FICTION

Auntie Loves Little One: a love letter to you

by Sandra Magsamen (text) & illus. by Sandra Magsamen
Sourcebooks/Wonderland. (Welcome Little One Baby Gift Collection). Dec. 2025. 24p. Board $8.99. ISBN 9781464222726. Toddler-Gr 1
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Toddler-Gr 1–One large blue elephant, one small blue elephant, and clunky rhymes in the I’ll Love Your Forever mode of fawning generic sentiments all star in a book that has nothing to do with aunts. That could be a good thing; any caretaker can be the surrogate for the auntie. “You’re my precious little one, and I want you to know, I love you from your head to your sweet little toe!/ Somedays we’ll snuggle and read for hours, then believe we’re superheroes with superpowers!” The art is upbeat with the look of stitched-edge pieces in watercolor, but the mood is one long greeting card—imperfect, cute enough, and earnest.
VERDICT Good intentions can’t turn this into an essential purchase, plus there is a fill-in page that caps the usefulness of this book in libraries.
Reviewed by Kimberly Olson Fakih , Oct 01, 2025

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