to leave her mother and go to school because she misses her mom. Mom explains there is a thread that ties us together even when we are apart —love. And even when apart we are tied together. There is a part of the book where mom is late picking the girl up from school and she starts to doubt the thread, but then mom shows up and it’s fine. I do like the message about how we are connected by love even when we are separated.
The illustrations are lovely. My son gets a little chippy about how this is a “girls book” because of the girl protagonist and the pink cover, but I’ve told him it’s not a girls book and we’ve talked about the main ideas and it’s lead to some good conversations. It’s a good book with a good message.


















