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Will You Still Love Me?

by Carol Roth
24p. 978-0-80759-114-7.
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PreS-K A kitten, bunny, mouse, polar bear cub, duckling, and boy ask their mothers the same question in turn: "When the new baby comes, will you still love "me"?" The answers they receive vary in the details, but all affirm that the child is special and will still be cherished when the new sibling arrives. The questions echo the youngsters' need to understand change in terms of concrete details: "Will you still take me fishing? Will we romp through the snow?" asks the cub. Howarth's sunny watercolor and ink illustrations match the upbeat tone of the bouncy, rhyming text. In the final pages, the little boy questions his mother as he readies for bed. (In a lovely bit of visual continuity, the animals from the earlier parts of the book appear in some form in his room, raising the possibility that the earlier segments might have been part of his own dramatic play.) The boy's mother gently reassures him: "I will love you "forever"]/I will love you "wherever"]/I will love you "more" than ever]/when the new baby comes!""Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
A series of young animals seek reassurance from their mothers that they will not be displaced by the arrival of a new sibling. Predictably, each mother promises she has enough love for everyone. The soft watercolor, ink, and colored-pencil illustrations of smiling mice, cats, polar bears, and humans suit the sentimental, unoriginal verse.

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